Show G ti BUILD The Guard Post commander The of Company A Engineer Battalion was changed from Captain Thomas Wardell to First Lieutenant Robert Taylor during the weekend training by Major Lewis of Battalion headquarters CAPTAIN WARDELL has been commander of the unit forthe forthe for forthe the past five years He has been involved with many changes during his tenure as com com- mander According to Captain Wardell One of the main changes that has influenced the Guard is the volunteer all-volunteer ar ar- ar- ar my This change meant that th the Guard must attract individuals rath rather i- i ith th than n having them forced to make a decision of alternatives alternatives alternatives alter alter- natives due to the drafting process and choose the Hie Guard Guardas as the most alternative alternative alternative alter alter- native Wardell expressed his appreciation to all those hard har hours of work that the Guard members have devoted on a variety of projects over the past five years He mentioned that there had been many hours of good times as well as some bad times but that he would match this company against any company in the army army First Sargeant Roger Halladay expressed the gra gratitude of the noncommissioned non non- noncommissioned commissioned officers and enlisted men to Wardell for a ajob ajob ajob job well done First Lieutenant Taylor is employed by First Security Bank in Vernal as a loan officer He has been with the Guard for seven years and previous to his new appointment occupied a astaff astaff astaff staff position with the Utah Officer Candidate School for training officers for the Utah National Guard |