ok, um, I seem to think that BDUs are what they wear on base, but they could be what they wear on missions... Meh, I'll start my own vocubulary... BDU what they wear on base; combat gear what they wear on missions... Nice. Mind you, I'll sort it out in the sequel.

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After the ceremony, and dressed in BDUs, Sam held James to her hip as she went in search of Hammond. She and Daniel had only managed to talk to him for a few snatched moments during the ceremony before he was waylaid by Woolsey. As she walked through the corridors, various personnel congratulated her on her promotion and/or cooed at James, the little man enjoying the attention.

She knocked on Landry's door, poked her head in and said,

"Sorry Sir, but have you seen General Hammond?"

Landry replied, smiling slightly at James who took to playing with his mother's hair,

"He left just a minute ago, saying he wanted to talk to you."

"Oh… thanks Sir."

She was about to close the door again when he said,

"Colonel, after you've talked to George, can you come back here… preferably without James…?"

Surprised, she asked, "Do you need Daniel too?"

"The whole team."

"Ah…"

He said with a smile, "Don't worry Colonel - I'm sure Carolyn and the Nurses would just love to look after the twins… that's all she seems to talk about these days."

Flashing him a grateful smile, she replied,

"Thank you Sir… I'll tell Cam if I see him."

"That won't be necessary but thanks."

She shut the door, smiling, and went in search of Hammond again.

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Sam walked into her office and stopped in her tracks on seeing none other than Hammond holding a giggling Cammie on his knee as Daniel perched on Sam's desk, talking. Both Daniel and Hammond looked up, and Sam said with a grin as she stepped closer,

"General Hammond, Sir! I was just looking for you."

Hammond replied with a smile,

"So Doctor Jackson has been telling me… Sam, I'm no longer in your chain of command - you can call me Uncle George again."

"Yes Si… uh, Uncle George… it's weird. I've been calling you General and Sir for fourteen years."

Daniel raised his eyebrows in surprise but said nothing, as Hammond replied,

"Almost a lifetime… wow."

He peered at James and remarked,

"He looks exactly like Mark did at that age."

Sam smiled as she handed James to him, and Daniel politely remarked,

"He's a Carter with Jackson eyes."

Hammond compared the twins as they took to poking the buttons and insignia on the jacket of his dress blues, and he remarked with a smile,

"Cammie looks a lot more like you Doctor Jackson, despite behaving like a Carter."

He said this just as Cammie pulled his ear, and Daniel admonished her, saying,

"Cammie, no… that's bad."

Cammie giggled, and James said to her,

"Bad Cammie."

She replied, "FUBAR."

Sam, embarrassed, picked Cammie up, saying,

"I'm so sorry Sir… uh, Uncle George… she's the more boisterous twin, although I wonder where she picked that word up."

Hammond replied as James leant his head on his shoulder, the General smoothing his downy hair,

"It's ok Sam… my granddaughters have done worse… Has Hank informed you of what is to come following your promotion?"

Daniel remained quiet as Sam replied,

"No… but I'm guessing that it's a command because I'm now a higher rank than Cam… it'll probably be SG-4 though, because Cam's got SG-1, Ferretti's got SG-2, and Reynolds has got SG-3, and they're all doing a good job."

"It's SG-1."

Despite guessing this somewhat already, she couldn't help but be surprised. She put Cammie down on the floor, before looking across at Daniel. When he didn't appear surprised, she asked,

"You knew?"

"Sorry Sam… Jack swore me to secrecy."

Hammond continued, "Jack only gave Colonel Mitchell command because you, Doctor Jackson and Teal'c were all going your separate ways. He stayed in command when he got his band back together because he's been doing a very good job, but I think that it's about time that you were given your command back… not that it's my decision anyway, but the President and the Joint Chiefs agree. I read the Atlantis mission reports and I have to say that I am very impressed with what you accomplished within three months."

Embarrassed, she looked at her feet as she replied,

"Uh, thanks Uncle George… but I think General O'Neill's the one to thank - he's had a big influence on me… on us all."

"That's for sure."

He glanced at his watch before saying as Daniel took James,

"I would love to stay longer but my plane leaves in an hour… I'll try and visit for longer next time and see Cassie."

He stood up and Daniel quickly glanced at Sam, saying,

"Uh, Sam?"

Remembering why she wanted to talk to Hammond in the first place, she said shyly,

"Oh sorry… I nearly forgot. Um, Sir…, would you do me the honour of giving me away?"

Suddenly smiling, he replied,

"Why of course Sam… I walked your mother down the aisle… the honour's mine."

She replied as she pulled him into a hug, "Thank you, Uncle George."

Daniel remarked with a smile, "Asking Uncle George - check."