The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), Yuma Proving Ground’s (YPG) higher headquarters celebrated its 25th Anniversary of serving our Army and nation.
To mark the occasion each of the subordinate commands including YPG held simultaneous cake cutting ceremonies live on Facebook at noon.
ATEC Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Patrick Gaydon led the ceremony live from Aberdeen and then called each command one by one.
Surrounded by the workforce, YPG Commander Col. John Nelson made a few remarks, those in the audience wished ATEC a happy anniversary then, in one swift move, Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Millare sliced the cake with a saber.
Afterwards the workforce enjoyed some cake.
A recording of the entire ceremony can be found at the following link:. YPG’s part is 36 mins into the live. https://www.facebook.com/TheUSATEC/videos/3823470744534668