Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Deanna Pecina watches as her husband, Col. Thomas A. Pecina, assumes command of Headquarters and Support Battalion June 30 during a ceremony at the Camp Foster Community Center. The ceremony marks the beginning of her husband’s two-year term as commanding officer. Pecina relieved Col. Katherine J. Estes as the commanding officer. The battalion is part of Marine Corps Installations......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Marines and their families stand at attention June 30 at the Camp Foster Community Center during a ceremony marking the end of Col. Estes’ two-year term as commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion. Col. Thomas A. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumed command of the battalion. The battalion is part of Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler. (U.S.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Col. Thomas A. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, offers words of encouragement and gratitude June 30 at the Camp Foster Community Center during a ceremony marking the beginning of his two-year term as commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion. Pecina is picking up the proverbial torch from Col. Katherine J. Estes, a Marceline, Missouri, native. The battalion is part of Marine......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Col. Katherine J. Estes, a Marceline, Missouri, native, offers words of encouragement and gratitude June 30 at the Camp Foster Community Center during a ceremony marking the end of her two-year term as commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion. Col. Thomas A. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumed command of the battalion. The battalion is part of Marine Corps Installations......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Col. Katherine J. Estes, a Marceline, Missouri, native, offers words of encouragement and gratitude June 30 at the Camp Foster Community Center during a ceremony marking the end of her two-year term as commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Battalion. Col. Thomas A. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumed command of the battalion. The battalion is part of Marine Corps Installations......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, a Butler, Pennsylvania, native, offers words of encouragement to Cols. Katherine J. Estes and Thomas A. Pecina June 30 during a change of command ceremony at the Camp Foster Community Center. The event signifies the end of Estes’ two-year term as commanding officer for Headquarters and Support Battalion. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumed command of the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Col. Katherine J. Estes, center right, prepares to pass the Headquarters and Support Battalion flag to Col. Thomas A. Pecina, center, at the Camp Foster Community Center auditorium June 30 during a change of command ceremony. Estes, a Marceline, Missouri, native, began her two-year term as commanding officer June 2012. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumes command of the battalion for the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Peter Sanders | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Col. Katherine J. Estes, far right, prepares to relinquish command of Headquarters and Support Battalion to Col. Thomas A. Pecina, second from right, June 30 at the Camp Foster Community Center. Estes, a Marceline, Missouri, native, began her two-year term as commanding officer in June 2012. Pecina, a Lubbock, Texas, native, assumed command of the battalion. The battalion is part of Marine......
