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    2025 USS Iwo Jima Change of Command [Image 8 of 16]

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    2025 USS Iwo Jima Change of Command

    NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    06.13.2025

    Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Tyler Miller  

    USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

    NORFOLK (June 13, 2025) Capt. Brian Hamel, the outgoing commanding officer of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), addresses the crew and honored guests during Iwo Jima’s Change of Command ceremony where Capt. Richard Haley relieves Hamel as commanding officer of Iwo Jima. The change of command ceremony is a traditional Navy ceremony where the ship's crew witness the transfer of power from the commanding officer to the prospective commanding officer. Iwo Jima is the flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group, a force uniquely positioned to deter aggression, project power through presence abroad, and execute contingency missions with its integrated Marine Corps team in support of U.S. strategic interest. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph T. Miller.)

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    Date Taken: 06.13.2025
    Date Posted: 06.13.2025 13:48
    Photo ID: 9109907
    VIRIN: 250613-N-MY760-1033
    Resolution: 3984x2656
    Size: 795.32 KB
    Location: NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US
    Hometown: KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, US

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