ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Outgoing Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon hands the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer flag to South Pacific Division Deputy Commander Col. Eric McFadden during the District’s formal change of command ceremony, May 12, 2016. The ceremony symbolizes the transfer of command responsibility from one individual to another and is physically represented by the passing of the flag from the old commander to the new. Traditionally the next senior commander performs the transfer.