Lt. Col. Russell Savatt, on-coming commanding officer, Communication Training Battalion, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, gives his remarks at a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 13, 2018. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Barian Woodward relinquished command to Savant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris) - Lt. Col. Russell Savatt, on-coming commanding officer, Communication Training Battalion, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, gives his remarks at a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 13, 2018. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Barian Woodward relinquished command to Savant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)
Colonel James E. Donnellan, oncoming commanding officer, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, shares a moment with his wife during the MCMWTC’s change of command ceremony at the expeditionary airfield, July 22, 2016. During the ceremony, Col. Scott D. Leonard, outgoing commanding officer, MCMWTC, relinquished command to Donnellan. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released) - Colonel James E. Donnellan, oncoming commanding officer, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, shares a moment with his wife during the MCMWTC’s change of command ceremony at the expeditionary airfield, July 22, 2016. During the ceremony, Col. Scott D. Leonard, outgoing commanding officer, MCMWTC, relinquished command to Donnellan. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)
Lt. Col. Speros C. Koumparakis, outgoing commanding officer, passes the Communication Training Battalion’s colors to Lt. Col. Barian A. Woodward, oncoming commanding officer, during the battalion’s change of command ceremony at Sunset Cinema aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 21, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - Lt. Col. Speros C. Koumparakis, outgoing commanding officer, passes the Communication Training Battalion’s colors to Lt. Col. Barian A. Woodward, oncoming commanding officer, during the battalion’s change of command ceremony at Sunset Cinema aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 21, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)
Marines of 1st Tank Battalion conduct a pass in review during the battalion’s change of command at the tank ramp, June 22, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released) - Marines of 1st Tank Battalion conduct a pass in review during the battalion’s change of command at the tank ramp, June 22, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)
Lt. Col. David Hart, off-going commanding officer, ceremonially passes the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, colors to Lt. Col. Erick Clark, on-coming commanding officer, during the battalion’s change of command ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field, June 21, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released) - Lt. Col. David Hart, off-going commanding officer, ceremonially passes the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, colors to Lt. Col. Erick Clark, on-coming commanding officer, during the battalion’s change of command ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field, June 21, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)