DECATUR, IL (09/23/2016)(readMedia)-- The 766th Brigade Engineer Battalion held a change of command ceremony at the Decatur armory in Decatur, Illinois, Sept. 18. Maj. Timothy J. Newman took over for Lt. Col. Douglas M. Masters of Naperville, Illinois. Masters commanded the 766th for the last two years.
Newman of Mahomet, Illinois, enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in 1999 as part of the 3rd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery in Marion, Illinois. He commissioned as an engineer officer in 2002. Newman deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 with the Bilateral Embedded Support Team (BEST) and deployed to Kuwait in 2013 with the 108th Sustainment Brigade. Newman served as the Facilities/ Contract Construction Management Engineer director before being selected to take command of the 766th.
Masters was selected to lead the 1886th Engineer Facility Detachment, a new unit being stood up for the Illinois Army National Guard.
