1st MAW Change of Command
US Marine Corps News
7/1/2010
By Pfc. Garry Welch, Marine Corps Bases Japan
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- Major Gen. Raymond C. Fox passes on his duties as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing to Brig. Gen. William D. Beydler during a change of command ceremony on the Futenma flight line Monday.
Fox is slated to go to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. where he will take on duties as the commanding general of Training and Education Command. Beydler, his successor, was formerly the director of Strategy and Plans, Policies and Operations at Headquarters Marine Corps.
During Beydler's time in the Marine Corps, he has accumulated approximately 4,000 flight hours in tactical jet aircraft with 3,000 in the F/A-18.
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