SLOAN, Nev. – Maj. Leopold Karanikolas, a Las Vegas native, United States Military Academy, West Point, 2002 graduate and Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer, assumed command of the 314th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion from Lt. Col. Julie Aksamit, who has led the unit for the past two years, at the George W. Dunaway Army Reserve Center in Sloan, Nevada, May 17.
Karanikolas enlisted in the Army in 1996 as an operations system analyst. He attended the U.S. Military Preparatory School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, before appointment to West Point, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a major in International Strategic History.
The ceremony began with the traditional ceremonial pageantry. The standing units were summoned to order arms. The audience stood for the Presentation of the Colors and Honors, and the units were brought to present arms, then to parade rest. These displays of uniformity were executed with discipline and precision. Read More