Col. E. Scott Smith takes command of the Virginia National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Col. William J. Coffin June 5, 2016, in a traditional change of command ceremony at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Walter L. Mercer, the Virginia National Guard’s Assistant Adjutant General Ð Army, presided over the exchange of unit colors that represented the transfer of command from Coffin to Smith. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)