150513-N-XN177-378 YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 13, 2015) - Cmdr. Robert Francis passes through the ceremonial side boys during the change of command ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82). Cmdr. Robert Francis relieved Cmdr. Michael A. Smith as Lassen’s Commanding Officer. Lassen is scheduled to begin its summer patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Peter Burghart/Released)
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