Ceremony marks new colors, patch for recruiters
Brig. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, Virginia National Guard land component commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Carl A. Holcomb, land component command sergeant major, activate the new colors and present new should sleeve insignias to the Fort Pickett-based Recruiting and Retention Battalion April 11, 2014, at Fort Pickett. After uncasing the new colors, Ortner presented the new patch to Maj. Everton Nevers, commander of R&R. The new colors and patch are authorized for wear by the Department of the Army by National Guard recruiting units across the country. In 2007 the Department of the Army recognized the National Guard Recruiting & Retention Force as the most professional military sales force in the world and authorized a new and distinct shoulder sleeve insignia. The SSI is in the shape of a triangle to symbolize the unit's three tenet mission; recruiting, retention and attrition management. In the center of the triangle there is minuteman Soldier that signifies the history of the Army National Guard Citizen- Soldier. Around the center of the triangle are 54 stars to represent the state and federal mission of the Army Guard in all states and territories. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Ceremony marks new colors, patch for recruiters
Brig. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, Virginia National Guard land component commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Carl A. Holcomb, land component command sergeant major, activate the new colors and present new should sleeve insignias to the Fort Pickett-based Recruiting and Retention Battalion April 11, 2014, at Fort Pickett. After uncasing the new colors, Ortner presented the new patch to Maj. Everton Nevers, commander of R&R. The new colors and patch are authorized for wear by the Department of the Army by National Guard recruiting units across the country. In 2007 the Department of the Army recognized the National Guard Recruiting & Retention Force as the most professional military sales force in the world and authorized a new and distinct shoulder sleeve insignia. The SSI is in the shape of a triangle to symbolize the unit's three tenet mission; recruiting, retention and attrition management. In the center of the triangle there is minuteman Soldier that signifies the history of the Army National Guard Citizen- Soldier. Around the center of the triangle are 54 stars to represent the state and federal mission of the Army Guard in all states and territories. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)