Garrison Commander Colonel Andrew Cole Jr. will be bid farewell and and Colonel John Lawrence will be welcomed at a change of command ceremony at Ware Parade Field on Fort Riley at 9 am on July 13th.

Lawrence is taking command after coming from an assignment as the garrison commander at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Cole became commander in July 2013 and will be leaving Fort Riley to become the Chief of Staff of the Manuever Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia.