Lt. Col. Greg Thompson (third from left), the former executive officer of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, opens up a can of near-beer while hanging out with Tecumseh, Okla., native Lt. Col. Tom Jessee (far left), the new brigade XO, Orlando, Fla., native Timothy DeVito (second from left), commander of 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st ACB, and Baton Rouge, La., native Lt. Col. Charles Dalcourt (far right), the deputy brigade commander, at a smoker held in his honor at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 29. Thompson, after 42 months with the 1st ACB is headed off to a new position at the division level.