There will be a 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division combined change of command/change of responsibility ceremony for 4 battalions Friday at 9 a.m. on the Cavalry Parade Field, Fort Riley.
The ceremonies will be for the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment and 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery.
Colonel Brian E. McCarthy, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team commander, will host the ceremony.
-Lt. Col. Aaron E. Adams will succeed Lt. Col. Kenneth P. Selby as commander of the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment while Command Sgt. Maj. Niall P. Cooper will take responsibility from Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Albanese as the battalion command sergeant major
--Lt. Col. Matthew W. Bandi will succeed Lt. Col. Matthew R. Kelley as commander of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment while Command Sgt. Maj. Joshua Z. Perkins will take responsibility from Command Sgt. Command Sgt. Maj. Joshua V. Owen as the battalion command sergeant major.
--Lt. Col. Noble B. Wonsetler will succeed Lt. Col. Paul D. Godson as commander of the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment.
--Lt. Col. Alex A. Aquino will succeed Lt. Col. Samuel J. Nirenberg as commander of the 1st Battalion, 5thField Artillery.
The ceremony will be live-streamed on the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Facebook page at www.facebook.com/1ABCTDevilBrigade.