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Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Change of Command Ceremony - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Karl Arbogast, outgoing commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, renders a salute during the national anthem at a Change of Command ceremony, MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, July 7, 2023. Arbogast relinquished command of MCAS Beaufort to Col. Mark Bortnem. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Saucier)

Col. Mark Bortnem takes command of MCAS Beaufort

Col. Mark Bortnem officially assumed duties as the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort from Col. Karl Arbogast today at the headquarters building aboard the installation.More than 150 people gathered to witness the time-honored Marine Corps tradition of transferring formal authority from one commander to the next. The ceremony

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Col. Garcia Assumes Command of MCIEAST - U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel, left, the outgoing commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCIEAST-MCB), transfers the company guidon to the incoming commander, Col. Adolfo Garcia Jr., during the MCIEAST change of command ceremony on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 22, 2023. Niebel served as the 8th commanding general of MCIEAST since June 2021 and relinquished his command to Garcia Jr.

Garcia assumes command of MCIEAST-MCB Camp Lejeune

Col. Adolfo Garcia Jr. officially assumed duties as the ninth commander of Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel (NEE-BLE) today at the base theater. More than 500 people gathered to witness the time-honored tradition of transferring formal authority from one commander to the next. The

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