米海兵隊岩国航空基地司令が指揮権を次期司令へ引き継ぐ司令官交代式が、基地内において行われます｡

リチャード・Ｆ・ファースト大佐は８月２２日（木）午前１０時から司令部前広場で行われる式典において、岩国基地の指揮権をランス・ルイス大佐に渡します。

式典は約１時間の予定です。取材をご希望の報道機関は８月７日（水）正午までに岩国基地報道部へ、電子メール iwakuni.pao@usmc.mil でお知らせください。参加の連絡を頂いた報道関係者には後日、報道部より集合時間と場所をご連絡いたします。

Change of Command

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan (Aug. 5, 2019) –

The MCAS Iwakuni Commanding Officer is scheduled to relinquish command during an upcoming change-of-command ceremony aboard the air station.

Colonel Richard F. Fuerst will relinquish command to Colonel Lance Lewis at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 22, during a ceremony at the main parade deck.

The ceremony is scheduled to last approximately one hour. Media interested in covering the event should contact the Communication Strategy and Operations Office by sending an email to iwakuni.pao@usmc.mil no later than noon on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Registered media will receive coordinating instructions prior to the event.