Wife Pat and son Patrick watch as son Joe, daughter Laura Fisher and granddaughter Sophia attach the three star epaulettes to the shoulders of Lt. Gen. Frank J. Grass at a promotion ceremony honoring Lt. Gen. Grass at Garden of the Gods Club in Colorado Springs 6 p.m. Sunday. Upon receiving his third star Lt. Gen. Grass, U.S. Northern Command operations officer since Sept. 2008, assumes the position of deputy commander USNORTHCOM.