Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz

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81st Guam Liberation Video Message

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCB) Commanding Officer, Col. Richard D. Marshall Jr., and MCB Camp Blaz Senior Enlisted Leader, Master Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Krivenko, narrate a Liberation Day greeting message for the 81st Guam Liberation Day commencement ceremony, July 15, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

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Change of Command Ceremony

U.S Marine Corps Col. Ricahrd Marshall Jr., oncoming commanding officer, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, takes the command colors from Col. Ernest Govea, outgoing commanding officer, MCB Camp Blaz, during a change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, July 17, 2025. Col. Govea relinquished command of Camp Blaz to Col. Marshall after serving as the commanding officer since July of 2023. The change of command ceremony is an honored tradition, which signifies the transfer of command responsibility from one commander to another. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)

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81st Kålaguak Memorial

U.S. servicemembers, World War II survivors, and Guam politicians pose for a photo at the Kålaguak Memorial in Barigåda, Guam, July 11, 2025. Tiyan, Barigåda was the site where the CHamoru population during World War II was forced by the Imperial Japanese Forces to build an airstrip. The Kålaguak memorial service is one of many held across the island to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Guam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

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81st Asinan Memorial

Guam locals and U.S. military personnel listen to the story of the CHamoru people who were forced to reside in the Asinan concentration camp during World War II, during a memorial ceremony at Pago Bay Bridge, Yona, Guam, July 10, 2025. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Imperial Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

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Mañenggon Memorial Ceremony

U.S. service members, World War II survivors, Guam residents, and supporters, sit during the Mañenggon Memorial Ceremony as part of the 81st liberation of Guam in Yona, Guam, July 6, 2025. Mañenggon was the site of one of the concentration camps where the Imperial Japanese force-marched and held the CHamoru population during World War II. This memorial service is one of many held across the island to commemorate the liberation of Guam during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Currin)

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79th Saipan Liberation Parade

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, march in the 79th annual Saipan Liberation Day parade in I Liyang, Saipan, July 4, 2025. The march included dozens of military, government, and local organizations and floats in celebration of the liberation of Saipan. Saipan’s Liberation Day commemorates the permanent closure of civilian internment camps at the end of World War II on July 4, 1946. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)

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