Task Force Essayons changes commanders during ceremony in Iraq

Col. Clete Goetz (holding flag) prepares to relinquish command of Task Force Essayons to USACE Transatlantic Division Commander Col. Mark Quander (right) during a Change of Command ceremony that took place Feb. 19, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq. Goetz departed TFE for a follow-on assignment as brigade commander for the 36th Engineer Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas.

Col. James Riely accepts command of Task Force Essayons from Transatlantic Division Commander Col. Mark Quander during a ceremony that took place Feb. 19, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq. Riely comes to TFE from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he served as the deputy director of the Department of Military Instruction.

A large crowd watches the USACE Transatlantic Division’s Task Force Essayons Change of Command ceremony that took place Feb. 19, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq. During the event, Col. Clete Goetz relinquished command of TFE to Col. James Riley. The event was presided over by TAD Commander Col. Mark Quander.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division Commander Col. Mark Quander gives remarks during the Task Force Essayons Change of Command ceremony that took place Feb. 19, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq. During the event, Col. Clete Goetz relinquished command of TFE to Col. James Riley.

Andy Borden, the Task Force Essayons Deputy for Programs and Project Management, and Col. James Riley, the newly designated TFE commander, cut the cake following Riely’s Change of Command ceremony that took place Feb. 19, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq. The event was presided over by TAD Commander Col. Mark Quander.