POMP AND CEREMONY AT FORT FRONTENAC.

AFTER THREE YEARS AS ARMY TRAINING COMMANDER, MAJOR GENERAL STUART BEARE ( HAS NEW MARCHING ORDERS.

ABOUT 400 CITY OFFICIALS AND MILITARY DIGNITARIES GATHERED FOR THIS CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY.

 -BEARE:

"IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE, IT'S BEEN A BRILLIANT RIDE, AND IT'S NOT OVER YET.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HERE IN KINGSTON THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE FOR THE CANADIAN FORCES, THE FUTURE FOR THE ARMY AND SUPPORTING OUR MEN AND WOMEN BEFORE THEY GO INTO OPERATIONS, ARE DOING OUTSTANDING WORK.")

BEARE'S CAREER IN THE ARMED FORCES GOES BACK 30 YEARS.

SINCE 2005, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING AND TRAINING COMBAT TROOPS AND THEIR LEADERS AT CFB KINGSTON.... GETTING READY TO DEPLOY OVERSEAS, LIKE THE DANGEROUS MISSION IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN.

- BEARE:

"I'M GOING TO MISS THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE TEAM THAT GOES FROM BRUNSWICK THROUGH TO ALBERTA, HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS, THEIR TEAMS AND THE RESULTS THEY'RE GETTING OVER SEAS.")

BEARE PRESIDED OVER A FINAL INSPECTION, AND GOT A SALUTE FROM THE HONOUR GUARD -- BEFORE TURNING THE COMMAND REIGNS OVER TO MAJOR GENERAL MARQUIS HAINSE.

HE'S JUST BACK FROM SERVING AS THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF NATO'S OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.

"I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE AND TO CONTINUE TO ADAPT.

I CAN CERTAINLY BRING EXPERIENCE. I LOVE SOLDIERS, I'VE BEEN A SOLDIER ALL MY LIFE, SO I KNOW HOW A SOLDIER TICKS. AND I CAN CERTAIN HOPE THAT I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.')

 -BEARE:

"HE GETS IT AND HE'S GOING TO KEEP GUIDING THIS SHIP MASTERFULLY.")

MAJOR GENERAL HAINSE TAKES OVER AT A TIME WHEN THE CANADIAN FORCES IS BUSIER THAN EVER -- TRYING TO KEEP ITS SOLDIERS OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

ASHLEY MOLNAR, CKWS NEWSWATCH, KINGSTON.