1st Battalion 12th Marines

C Battery conducts a live fire shoot during Talon Ex in Yuma, Az.

K Company Fire Support Team clear airspace during exercise Bougainville II for training in medical evacuation.

C Battery leadership, from Left 2ndLt Saxton, Capt Ballard (C Battery CO), 1stLt McFadden, 1stLt Pescaia, and 1stLt Edge during Talon Ex in Yuma, Az.

HQ Change of Command, Capt Stephen Howell (left) assumes command of HQ Battery from Capt Brett Erquitt as 1stSgt Pablo Suarezgarcia observes the passing of the guidon.

2/3 Battalion Fire Support Team visited Iwo Jima during ARTP 18.3 (Artillery Relocation Training Program), hiked Mount Suribachi and promoted LCpls Decker, Durantes, and Foege to Cpl and Sgt Thornton to SSgt.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jose Romero, sergeant major, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1st Bn. 12th Marines), calls cadence during a morning run, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 14, 2018. Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison, commanding officer, 1st Bn., 12th Marines, ran with the leadership of the battalion for the last time before he relinquishes his command on June 15, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Zachary Orr)

U.S. Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officers and officers with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1st Bn. 12th Marines) make their way up the back side of Ulupa’u Crater to Range 10 during a morning run, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 14, 2018. Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison, commanding officer, 1st Bn., 12th Marines, ran with the leadership of the battalion for the last time before he relinquishes his command on June 15, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Zachary Orr)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1st Bn. 12th Marines) and Sgt. Maj. Jose Romero, sergeant major, 1st Bn., 12th Marines lead the battalion’s staff noncommissioned officers and officers to Range 10 during a morning run, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 14, 2018. Lt. Col. Harrison ran with the leadership of the battalion for the last time before he relinquishes his command on June 15, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Zachary Orr)

The 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment logo is embroidered on a table cloth at the 1st Battalion, 12th Marines change of command ceremony, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 15, 2018. Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison relinquished command to Lt. Col. Jeffery Curtis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, march in formation during the change of command ceremony, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 15, 2018. Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison relinquished command to Lt. Col. Jeffery Curtis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Benjamin Harrison, off-going commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, passes the colors to Lt. Col. Jeffery Curtis, on-coming commanding officer, during the change of command ceremony, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 15, 2018. Lt. Col. Harrison relinquished command to Lt. Col. Curtis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns)