Change of command at Anniston Army Depot

The Anniston Army Depot held a change of command ceremony Thursday.  The ceremony took place at the installation’s Nichols Industrial Complex. Colonel Martine S. Kidd assumes command of the depot.  She comes to Anniston from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where she served as the executive officer to the commanding general of the US Army Cyber Command. Colonel Brent T. Bolander, Anniston Army Depot commander since August 2012 is changing his assignment.  His next assignment will be the US Army Security and Assistance Command in Huntsville.  Kidd becomes the depot’s 34the commander and its second female commander.  The Anniston Army Depot has a workforce of about 2,700 government civilians, four military personnel and 680 contractors.  It provides industrial and technological support in its mission to equip and sustain joint warfighters and allies.