Lt. Col. Graham Swenson, front left; Col. Bryan Patridge, Col. Kevin Vereen, and Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, U.S. Army Military Police School commandant, review troops in formation with Staff Sgt. Justin Stark driving during the change-of-command cerem...

Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, U.S. Army Military Police School commandant, celebrates the accomplishments of Col. Kevin Vereen and the 14th Military Police Brigade, and welcomes Col. Bryan Patridge, the brigade's incoming commander, during a change of co...

Col. Bryan Patridge provides remarks during a change-of-command ceremony for the 14th Military Police Brigade July 1 on Gammon Field. Patridge, who previously commanded the 795th MP Battalion, joins Fort Leonard Wood from his most recent assignment a...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (July 1, 2013) -- Col. Bryan Patridge became the 16th commander of the 14th Military Police Brigade during a change-of-command ceremony July 1 on Fort Leonard Wood's Gammon Field.

Brig. Gen. Mark Spindler, U.S. Army Military Police School commandant, presided over the ceremony where Col. Kevin Vereen transferred command to Patridge.

Patridge, who previously commanded the 795th MP Battalion, joins Fort Leonard Wood once again from his most recent assignment at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., Office of Outreach and External Affairs, Strategic Plans.

Vereen heads to Fort Bragg, N.C., where he will serve as provost marshal.