Change of command ceremony set at Rock Island Arsenal
Col. Daniel D. Mitchell will relinquish command of U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Rock Island Arsenal to Col. William J. Parker, III during a change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 10 on the lawn of historic Quarters One, according to a news release. Installation Management Command- Sustainment Director, Davis D. Tindoll, Jr., will officiate the event.
Mitchell will depart USAG RIA after two years of command. He will retire from service here in the Quad Cities.
Incoming garrison commander Parker served most recently as the Army Sustainment Command Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations here on Rock Island Arsenal.
As garrison commander, Parker will be in charge of USAG RIA, providing facilities and base operations support and services to all Rock Island Arsenal tenants in the areas of law enforcement, crime prevention, security management, fire, safety, information management, facilities engineering, housing, infrastructure maintenance, and transportation. The garrison maintains telecommunications facilities and common resources, as well as community amenities and necessary services for morale, welfare, and recreation.
USGA RIA is home to more than 50 tenant organizations providing critical products and services to all of our Armed Services. It employs about 6,500 military, civilian, and contractor personnel. The installation is strategically located on an island in the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois. The island is almost a mile wide, three miles long and consists of 946.3 acres in the State of Illinois. It is located in the Quad Cities, about 162 miles west of Chicago and 180 miles east of Des Moines.
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