George S. Hammond was a former Lieutenant General in the United States of America, later to be promoted, he is most notable for his command of Stargate Command. Hammond was on the verge of retiring from this command when the Goa'uld System Lord Apophis launched an attack on Earth in 1997. In the aftermath, Hammond became the commanding officer of the newly reopened SGC, serving in the role for the first seven years of its existence before he was eventually relieved of his command/reassigned in the year 2004.
Hammond later took charge of the battlecruiser Prometheus during the Battle of Antarctica. Promoted to Lieutenant General, he would then became head of Homeworld Command in 2004.
In 2005, nearly eight years after his intended retirement, Hammond finally retired from the military. Three years later, in 2008, Hammond passed away from a heart attack. In his honor, the BC-304 Phoenix was renamed the George Hammond.
