FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. – Task Force Echo V is commanded by Lt. Col. David Garner, commander of the 123rd Cyber Protection Battalion (CPB), and Command Sgt. Maj. Christian B Smith is the battalion’s senior enlisted leader. TFE V consisted of more than 150 Army National Guard Soldiers, primarily assigned to the 123rd CPB, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and the Soldiers hail from Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, and Wisconsin.