Videos

MCAS Yuma H&HS Change of Command.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS) conduct a change of command ceremony where Lt. Col. Michael K. Hayes, relinquished command of the squadron to Lt. Col. Matthew P. Dineen at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, July 3, 2024. Change of command ceremonies are a tradition that symbolize the transfer of authority and responsibility from one commanding officer to another. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

VMX-1 Change of Command.

U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 conduct a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, June 21, 2024. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Edmund B. Hipp, relinquished command of the squadron to Col. Charles W. Del Pizzo. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., held a change of command ceremony on the station’s parade field, Wednesday. Col. Robert Kuckuk relinquished his duty as the station’s commanding officer to Col. Ricardo Martinez. Kuckuk’s next assignment is to teach as a professor of naval science, Naval ROTC, Norwich University.

The Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214) conducted a change of command ceremony at which Lt. Col. Jason E. Waldron, native of Glen Ellen, Calif., relinquished command to Lt. Col. Mark W. Elfers, a native of Buffalo, New York. Available in high definition.