U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong ()

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Omar J. Randall, left, passes the noncommissioned officer sword to Sgt. Maj. Daniel E. West, right, during a relief and appointment ceremony at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 1, 2019. Sgt. Maj. Jason Hammock ceremoniously transferred accountability and authority of enlisted Marines to West during the ceremony. Randall, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, is a native of Bronx, New York. West, the incoming regimental sergeant major of CLR-37, 3rd MLG, is a native of Golden Valley, Minnesota.