A Four Star Conversation Honoring Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker
Retired Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker has his portrait unveiled at University of Tampa

By: Mike Bottoms - 11/21/2018

Retired Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, former USSOCOM commander and Army chief of staff, had his official portrait unveiled at the ROTC and Athletics Building named in his honor at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Former USSOCOM Commanders retired Army Gen. Bryan “Doug” Brown and retired Adm. Eric T. Olson and retired Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody, the Army’s first female four-star, and the current USSOCOM Commander Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III attended the event.

Jonathan Linton, the artist who painted Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker’s portrait and USSOCOM Commander Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III unveil Schoomaker’s official portrait during a ceremony honoring Schoomaker at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, former USSOCOM commander and Army chief of staff, recites the pledge of allegiance during the ceremony unveiling his official portrait at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, former USSOCOM commander and Army chief of staff, gives remarks during a ceremony honoring him at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

Current USSOCOM Commander; Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III; makes comments during a ceremony honoring Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

(From left to right) Retired Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson, former USSOCOM commander; retired Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, former USSOCOM commander and Army chief of staff; Tom Arthur, University of Tampa benefactor; retired Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody, the Army’s first female four-star general; and retired Army Gen. Bryan “Doug” Brown, also a former USSOCOM commander, pose with Schoomaker’s painting at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, USSOCOM commander, speaks with a cadet at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19, 2018, after the ceremony honoring retired Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker. Photo by Michael Bottoms, USSOCOM Office of Communication.

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