Col. John L. Smith, 128th Aviation Brigade commander, passes the 2nd Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment guidon to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Thomas W. Bamford during the 2-210th Avn. Reg. change of command ceremony at Fort Eustis, Va., Aug. 7, 2015. Bamford started his career as an enlisted artillery cannon crewman before becoming a warrant officer and then commissioned officer. (U.S. Army photo by Rodney Speed/Released)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Thomas W. Bamford, 2nd Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment incoming commander, left, salutes Col. John L. Smith, 128th Aviation Brigade commander, during the 2-210th Avn. Reg. change of command ceremony at Fort Eustis, Va., Aug. 7, 2015. Bamford is gaining command from Lt. Col. Heather E. Weigner, who was commissioned into the aviation branch as a distinguished Reserve Officers’ Training Corps graduate. (U.S. Army photo by Rodney Speed/Released)