Navy Lt. Mukhtar A. Haddad Belem, the battalion chaplain for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, gives the invocation during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 23, 2024. During the ceremony, Sgt. Maj. Douglas E. Gardner relinquished his role as the battalion’s senior enlisted leader to Sgt. Maj. Ray A. Molina. Marine Corps

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