Cav unit hosts change of responsibility ceremony

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Banzhaf | Command Sgt. Maj. Trevor Walker (right), incoming command sergeant major of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Col. Matthew Van Wagenen (center), commander of the 3rd ABCT and Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Peare, outgoing command sergeant major, salute as the national anthem plays during the brigade’s change of responsibility ceremony Friday on Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas.  

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

08.14.2015

Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf 

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

FORT HOOD, Texas –The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division hosted a change of responsibility ceremony on Cooper Field here Friday.

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Peare, originally from Franklin, Massachusetts, relinquished responsibility as “Greywolf” brigade’s senior enlisted advisor to Command Sgt. Maj. Trevor Walker, a native of North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.

During the ceremony, as Walker accepted the brigade’s colors from Col. Matthew Van Wagenen, commander of the 3rd ABCT, he accepted responsibility of serving as an advocate for enlisted Soldiers in the command for the next two years.

• Date Taken: 08.14.2015
• Date Posted: 08.18.2015 18:16
• Story ID: 173537
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US
• Hometown: FRANKLIN, MA, US
• Hometown: NORTH FOND DU LAC, WI, US