Tobyhanna Army Depot ushered in a new era of leadership at Northeast Pennsylvania’s largest industrial employer. Col. James L. Crocker relinquished command to Col. Benjamin Kilgore during a military ceremony Wednesday. Maj. Gen. James D. Turinetti IV, commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, presided over the ceremony. Kilgore is the depot’s 36th commander and most recently served as the chief of staff at Defense Logistics Agency Energy. He holds a Master of Arts in strategic studies from the Army War College, a Master of Arts in higher education administration from the University of Louisville and a master’s in managerial logistics from North Dakota State University. Prior to attending the Army War College, he was assigned to Army Futures Command, where he served as the assistant chief of staff G4 for Joint Modernization Command at Fort Bliss, Texas. Kilgore will lead 3,100 employees as depot commander and will be responsible for supporting global readiness for command, control, communications, computer, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems across the U.S. Department of Defense.