Photo by Angel Turner | 1st Cavalry Division | 10.17.2013
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Menton, former senior enlisted adviser of the 4th Brigade “Long Knife” Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, follows the brigade’s cased colors for a final review during an inactivation ceremony at Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17. “This ceremony is symbolic and yet is a real initiation in the first step, which is to enhance the capability of our......
Photo by Angel Turner | 1st Cavalry Division | 10.17.2013
Col. William Benson, outgoing commander of 4th Brigade “Long Knife” Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives his speech during an inactivation ceremony at Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17. “Though we may case our colors, we do not erase all that these brigade Soldiers and leaders have accomplished in the past or will accomplish in the future,” said Benson. Three of the......
Photo by Angel Turner | 1st Cavalry Division | 10.17.2013
Col. William Benson (left), outgoing commander of the 4th Brigade “Long Knife” Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Menton, former senior enlisted adviser of the brigade, case the unit’s colors during an inactivation ceremony at Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17. Activated in 2005, the brigade completed four deployments, three to Iraq and one to......
Photo by Angel Turner | 1st Cavalry Division | 10.17.2013
The 1st Cavalry Division’s color guard stands with the 4th Brigade “Long Knife” Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division’s colors uncased for the final moments during the brigade’s inactivation ceremony at Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17. The unit recently redeployed from Afghanistan. Three of the brigade’s battalions cased their colors, and the other three were reassigned......
