During the first few days of Donna and Sheri's visit, the three of us were able to attend the Regimental Change of Command Ceremony.* Troy was acting as a Platoon Commander and got to yell out orders to his group of Marines. The Marine Band was there as well and it was a very motivating ceremony. Enjoy some pictures from the day!
* Change of Command * When a regiment switches leaders. In this case, Col Williamson replaced Col Gentry as the man in charge of 12th Marine Regiment.
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| Sheri and Donna ready for the ceremony. |
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| Troy's Battalion, 3rd Btn 12th Marines. This means he is a part of 12th Marines, the Regiment that was changing command. |
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| Troy marching along during the ceremony, making sure his Marines look good. |
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| Troy is in the back saluting the Colonel. |
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| Troy is not in this pic, but I think it is pretty awesome how they are all mid-march. |
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| The new Colonel telling the Marines he is proud to be the leader of such a great group of Devil Dogs. :) |
After the Colonel's gave their speeches, the platoons marched by and saluted their new leader. Troy got to lead his platoon in front of the new big wig!
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| Marching up and getting ready to shoot his big gun.... |
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| I mean salute. ;) |
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| He saluted for the entire platoon and yelled out some orders. The three of us were so proud! |
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| The 777 Howitzer. It is Troy's job to shoot these. |
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| The III MEF Band was SO good! |
After the ceremony, Troy took us to see his new office.
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| In front of Troy's work building. |
Tune in soon for some of our adventures with Donna and Sheri!
I am so glad I got to see the ceremony, it was very special.
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