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LAFAYETTE, La. – Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Col. Jonathan T. Ball, outgoing commander of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during an official change-of-command ceremony at Cajun Field at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, April 3, 2011. Ball is succeeded by the incoming commander, Col. Jacques D. Thibodeaux. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Michael L. Owens, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)