Commander M. E. Kawika Chang relieved Commander Timothy E. Rogers as the 25th commanding officer of the “Warlords” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 at a change of command ceremony held...
Rear Adm. Carl Lahti, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan/Navy Region Japan, presents Capt. Rich Jarrett, outgoing Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), with the Legion of Merit during a change of command ceremony onboard CFAY.
Col. Jesse J. Friedel relinquished command of the 35th Fighter Wing (FW) to Col. Michael P. Richard during the wing’s official change of command ceremony, at Misawa Air Base, June 30, 2022.
The outgoing Commanding Officer of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Capt. Timothy Waits, salutes the crew after departing Blue Ridge June 24, 2022.
U.S. Air Force Col. John J. Cotton and Col. Jesse J. Friedel
U.S. Air Force Col. John J. Cotton, incoming 35th Medical Group commander, accepts the guidon from Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, as he assumes command during a change of command ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 24, 2022.
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Andrew L. Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing incoming commander, formally assumed command of the 374th AW from the outgoing commander, Col. Andrew Campbell, during the 374th AW Change of Command Ceremony June 23.
Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony.
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Lance Lewis, the former commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, embraces Col. Derek Brannon, the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 12 and long-time friend of Lewis, a friend after a change of command ceremony at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, June 16, 2022.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Christian Leonard R. Belo, 35th Comptroller Squadron commander, delivers remarks during a change of command ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 16, 2022.
Capt. James T. Robinson, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), turned over command to Capt. Severn B. Stevens in a ceremony aboard Green Bay, May 12.
