As of December the 1st, I'm no longer a Polar Bear. My reassignment from Battalion Headquarters to Brigade Headquarters stripped me of my 31st Infantry Regimental Crest but moved me higher up the food chain and further from the fight. 4-31 conducted their Change of Command Ceremony yesterday, 2nd Brigade will do so today.
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Dec 11, 2007 5:33:35 EST
Col. Michael Kershaw will relinquish command Tuesday of 2nd Brigade,10th Mountain Division, during a ceremony at Fort Drum NY. Kershaw,who led the brigade during its recent 15-month deployment to Iraq, will turn over command of the brigade to Col. David Miller, whose previous assignment was at Fort Polk LA. Kershaw will leave Fort Drum for Fort Sam Houston, TX. The change of command ceremony is scheduled for 10 am at Magrath Gym. The brigade, known as the “Commando Brigade,” deployed to Iraq in 2006Aug. The soldiers served in south Baghdad and returned to Fort Drum in November of this year. Two of the brigade’s soldiers, Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, and Pvt. Byron Fouty, 19, remain missing in Iraq. The soldiers disappeared May12 in an ambush that also claimed the lives of seven fellow soldiers and one Iraqi interpreter. Jimenez and Fouty, of 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, are listed as missing/captured. Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, who replaced 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, in Iraq, continue to search for Jimenez and Fouty.
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