ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Lt. Col. David L. Schmitt relinquished command of the Anniston Munitions Center to Lt. Col. Wendell S. Moore during a July 10 ceremony.

Moore comes to Anniston from Fort Knox, Ky., where he served as the executive officer to the Director, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, U.S. Army Human Resource Command.

Not a stranger to the area, Moore attended basic training at Fort McClellan.

As he prepared to take command he consistently heard positive things about ANMC and the tough mission the employees handle with aplomb.

"I look forward to working with you. I am excited to join your team," he said. "It's going to be fun. It's going to be great and, from start to finish, a winning team."

Schmitt, ANMC commander since July 26, 2012, is transferring to Fort Carson, Colo., to assume duties as the deputy commander of the 71st Ordnance Group, Explosive Ordnance Disposal.

Schmitt thanked the employees of ANMC for their dedication to the organization's various missions and for their focus on safety.

"It's the work you do, every day, day after day, that makes a difference," he said.

The ceremony was presided over by the Blue Grass Army Depot Commander Col. Lee G. Hudson.

"It takes something to pick your family up and serve. It's not an easy life and it's not an easy path. Both these gentlemen have embraced it," said Hudson of Moore and Schmitt.

Under the Army's Joint Munitions Command, Kentucky's BGAD has command and control of ANMC.

ANMC, a tenant on the depot with approximately 110 government civilians, provides receipt, storage, shipment, maintenance, inspection, demilitarization and recycling of conventional ammunition and missiles in support of the warfighter.

ANMC has been in existence in its current state since 1998, when it stood up operations for the first time as a major tenant activity under the name Anniston Defense Munitions Center. Before then, the same operations were conducted under the installation commander in the depot's Directorate of Ammunition.