6/23/2011 - Lt. Col. William F. Ping III passes the 31st Contracting Squadron guidon to Col. Brian D. Pukall, 31st Mission Support Group commander, during the 31st CONS change of command ceremony June 21 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Colonel Ping relinquished command to Lt. Col. Carlos S. Ramos, and will head to Seoul, Korea as a political liaison at the American Embassy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman LaVel Sterling)

6/23/2011 - Col. Brian D. Pukall, 31st Mission Support Group commander, passes the 31st Contracting Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Carlos S. Ramos, during the 31st CONS change of command ceremony June 21 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Colonel Ramos took the reins of the 31st CONS from Lt. Col. William F. Ping III after serving as the Defense Contract Management Agency commander in Wayne, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman LaVel Sterling)