Leadership of the Irwin Army Community Hospital will hold a change of command ceremony Thursday, June 23 at 10 a.m. on the Cavalry Parade Field at Fort Riley.

Col. Risa Ware will relinquish command to Col. John Melton.

Melton is taking command following an assignment as the deputy commander for administration, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Ware has been the commander since July 2014 and will move on to become the Corps Specific Branch Proponency Officer for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.