Videos

U.S. Marine Wing Communications Squadron (MWCS) 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing hosts a retirement ceremony for U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Brandon Valentine at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 12, 2024. Valentine served as the Operations Chief for MWCS-18 from July 2022 to July 2024 and retired after 21 years of honorable service. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Conor Ragland)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing attend a retirement ceremony for Lt. Col. Mark Hamilton, Wing Command Inspector General, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2021. Hamilton is retiring after 21 years of honorable service to the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dalton J. Payne)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing attend a retirement ceremony for Lt. Col. Mark Hamilton, Wing Command Inspector General, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2021. Hamilton is retiring after 21 years of honorable service to the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dalton J. Payne)

Master Sgt. Kevin O. Cochran rescued a local Okinawan out of his overturned vehicle in a dangerous intersection in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 8, 2018. Cochran went out a hero before his retirement January 29. Cochran from Dayton, Ohio, is the current operations chief for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jess Etheridge)