Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Cpl. Scott Prutch, right, will carry the torch for his family as a United States Marine. His father, Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch, left, retired Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., after 30 years of honorable and faithful active service. Scott Prutch, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, served as the commander of troops for the event....
Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Cpl. Scott Prutch, foreground, salutes at the conclusion of his father’s retirement ceremony Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch served 30 years in the Marine Corps. His son, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, served as the commander of troops for the event....
Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, left, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, speaks during the retirement ceremony for Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch, right, Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Prutch served 30 years in the Marine Corps and was a senior sergeant major in the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. He had previously served alongside Walters as the sergeant major for 2nd......
Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch and Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, foreground, salute during the playing of the National Anthem at Prutch’s retirement ceremony Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Prutch, who retired after 30 years in the Marine Corps, served with Walters in southwestern Afghanistan as the command element for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), the aviation combat......
Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Cpl. Scott Prutch, center, steps off as part of the retirement ceremony for his father, Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch, left center, as Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ,takes his position as the reviewing officer for the Sept. 21 retirement ceremony. Prutch served 30 years in the Marine Corps and previously served alongside Walters as the sergeant......
Photo by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.21.2012
Sgt. Maj. Henry Prutch, seated, watches as his son Cpl. Scott Prutch begins the retirement ceremony Sept. 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The elder Prutch retired after 30 years of honorable and faithful service; his son presided over the ceremony as the commander of troops....
