Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell Alvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 05.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Dickens, center, commanding officer of Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, passes a sword to Sgt. Maj. Lorenzo Hernandez, the oncoming Sergeant Major of Support Bn, RTR during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, May 12, 2025. The relief and appointment ceremony signifies the passing of authority and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell Alvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 05.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jason Wilson, left, the outgoing Sergeant Major of Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, passes a sword to Lt. Col. John Dickens, commanding officer of Support Battalion, RTR during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, May 12, 2025. The relief and appointment ceremony signifies the passing of authority and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell Alvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 05.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Dickens, center, the commanding officer of Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment stands in formation during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, May 12, 2025. The relief and appointment ceremony signifies the passing of authority and responsibilities from the outgoing sergeant major to the incoming......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell Alvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 05.12.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jason Wilson, left, the outgoing sergeant major of Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Lorenzo Hernandez, the incoming sergeant major of Support Battalion, RTR stand in formation during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, May 12, 2025. The relief and appointment ceremony signifies the passing......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell Alvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 05.12.2025
U.S. Marines stand in formation during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, May 12, 2025. Sgt. Maj. Jason Wilson, the outgoing sergeant major of Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, relinquished his position to Sgt. Maj. Lorenzo Hernandez, incoming sergeant major. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janell B. Alvarez)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Ayden Cassano | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 04.25.2025
In a relief and appointment ceremony held aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C, Sgt. Maj. Sael G. Garcia relinquished his duties as the Depot and Eastern Recruiting Regions Sergeant Major to Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Forde, April 25, 2025. The passing of the sword of office is a symbolic gesture symbolizing the passing of responsibility from one sergeant major to another. (U.S. Marine......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.08.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Brashear, from Florida, the oncoming command senior enlisted leader of Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, gives remarks during an appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 8, 2025. The ceremony represented the assumption of responsibility, authority, and accountability by Brashear as MACS-2's command senior......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.08.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Brashear, from Florida, the oncoming command senior enlisted leader of Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, gives remarks during an appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 8, 2025. The ceremony represented the assumption of responsibility, authority, and accountability by Brashear as MACS 2's command senior......