REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Col. Erin Eike will succeed Col. Brian Cozine as the Garrison commander in a change of command ceremony Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. in Bob Jones Auditorium at the Sparkman Center.

Cozine has led the Garrison since Aug. 4, 2022. His next assignment is deputy director at the Installation Management Command-Sustainment Directorate.

Eike’s last assignment was chief, Requirements Division in the Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber, J6, Joint Staff, Pentagon.

A native of Windom, Minnesota, Eike began her military career in 1998 by enlisting in the Army and serving in the Minnesota National Guard. In 2001, she was commissioned as a distinguished military graduate from Minnesota State and Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, where she earned a bachelor’s in psychology. Additionally, she holds a master’s in information technology management from Webster University and a master’s in strategic studies from the Air War College.

The change of command ceremony may be viewed at facebook.com/teamredstone. A reception immediately follows in the Bob Jones Auditorium foyer.