210th Change of Command

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Steven Latham takes command of the 210th Rescue Squadron from Lt. Col. Thomas Bolin here Nov. 3 at a change of command ceremony. Latham accepted the unit flag from Lt. Col. Michael Griesbaum, 176 Operations Group deputy commander, as a symbol of his new leadership position. National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. N Alicia Halla/ Released.

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210th change of command

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Michael Griesbaum, deputy commander of the 176 Operations Group, speaks to incoming and outgoing commanders of the 210th Rescue Squadron here Nov. 3, 2013. Lt. Col. Steven Latham took command of the squadron from Lt. Col. Thomas Bolin at a change-of-command ceremony. National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. N. Alicia Halla/ Released.

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210th Rescue Squadron gets new commander

Published Nov. 3, 2013
By N. Alicia Halla
176WG/PA

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Steven B. Latham took command of the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th Rescue Squadron from Lt. Col. Thomas A. Bolin at a change-of-command ceremony here Nov. 3, 2013.

These ceremonies take place each time an in-coming commander takes the reins of a unit, passing the unit flag from old commander to new commander.

"Wear your people on your heart because you're going to ask them to do really hard things," said Lt. Col. Michael Griesbaum, deputy commander of the 176 Operations Group, the 210th's parent unit. "You're going to ask them to do hard things because they are the right things to do. You do that, and you will succeed."

210th Change of Command

210th change of command