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The change of command ceremony is a military tradition which allows soldiers to view the formal transfer of responsibility from one individual to another. ....
La. Guard s top enlisted leader retires, new leader assumes role Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh Command Sgt. Major Clifford Ockman Jr. receives the Noncommissioned Officer Sword from Brig. Gen. D. Keith Waddell, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, signifying the assumption of responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the entire LANG at the Camp Beauregard post theater in Pineville, La., Dec. 6, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Denis B. Ricou) and last updated 2020-12-11 18:37:25-05 BATON ROUGE, La. - Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Joey Stiefvater retired and relinquished responsibility of the Louisiana National Guard as the senior enlisted leader to Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Ockman, Jr. during an official ceremony at the Camp Beauregard post theater in Pineville, Louisiana, Dec. 6. ....