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The 103rd Brigade Support Battalion, 138th Fires Brigade commander Lt. Col. David Reed (pictured left) of Florence, Ky., hands over command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company 103rd to Capt. Douglas Curdie (pictured right) of Barbourville, Ky., during a change of command ceremony on March 8, 2014 in Harrodsburg, Ky. Curdie, a former Marine and current Kentucky Army National Guardsman residing in Barbourville, Ky., assumed Command from Capt. Anthony Travis of Elizabethtown, Ky. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Evans)
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The 103rd Brigade Support Battalion's Master Sgt. Ernest Conyers (pictured right) of Salvisa, Ky., presents an honorary plaque to 138th Fires Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. William Cox (pictured left) of Campbellsville, Ky. Prior to becoming the senior enlisted soldier in the 138th, Cox served as the command sergeant major of the 103rd. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Evans)
By Sgt. Paul Glover / Published March 8, 2014
HARRODSBURG, Ky,
Capt. Douglas Curdie took command of the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters’ Company, 103rd Brigade Support Battalion, 138th Fires Brigade, March 8, 2014, at a small ceremony in Harrodsburg, Ky. Curdie, a former Marine and current guardsman residing in Barbourville, Ky., assumed Command from Capt. Anthony Travis of Elizabethtown, Ky.
Travis commanded the 103rd Headquarters for a period of 29 months, a time in which the 103rd earned the distinction of being recognized by the Department of the Army as the finest brigade support battalion in the entire Army National Guard.