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Change of Command for 3rd NATO Signal Battalion
Commander of the NATO Communication and Information Services Group, Major General Walter Huhn, presides over the change of command of the 3rd NATO Signal Battalion on Thursday, Jan. 26 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. - Photo by NATO CIS Group
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland - A
Change of Command ceremony was held on Thursday, Jan. 26 in Bydgoszcz, Poland
for the 3rd NATO Signal Battalion (NSB).
Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Klement, of the Army of the Czech Republic, took command of the
battalion from Lieutenant Colonel Alois Zdrha, also from the Army of the Czech
Republic. The ceremony was presided over
by the Commander of the NATO Communication and Information Services Group
(NCISG), Major General Walter Huhn.
Major
General Huhn thanked Lieutenant Colonel Zdrha for the significant results achieved
by the Battalion during his command. "Lieutenant Colonel Zdrha assumed command
on Aug. 1, 2013 and developed the Battalion further into a fully functional
organisation, deeply engaged in operations and exercises, and able to shoulder
its share of the workload alongside the other two NATO Signal Battalions," said
Huhn.
The new
battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Klement, will have to face a number of
challenges during this assignment. He assumes command at a time of rapid
increase in demands to provide deployable CIS to NATO's extensive calendar of
operations, missions and exercises. He will
greatly benefit from his previous experience as the Commander, Deployable CIS
Module–Bravo (DCM-B).
The 3rd
NSB is the newest of the three NATO Signal Battalions, having been formed in
2010.
Story by NATO CIS Group