Fort Hamilton’s new top honcho is a homegrown hero
The U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton held its change of assumption of responsibility ceremony in the Community Club April 8. Bay Ridge native Eva M. Commons was installed as the new command sergeant major. The CSM is the top noncommissioned officer of the garrison command.
The event included a music prelude by the 82nd Airborne Band Brass Quintet, the arrival of the official party of dignitaries and guests, the invocation by Chaplain Capt. Scott Norman, the playing of the national anthem and the transfer of the garrison flag. Col. Craig Martin, the garrison commander, and CSM Commons spoke to the crowd. Out in the bay, a New York City fireboat saluted the occasion with a water spray.
After the program, there was a reception for Commons in the club’s Washington Room.