From left to right, Frankie Salas, mayor of Asan Beach, Guam; Rear Admiral Benjamin Nicholson, commander of Joint Region Marianas; Josh Tenorio, lieutenant governor of Guam; Maj. Gen. David Maxwell, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Command; Yuumi Yoshikawa, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Honorable Meredith Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment/Chief Sustainability Officer); Vince Blaz, grandson of Brig. Gen. Vicente “Ben” Thomas Garrido Blaz; Gen. David Berger, commandant of the Marine Corps; Honorable Lou Leon Guerrero, governor of Guam; Josh Blaz, grandson of Brig. Gen. Vicente “Ben” Thomas Garrido Blaz; Jiro Kimura, parliamentary vice-minister of defense, Ministry of Defense of Japan; Lt. Gen. Toshikazu Yamane, commander of 3rd Division, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; Lt. Gen. Edward Banta, deputy commandant of Installations and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Stephen Liszewski, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific; Col. Christopher Bopp, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz; Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, pose for a group photo after the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Reactivation and Naming Ceremony at Asan Beach, Guam, Jan. 26, 2023. The Reactivation and Naming Ceremony officially recognized the activation and naming of Naval Support Activity, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz after Marine Barracks Guam was deactivated on Nov. 10, 1992. MCB Camp Blaz was administratively activated on October 1, 2020. It is the first newly constructed base for the Marine Corps since 1952 and will serve as an enduring symbol of the continued partnership between the Marine Corps and the Government of Guam, which has existed since the Spanish surrender to U.S. forces on June 21, 1898. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Sheng)