Bradley Soldier Takes Command of Forward Support Company

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1st. Lt. April M. Hawes, a native of Bradley, receives the guidon from Lt. Col. Charles Kitson of Springfield, 634th Brigade Support Battalion commander, during a change of command ceremony.

MOUNT VERNON, IL (02/04/2013)(readMedia)-- 1st. Lt. April M. Hawes, a native of Bradley, assumed command of the Illinois Army National Guard's Company F, 634th Brigade Support Battalion from Capt. Caleb A. Crouch of Greenview in Mount Vernon, Feb. 2.

Hawes has eight years of enlisted service and two years of commissioned service in the Illinois Army National Guard. Her previous assignment was as the operations officer for Company A, 405th Brigade Support Battalion in Streator.

Crouch will now serve as an information technology officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 634th Brigade Support Battalion in Sullivan.

Hawes resides in Athens.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kassidy L. Snyder, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs/1st. Lt. April M. Hawes, a native of Bradley, receives the guidon from Lt. Col. Charles Kitson of Springfield, 634th Brigade Support Battalion commander, during a change of command ceremony for the Illinois Army National Guard's Company F, 634th Brigade Support Battalion in Mount Vernon, Feb. 2.