Lt. Col. Joseph R. Clearfield, former commanding officer

Lt. Col. Joseph R. Clearfield, former commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Lt. Col. Kevin Norton, the new commanding officer of 1/4, salute the troops during a pass in review at a change-of-command ceremony at the Camp Horno landing zone, May 19. Norton held various assignments in his career, which include rifle platoon commander, heavy machine gun platoon commander and company executive officer. He has held tenure with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Regiment and as the commanding officer of a recruiting station in New Jersey, before assuming command of 1/4. Clearfield is moving onto the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington.