(KNZA)--The Hiawatha-based 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery of the Kansas National Guard will conduct a change of command ceremony Wednesday evening.
The ceremony will take place at 5:00 in King Field House at Fort Riley.
During the ceremony, leadership of the historic battalion will pass from Lt. Colonel Paul Schneider to Lt. Colonel Thomas Powers.
Colonel John Rueger, commander of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade, will symbolically pass the responsibility for the welfare and training of the 233 soldiers of the battalion to the new commander.
Schneider leaves after serving as commander the past 31 months.
Powers says he’s honored for the opportunity to serve his country and the state of Kansas by leading the battalion.
Powers began his military career in 1987 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve. In his civilian career, Powers is employed by the Department of the Army as a military analyst at the Center for Army Leadership, Combined Arms Center, at Fort Leavenworth.
The battalion, headquartered in Hiawatha, has units in Holton, Lenexa, Marysville and Paola.
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