The 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat
Team will welcome their new commander while bidding farewell to their
outgoing commander during a change of command ceremony on Fort Riley’sImage may be NSFW.
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Cavalry Parade Field July 12.
During the ceremony, Col. Timothy C. Hayden will relinquish command of the
brigade to Col. Charles S. Armstrong. The unit will also uncase its colors,
signifying the “Devil” brigade’s recent return from its South Korea
deployment.
Armstrong comes to the 1st ABCT from the North American Aerospace Defense
Command, or NORAD, and U.S. Northern Command where he served as the command
center director.
Hayden’s next assignment will be the Brookings Institution Fellowship at the
U.S. Army War College.
The ceremony comes shortly after the brigade completed a nine-month
deployment to South Korea in support of the U.S. – South Korean alliance,
where Devil Soldiers provided security to the peninsula and deterrence to
North Korean aggression.
