 Marine Corps Installation Specific, commanded by Major General Peter J. Tilleri, was activated September 30th in a ceremony at the Building 1 parade deck on Camp Foster. Today, as you just witnessed, we deactivate Marine Corps Base in Japan and activate Marine Corps Installation Specific. This is not a change-of-command ceremony. This is about history, 40 years of history, and this is about our future in the United States Marine Corps. During the ceremony, Marine Corps Base in Japan, commanded by Lieutenant General Kenneth J. Gluck, was deactivated in accordance with a decision by Headquarters Marine Corps to realign Installation Commands in order to optimize support to Marine Corps Operating Forces and Tenant Commands. Lance Corporal Matthew Manning, Camp Foster, Okinawa.