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FORT HOOD, Texas – Col. Cameron Cantlon, the 75th Commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, passed the reigns to Col. Kevin Admiral during a change of command ceremony at Cooper Field here Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Michael Bills, 1st Cavalry Division commanding general and 72nd commander of the Brave Rifles, was the reviewing officer for the ceremony. Bills spoke extensively about Cantlon’s tenure as the 75th commander of the regiment.
“Cam implemented a brilliant training plan that not only enhanced mission readiness, but prepared the regiment to take on the mission to close out Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan,” he said. “From June 2014 to March 2015, the Brave Rifles went to Afghanistan, they fought and they made a difference.”
Bills also thanked Daphne Cantlon for her contributions to the families and the Troopers of 3rd CR and the 1st Cavalry Division.
Cantlon took command in July 2013. Not long after he took the reigns he was charged with conducting three vastly geographically separated missions in Afghanistan, Egypt and Cuba.
Under Cantlon, the Brave Rifles conducted security and advising missions in south and east Afghanistan, detainee operations at Guantanamo Detention Facility in Cuba, and upheld an almost four-decade-old peace treaty by providing a squadron for the Multinational Forces and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
This was the third time that the Cantlon family had been stationed at Fort Hood and the third time he has served with the Brave Rifles. Previously, he has served as the 2nd Squadron executive officer and operations officer, as well as the deputy commander of the regiment.
“I’m so proud to be part of this unit’s history,” said Cantlon. In his speech, he gave a special thank you message to all levels of leaders within the 3rd CR for their professional leadership during decentralized training and operations in the past two years.
The Cantlons will move to the Military District of Washington for their next tour of duty.
The incoming commander, Col. Kevin Admiral, and Family have come to Fort Hood from the Royal College of Defense Studies in London, where he was a Senior Service College Fellow.
Before that, Admiral was the battalion commander of the
36 Infantry Regiment at Fort Bliss, where he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
“It’s truly an honor to join your ranks,” said Admiral, as he formally addressed the Troopers of 3d CR for the first time. Admiral also thanked the Cantlons for making the transition to Fort Hood for his wife, Charmain, and daughter, Kaitlyn, so easy.
The event was capped off by the 1st Cav. Div. Band playing the 3rd Cav March, the Spirt of the Cav, and the Army Song. Finally, the horse detachment did a Cavalry charge across Cooper Field, complete with ceremonial cannons firing.
| Date Taken: | 08.12.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2015 14:47 |
| Story ID: | 172949 |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TX, US |
| Hometown: | ETTRICK, WI, US |
| Hometown: | FORT CAVAZOS, TX, US |
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