SAN DIEGO (Sept. 6, 2018) Left to right, Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, Capt. Larry McCullen, outgoing commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), Capt. Rich LeBron, incoming commanding officer of Bonhomme Richard, and Rear Adm. James Bynum, director, Assessment Division (N81), Chief of Naval Operations, cut a ceremonial cake following a change of command ceremony aboard Bonhomme Richard. During the ceremony, LeBron relieved McCullen as the ship’s commanding officer.

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