United States Marine Corps <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_generals" title="United States generals">Major General</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_M._Paxton,_Jr." title="John M. Paxton, Jr.">John M. Paxton, Jr.</a> stands by to relinquish command of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="w:1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a> to Brigadier General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_P._Mills_(USMC_General)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard P. Mills (USMC General)">Richard P. Mills</a> in a ceremony May 22. Paxton served as the 1st Marine Division's Commanding General beginning August 2006.
Lance Corporal Jerry Murphy, USMC<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/lookup/2007525142530?opendocument">Photo ID: 2007525142530</a>
2007-05-22
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/8AB5EF54CD29C423852572E5007ED96D?opendocument">"New hands take charge of Blue Diamond"</a>, <i>Marine Corps Times</i>, United States Marine Corps, May 24, 2007. (Story ID#: 200752419531)