Army Capt. Russell M. Streif, the new commander of

Army Capt. Russell M. Streif, the new commander of Sapper Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, accepts command authority from the battalion’s commander, Lt. Col. Kevin Perera, in a traditional “passing of the guidon” event during the company’s change of command ceremony June 26, 2014, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Also pictured is Sapper Company’s first sergeant, 1st Sgt. Kevin Meade (right), and Capt. Ronald N. Thenn (foreground), the outgoing commander. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith/Released)