313th MCB cases colors on the road to war

Photo By Maj. Sean Delpech | Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Vincent B. Barker, commanding general of the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (left), U.S. Representative John Sarbanes, 3rd District, Maryland (center), and Lt. Col. Christopher J. Buzard, commander of the 313th Movement Control Battalion (right), walk to the podium during a ceremony to case the unit colors in preparation for deployment on July 10, 2016, in Baltimore, Md., at the 1SG Adam S. Brandt United States Army Reserve Center. The 313th MCB is scheduled to deploy to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  

BALTIMORE, MD, UNITED STATES

07.14.2016

Story by Capt. Sean Delpech 

310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

Story by Capt. Frederick J. V. Shear, 313th MCB Unit Public Affairs Representative

BALTIMORE – Over 100 Army Reserve Soldiers, family members and supporters of the 313th Movement Control Battalion (MCB), 55th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), attended a deployment ceremony here on Sunday, July 10th, on the day it left home station for further training before traveling overseas.

Lt. Col. Christopher J. Buzard, the commander of the 313th MCB and Command Sgt. Maj. Selena C. Pope, the senior enlisted advisor for the unit, cased the battalion’s colors, which will be uncased when the unit arrives in the Middle East.

The ceremony took place at the 1SG Adam S. Brandt United States Army Reserve Center, in Baltimore, Md.

The casing of the colors is an Army tradition that symbolizes the movement of a unit from one location to a new theater of operations.

Brig. Gen. Vincent B. Barker, 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) commanding general, thanked every Soldier individually as they prepared to move on to mobilization training and deployment throughout the CENTCOM region.

The 313th MCB’s…“job of managing logistic operations is essential to the long term success of Operation Enduring Freedom, the fight against groups such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, and ISIS in Iraq, and stability in the Middle East itself,” said Barker.

“Your efforts will be a part of the tremendous work our military is conducting throughout the world," continued Barker.

Also attending and speaking at the ceremony was U.S. Representative John Sarbanes, 3rd District, Maryland.

• Date Taken: 07.14.2016
• Date Posted: 07.15.2016 16:19
• Story ID: 204133
• Location: BALTIMORE, MD, US