6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Lt. Col. William Clay Freeman (right) salutes Col. Gary McCollum, 352nd Special Operations Group commander, as he assumes command of the 7th Special Operations Squadron at a ceremony in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Freeman has served as the director of operations for the unit since November 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)

6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Attendees of the 7th Special Operations Squadron Change of Command ceremony salute as the American national anthem is played in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Lt. Col. William Clay Freeman assumed command of the unit from Lt. Col. Ben Maitre. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)

6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Lt. Col. William Clay Freeman gives his first speech as commander of the 7th Special Operation Squadron to his Airmen in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Freeman has been serving as the unit's director of operations, but was appointed commander by Col. Gary McCollum, 352nd Special Operations Group commander (right). (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)

6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Lt. Col. Ben Maitre (right) passes the guidon of the 7th Special Operations Squadron to Col. Gary McCollum, 352nd Special Operations Group commander, as he relinquishes command of the squadron in a ceremony in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Maitre was commander of the unit for more than a year and a half, having previously served as the unit's director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)

6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – The RAF Mildenhall Honor Guard presents the colors during the 7th Special Operations Squdron Change of Command ceremony in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Col. Gary McCollum, 352nd Special Operations Group commander, presented command of the 7th SOS to Lt. Col. William Clay Freeman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)

6/27/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – Lt. Col. William Clay Freeman, 7th Special Operations Squadron commander, receives his first salute from his unit after assuming command of the Airmen in a ceremony in Hangar 803 here June 22, 2012. Freeman previously served as the unit's director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Thomas Trower)