Chief of the General Staff visits US CENTCOM
The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Drago Lovrić is visiting the U. S . Central Command in Tampa, U. S. to attend the CENTCOM Commander HOTO and to meet with senior defence and military officials of the United States.
The departing CENTCOM Commander, Gen. James Mattis is handing the duty over to the newly appointed Commander, Gen. Lloyd Austin III, at a ceremony to be held on 22 March 2013 in the Mac Dill Air Base.
The U. S. CENTCOM is one of the 9 Operation Commands of the U. S. Armed Forces, whose area of responsibility comprises 22 countries of central and western Asia, including Afghanistan.