St. James schools chief takes over Guard unit

Published 3:42 pm Friday, July 20, 2012

Col. Alonzo “Lonnie” Luce, who is also the superintendent of the St. James school system, receives the battalion flag from Brig. Gen Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard,  to symbolize the “passing of the colors” during the 199th Leadership Regiment’s change of command ceremony held at Camp Cook in Ball, La. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Scott D. Longstreet, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)