Col. Steven D. Barney (left), Brigade Commander, 230th Sustainment Brigade, Tennessee Army National Guard promotes Lt. Mitchell (right), a human resources manager with the 230th, from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt. at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania on 28 July, 2017. During the promotion ceremony, Barney ripped off Mitchell’s old rank, then replaced it with his new rank and received his first salute as a 1st Lt. Mitchell’s promotion happened during Exercise Saber Guardian 17, a Army led training exercise involving 25,000 troops from over 20 nations across Eastern Europe.

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