Fort Leonard Wood engineers to farewell DeLuca, welcome Funkhouser

Photo By Marti Yoshida | A change of command ceremony for the U.S. Army Engineer School and Regiment is scheduled for 9 a.m. July 30 on the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Plaza. Brig. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser joins Fort Leonard Wood from Portland, Ore., where he most recently served as U.S. Army Engineer Division, Northwestern, commanding general.  

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES

07.17.2013

Story by Marti Yoshida 

Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – A change of command ceremony for the U.S. Army Engineer School and Regiment is scheduled for 9 a.m. July 30 on the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Plaza.

Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general, is scheduled to preside over the ceremony where Brig. Gen. Peter DeLuca will transfer command responsibilities for the engineer regiment to Brig. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser.

An award ceremony to honor DeLuca’s service to the nation and the Army is scheduled to take place at 8:30 a.m. on the MSCoE Plaza.

DeLuca will move on to Vicksburg, Miss., as U.S. Army Engineer Division, Mississippi Valley, commanding general.

Funkhouser joins Fort Leonard Wood from Portland, Ore., where he most recently served as U.S. Army Engineer Division, Northwestern, commanding general.

• Date Taken: 07.17.2013
• Date Posted: 07.17.2013 17:24
• Story ID: 110341
• Location: FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, US