Col. Nathan I. Nastase, incoming commanding officer,

Col. Nathan I. Nastase, incoming commanding officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, receives the regimental battle colors from Lt. Col. Seth E. Yost during an assumption of command ceremony outside the regimental headquarters on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 23. Yost, formerly 3rd Marines' executive officer, accepted command of the regiment from Col. James Bierman May 12, and served as the regiment's interim commanding officer until relinquishing duties to Nastase. After commanding 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from 2006 to 2008, and subsequently serving as the regiment's executive officer, Nastase most recently filled duties as chief of the Joint Training Readiness and Exercise Division at U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany.