 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of the Commonwealth of the Marine Corps, General David H. Berger. Welcome to today's change of command ceremony in which Lieutenant General William M. Jury will roll his command up to Marine Expeditionary Force to Lieutenant General David A. I. Long. Today's ceremony is being executed by the Marines and Sailors up to Marine Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant General Jury and the Marines and Sailors of the two Marine Expeditionary Force would like to extend a warm welcome to General David Berger. Sergeant Major Troy Black. General Robert Mattis. Lieutenant General Christopher Coney. Lieutenant General Joseph Osterman. Lieutenant General Frank Pantin. Lieutenant General Gary Matissa. Major General Odd Harold Hyde. Major General Dale Alford. Major General Michael Orson. Major General Frank Donner. Major General Matthew Collier. Major General Scott Bennett. Major General Ronald Rashard. Major General Robert Dickerson. Brigadier General Andrew Neymar. Brigadier General Michael McWilliams. Brigadier General Mark Klinkett. Brigadier General Kevin Stewart. Brigadier General Jordan Cooley. SES Peter DeLorean. Captain Kevin Brown. Colonel Garth Bernanke. Also in attendance are over two of the commanding generals and Sergeant Major Lieutenant General Robert Petlow. Lieutenant General Dave Beichler. Physician Gwen Wallace. Sergeant Major Ron Hinsworth. Would like to welcome Sheriff Hans Miller. Mr. Adam Calvo. Ms. Anita Best. Ms. Lawrence Leighton. The Military Affairs Committees of Jacksonville, Swansboro, and Wilmington. And the November Veterans of America, Chapter 4. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we would like to thank the community leaders and the organizations they represent who have generously supported the Marines, sailors, and families of this command. Please rise for the introduction given by Captain Dennis M. Cox, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy. Let us pray for your presence in this changed command. Certainly in short, the words of few, but the lasting impact of command and the authority of command is possible. Lieutenant General Jordan and Lieutenant General Hanifano are about to pass between them a flag of the two-methe expedition of course. Simple gesture, but an extremely important gesture nonetheless. So as a Passage Board, strengthen them both in the tasks to which you have called them. Go with Lieutenant General Jordan and assume as they prepare before the commandment. As they go off to Hawaii, let them rest in your grace. Be blessed when they come here, in their service, to everyone who is standing before you this moment. The day behind work with Lieutenant General Hanifano and his family, as he leads the battle, some of you might as well exercise it. May he have the wisdom of solving the decisions that he must make. May he have the courage of David when he faces the giants of the land. Let him have the strength of the saints to endure the daily running. The patience of Job to deal with the ever-changing demands placed upon him. From all of us who are in that encounter with compassion for our Lord himself, indeed with those over his care. Give all of us here that have committed to serve for a new behavior, honor, and distinction. Pray especially for his name, for his face is for strength, that he should be blessed in this transition. So thank you, Lord, for never ending love, strength, courage, and guidance, all of them keys to unlocking the full potential of his life. Pray this in the name of the one who was called to it, that he should be such a creation. Now taking his position on the radio is a commander of troops for today's ceremony, Colonel David R. Eberlin. Praise the Marine Corps at their basis in both history and tradition. The mass formation of troops on one long line at close interval made possible by massive firemower from muscle and muscles of yesterday. In those over days, the line of battle was just that. A line of two or three ranks and looked much like the great formation you will see today. The adjutant warms the line for battle. The adjutant for today's ceremony is Major James Simpson. Projects for the marching on of their colors and the ready-saving women playing on our national anthem. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. To present when troops volunteered for different states on fire to their location, they were brought on the line, on one volunteers, the band struck with chords of the present day in San Francisco. On another truce, cheer through time. Preparation reached out to the ancient times when commanders would drill their truce in preparation for battle. These repeated trills ensured vulnerability and confidence in the handling of weapons. They also instilled automatic and immediate response to commandments, vital to the success on the battlefield, as well as physically conditioned them to handle heavy weapons of that time. Since the launch, commanders were able to insolute the commandment of troops. This approach was asked for from the parade today. In the review here is the commandant of the workforce, General David H. Herb. He brought his command to General David H. Herb and arranged standing for honors to the commandant general of two Marine Expeditionary Force. Now taking this position in the reviewing area is the commandant general of two Marine Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General William M. Jerry. Now joining the Lieutenant General Jerry in the reviewing area to assume command of two Marine Expeditionary Force is Lieutenant General David A. Ivey. To the ceremony's most solemn duty, the actual passing of command. The battle close of the Marine Corps unit symbolized the afford and accountability of command. Transferring the colors during the ceremony symbolizes the well-intentioned command by Lieutenant General Jerry. And by accepting the colors, Lieutenant General Ivey accepts command and confirms his total commitment to the Marines and sailors that he will command. Delivering the colors to the commanding general is Sergeant Major Blimey Travis, the two Marine Expeditionary Force Sergeant Major. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the passing of the colors. At 0900, 18 August, 2022, throw our leader duties as the commanding general to Marine Expeditionary Force. It are the right to report to Marine Corps Forces Pacific for duty as the commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Pacific. Signed, David H. Berger, general of the 96 Marine Corps, commandant of the Marine Corps. From commandant of the Marine Corps to Lieutenant General David A. Ivey, subject assumption on command. Effected, 0900, 18 August, 2022, you are directed to assume the duties as the commanding general to Marine Expeditionary Force. Signed, David H. Berger, general of the United States Marine Corps, commandant of the Marine Corps. Please be seated. Now taking his position in the reviewing area is the commanding general to Marine Expeditionary Force. The command is to Lieutenant General David A. Ivey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the command of the Marine Corps. Good morning to everybody. As the commanding generals, both of them, they would give me permission to place them at rest because standing in at attention in Carolina in August is a chore. We don't want to put the Marines out any more than they need to. For those of you who are regulars at Camp La Jolla in Jacksonville, thank you for allowing me and Donna to come back and to start the major in space. For us, this is close to home as we have. This is where we raised our family. And I was listening to the chaplain's words about the wisdom of Solomon. All I could think of was when we were majors in Lieutenant Colonel, the captain's probably, we didn't have anywhere near the wisdom of Solomon living on St. Mary's Drive. But it's great to see they do have now the wisdom of Solomon. This happens automatically. There's rehearsals. A lot of people that you and I can see in some that we don't see. From the left, coming through Color Guard, all the Marines that's given them parts to us that provide security, all the Marines that are marching in front of us start major Travis who organized all this. Can you join me just please to thank and all the Marines that organized may be the hardest job of all. But thanks to everybody who organized this. The ceremony, first just a word or two about the ceremony goes along. You and I were listening and the flag gets passed from one leader to another. Pretty amazing for you and me just to watch because in this moment, in that second that one leader lets go of that guidance and the other one has it in their hands that all of the authorities, all of the responsibilities have been no less than a second. That transfer just like that. Amazing for us to watch. And now we have a new commanding general. That's of course the change of command. But it's good for you and me to also thank that although the two leaders are changing, the Color Guard, all those Marines, all the Marines across the entire meth North and South Carolina, all them were here last week. They'll all be here next week. They are, the Marines are the continuity. We're here for a change of command but really the mission, the Marines, the unit always more important than any two leaders. I'm incredibly proud of Don and me to be here. It's a fantastic ceremony. This Marine Expeditionary Force, I think if you were here 10 years ago and some of us were, or maybe even one year ago, amazing to see the speed at which this meth is learning, it's changing, it's adapting. Like years time, just amazing to watch. And it's not, I don't think it's about equipment. I don't think it's about aircraft, it's about vehicles. It's a climate of learning. It's an atmosphere that the journey's put into this place that we can figure this out, we can learn fast, we can adapt, and from the commanding crew all the way down to four crews and lieutenants, I think they are moving at 100 miles an hour to solve problems, but it's always been about two methods, a place right now where learning is happening. I don't think there's, from my watching it, where I am privileged to be now, it's amazing. I think probably the most visible example for me is Task Force 61-2, although there's 100 of them, probably the most visible for me to watch happen. And from the outside, you see something like Task Force 61-2 do all kind of amazing things in Europe. And you think, wow, they really figured it out when they got there. Task Force 61-2, General Cardi, and all of his leaders beforehand know that it didn't start when they got to Europe, because the relationship that he built with Sixth Fleet, that his commanders built with their counterparts in Europe, all the prep by the Marines, all that was done before they ever got to Europe. And yeah, they did amazing things. They're still there. But the magic of it, I think, was General Journey's leadership long before they ever deployed. But that is just one example of this map moving way in front of the Marine Corps, pulling the rest of the Marine Corps forward, figuring out where we need to be in the future. All because of a loud, his supporters, the room to make decisions, the room to grow, the room to make mistakes, and I give all that credit to General Journey. But it's not a surprise if you know General Journey, if you knew Captain Journey, or Lieutenant Colonel Journey, it's not a surprise. Every place that he has gone, he's an infantryman. He approaches every job that I've ever known you in as I took over a good fighting position, I will try to make it there. Every place that you have been, the two of you have been. And he inherited a good fighting position from General Kudra, and the next day you and Sue started making it there, because it's you now, your fighting position, and we'll make it there. And you have it. I, Don and I, the rest of the Marine Corps are so grateful for the both of you. Given this, this map, a room to move, and the guidance that they need and the support that they need. And Sue, I have watched you since he was a company commander. And what you, what you do with a map level is the same thing that you did at a company level, which is put your arms around somehow around all 47,000 Marines in the map, love them, care about them, even when they have tough days, you support them. And for every day, since Bill took command, we'll never be able to paint a eternally great map, everything that you have poured yourself into. There's no possible way we can, we can retain it. But I don't think you're after them. I think you love the people in this map, not expecting anything in return. It's an amazing example. They're going to the largest command that we have in the Marine Corps, the largest operational commander. There's no, you're gonna put your arms around 80,000 Marines somehow and love them all, and love them all. Same way you did when there was 150. Up the street from the burners on St. Mary's Drive were the hot ignites. Neither one of us had the wisdom of Solomon back then, but me and Donna and our family were privileged to learn the hot ignites on St. Mary's Drive here. During one of our three tours here, and it was magical to watch. Then I was lucky to watch him work alongside of him in one map, amazing leadership there. And then the last job, which is not the job that he asked for, but the job he was cut out for, which is taking care of all the people in the Marine Corps. He talks about, if you listen to General Lottagnani, he talks about the business of people, because he believes in, I think, here at Tumev, you want your primary focus, you and Diane will all be about your inheritance of great fighting mission. You're gonna make a better mark. And the two of you are exactly the right pair at just the right time. And if the rest of us won't be pretty excited to watch you take command and lead this battle, from where Bill is handing it off to you in suit to where you're going to take it. You have the Commandant's 100% support. Now I'm extremely proud of where you've been and the two of you taking command. Thank you, gentlemen, you're forward, man in general, it's gonna be a general bill journey. Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, to see who's guest, friends, family, brains, just, you know, wow, you know, comment on it, Miss Donna, I know you've got deep roots here at Campbell's Union, as you spoke about, and I just wanna say thank you. Thank you for recognizing that the great work, hard work of the whole team here this morning, of course, and for the most. And certainly thank you as well for the opportunity for us to come back here and compare on the map. So now, I know most of you came here to see Sue and not me, and I'm used to that. I'm over it, all right? I get it, I know how this works. I've come clean on that sentence a long time ago, but sincerely, we do appreciate each and every one of you sharing this very special day with Sue and I, the Commandant, Diane and Dave. And it means a great deal to us, much like Commandant, you know, by the great hard work pointed into this thing, Sergeant Major Travis and the whole team put this thing together. You know, it's been about two years since we rolled out, marched out, all of our formation, all of our colors, and bringing the cannons forward and representing the additions of the United States Command Floor. These guys and gals are certainly making us proud, so I do, if you would, please join me in a big round of applause for you guys. Hey, look, with every changed man, it is always bitter sweet, as you know, and today is certainly no different for us, because Camp Lejeune is one. You know, it's whole, much like Commandant, in regards to, this is where I was raised as a Marine. This is where we raised our family. Being raised here as a Marine professionally, there are so many people sitting in this audience today that took such a tremendous role in showing me what Wright looks like, that I just can't even go down the whole list for you today, and what they have meant. And they had their hands full, because I was quite the project, I have to leave, but you know, likewise, personally, it's home to us, because this is where we raised our family. And they're just down those individuals here today who have shared in our lives in so many ways. Stone Street Elementary School, double clubs at Camp Lejeune, you know, the White Oak Vikings, our extended Marine Corps family, and the community and friends here from the West, and Sherry Hambrite, and Dave, Katherine Coots, Carlos, and Teresa, I mean, the list goes on and on, it is a very tight community indeed. It is one of which the conditions and the legacy of the Command, Camp Lejeune, and this community are such that they are inextricably linked and rallied together, and tough times are required, and good times, you know, from tragic events in Beirut, the full mobilization of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Iraq, Afghanistan, and hurricanes, and everything between. It is one team, one fight, and it is unique and special here, like I have never seen nowhere else, but it is special because of the people in need. And I would just say that Sue and I both are forever grateful for the opportunity to be able to have shared in that and calling Camp Lejeune home to us. So it was one of my mentors here kicked me left and right a long time ago, and told me Steve Davis to keep the main thing, the main thing, and we hit the ground here at Camp Lejeune, the main thing has always been about everything that will improve or enhance our operational capabilities. That's always the main thing. Dave, for the leaders here, as you go back to your formations, I would ask you to take back the main thing of the day and that's a simple message, and that's just simply to say thank you. Thank you to all our Marines and sailors for all that they have done, specifically thank them for their dedication and their professionalism. A little bit of a comment I'll refer to, you know, kind of had this idea or approach on life in general, or as an individual, or as a unit, that you either get better or you get worse. You can never stay the same, all right? I wake up every day, put my boots on, and I try and brace that as an individual, as a person, and I try to bring that to the command. And I say that because if you think you're staying the same, let me tell you, there's a warfighting business we're in right now. There's a thinking, breathing enemy that gets a vote, and they're working real hard every day, and by the fall, you're gonna be getting worse. You ain't working on getting better. There is no status quo in the business we're in. And I gotta tell you, that each and every one of these Marines, they gripped that, it was a tall ask, and from the junior Marine to the senior experienced leadership around here, those are the things, is it's game of inches that moves the needle and to get better, get worse approach in the business world. So some of those results that we talked about already, as the Marine Corps remains our premier, 9-1-1 force of our nation, and we do, we here at 2-man, we consider ourselves a force of choice, that's 9-1-1 force. And over the course of this year, I can just tell you, it's not some experimental game or a mythical theoretical discussion. It's been boots on the ground and five different GCCs all across the geographic and back demands over the course of this year, some of which he just named. Price's response in Haiti and the earthquake, putting together a MAGTAP, task-organized team, tailored to go do what we always do here at Campos U, to take care of business, to pushing out folks to help Afghan refugees and OAW here in Quantico, to turn around the 6-1-2 partner with our naval forces and partners in Europe and the Ukraine crisis is supporting that. We're pushing out tack here at SEMCOM. The flight line and the barracks have been emptied more than once around here. And that's just the business of the business, and that's who we are, and that's what we do. And I'm telling you, that has not changed one bit. But we can walk and shoot them at the same time, and while we're doing that, we can also continue to get better, right? And I think you expect us to be doing that. And so we have to continue to modernize and become more lethal each and every day. Much of that, we have employed over the course of this year, and we've looked at be using that a whole lot more going forward. So that part of the recoil that you all know and love, I'm here to tell you, has not changed. We still shoot, move, and communicate with the best of them. We're getting better each and every day, and that's what you expect from a boy. So, whether we keep it a main thing, the main thing, or we're getting better or getting worse, you know, I got another journey is, when you remain flexible and you remain balanced so that you can respond in every climbing place, I say, hey, you got to give yourself two ways of winning, three's even better. You know, I ain't going to put all my eggs in one basket. And I had a gunner that worked for me out in the division there, and he said, hey, sir, you know what? I think I figured out what's your second way of winning. I'm like, yeah, what's that? He said, it's shooting. And I said, well, you know, I ain't going to disagree with you on that gunner, but I'll tell you for some time now, you know, she's been my first, she's been my second, she's been my third way of winning. Truth be told, right? And it's kind of pointed out, she jumps right in in the same vein to get better, get worse, puts her arms around everybody, continues to advocate, find ways, move the initiatives. I mean, she was working on here with Sarah, B.J., George Intel, Barbara Dozier down over here, Melissa, Theresa, I mean, these are household names, right? Here at campus, you're shaking your heads because you know exactly what I'm talking about, right? So she brings her own come to fight, come to win attitude, I love you, court, I appreciate it. I recognize that it is a one, two punch all the way. And it continues to the same point for it. So thank you very much. You're welcome. We also have both of our kids here today, although clearly they're not kids anymore. And so Troy and his fiance, Cassie, we're booking in the continental United States from San Diego, the Outer Banks. So they're in here from San Diego and Madison in from Kate Matters today. So we're glad to have you home. We don't all get together all the time. So it is indeed a special day for that. We are so proud of each and every one of you. But I got to tell you, at this age of our life, now on the 22nd PCS move, I am missing my working party, right? So that's the team that's going to be here, right? So for Dave and Diane, you know, comment on that, say welcome back. You know, Lieutenant General Ottingdon is no stranger to Matt and Campbell's Union. He's certainly no stranger to it, to the MAGTAP operations business. And we are absolutely so excited for both of you. You know, proud, legacy, reputation, traditions to Matt, all the criticality that it means to bring more to our nation. I know you understand that and you're just going to take a full 30 going forward. So if you're going to Diane, we're going to be happy to help you. We should take you through today. So ladies and gentlemen, again, it has been an absolute honor and privilege to be able to come back here home to the Carolina MAGTAP. It is indeed the highlight of the career to be able to come back here and to be able to come back home. So for those of you that know me, it changes the command. You know, I'm always telling the incoming guy, hey, look at here, congratulations. But you know, anything you find wrong in that command, you can blame the old guy. So soon goes down. But after that, I don't want to hear his name again, you won't. You got that? So now, unfortunately for me today, I had to schedule this thing pretty early in the morning. So I gave Dave a lot of time to work with, so I would very much appreciate it if y'all all join us at the club after this. He's been tied up for as long as he can. So brother, congratulations. Ladies and gentlemen, the commanding general, we have the commanding general, Dave, on now. The leaders, senior sergeant majors, symmetric army sergeants, family training. I mean, be very brief this morning. Just a quick way to say thank you. Thank you very much for your hospitality to be here this morning with us and chair with the secretary, Greedex Fisher, just how special this community is. I would like to just recognize the community leaders that are here at the state as well as federal leaders that are here, representatives. I can't thank you enough for over the years the support that you've provided to Marines and sailors and families of Camp Lejeune and three different counties that surround. Thank you very much for all you do. It's truly wonderful to be back. Comin' on, thank you for the opportunity. I'm very humbled by it. I appreciate your trust and confidence in me. I will not let you down. Bill, just want to say one thing. You have put this myth on course. And it's your leadership and your direction that has had a tremendous impact. I can see it. I can feel it. And I know that the position that you took and the position that I now assume is in great place. Your transition points, I appreciate it. And it's really amazing to be a part of and be around you again. You and Sue are very close friends of ours. I've been through years. And I know that everyone in here, you have their admiration and their respect. And as I whispered in the ear yesterday morning, I was sitting out there and I just put my head down and I said, Bill, I'm really sorry that you have to leave for Carolina. Because I know how much you love this area, this community, these groups. But Diane and I wish you the very best. Aloha. I know there's a big challenge out there. And I do believe you're the right guy to write the place, the right time to go out there and make us proud. Excuse me if I just turn my back for a second. Just so I can look at these young women out there, the Marines of the Met. You know, a lot has changed in Camp Lejeune. You come onto the base and General Neville's got his hands around it. But I need a map to recognize where I am again. I've gotten lost already twice in Wall Street. But there is one constant that I noticed right away. It hasn't changed in Camp Lejeune. And that's the grit, the warfighting competence, the tenacity and just that little secret sauce that comes from being in Carolina and being a warfighter from Carolina. It's there. It is evident, Cominon. Every place I've been thus far, the energy is there. And it is just humbling to be back, to be accounted amongst your ranks, to be a part of those ranks with you. And I look forward to serving with you. I know that come to fight, come to win is the motto here at Carolina Magda has always been. And you were right. And I also know that when the nation falls, two men will be very anxious though. So I look forward to the challenges with you. Again, as Bill said, I look forward to seeing you all at the club this afternoon. And I'll personally shake hands and thank you personally. So thank you very much for your attendance. We'll see you there. Simplify. The flowers are presented to the sponsors for their continuous dedicated service to the brave sailors and their families. In Louisville flowers, the intentional journey is making a new mission to go for the warriors on behalf of the Mrs. Sue journey. And the intentional life is making a new mission to the separate life on behalf of Mrs. Diana. While taking this position in reviewing here is the commanding general, too, for being an expeditionary force. We're an expeditionary force to join in the rebellion here. We're an expeditionary force to join in the battle of March. I look forward to seeing you all at the club this afternoon. Thank you.