West Point to get new garrison commander

WEST POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Military Academy has a new garrison commander.

Col. Michael Tarsa passed the command of the U.S. Army Garrison at West Point to Col. Dane D. Rideout on Tuesday, July 10. The garrison commander is in charge of day-to-day operations at the academy.

A ceremony was held on Tuesday to mark the changeover.

Rideout is a 1990 graduate of Ball State University and most recently served with the U. S. Special Operations Command.

Tarsa will take on new duties in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, D.C.