USS Milius holds Change of Command ceremony at Yokosuka NB

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack

USS Milius holds Change of Command ceremony at Yokosuka NB

by Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack
Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan
September 21, 2021

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 17, 2021) Cmdr. Matthew Hays, from Celina, Ohio., commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), reads his orders during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck aboard Milius. Milius is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

 

 

 

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