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(Photo by Sgt. Christian Garcia)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Christopher Deddo, right, the company commander of Motor Transport Maintenance Company (MTM), 3rd Maintenance Battalion (3rd Maint. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Lt. Col. Freddie Martinez, left, the commanding officer of 3rd Maint. Bn., retire the MTM unit colors during the redesignation ceremony of Regional Maintenance Operations Company-South (RMOC-S) on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 1, 2024. RMOC-S consists of what was formerly Engineer Maintenance Company and MTM. By consolidating resources, streamlining processes, and enhancing interoperability, RMOC-S strengthens the Marine Corps’ ability to respond swiftly to any threat, and ensures the Marine Corps remains an agile, lethal, and expeditionary force, capable of operating in a distributed and contested environment.

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