** FILE ** Brig. Gen. Donald Wurster, head of U.S. forces in southern Philippines, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Southern Command military headquarters in the southern port city of Zamboanga, Philippines in this July 30, 2002 file photo. More than half a dozen top special operations slots are changing hands over the next few months, among which is the promotion of Wurster, Wurster, a combat pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours, to commander of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The current commander, Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley, is retiring. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file)