312th Regional Support Group (312 RSG)

Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam, Hawaii

EVENT: 312 RSG Assumption of Command RECEPTION: Officer Club Lanai

DATE/TIME: Saturday, 8 September 2022/0930
LOCATION: Missing Man Formation/Alt Location: Officer Club Lanai

DRESS:
Official Party: Service Dress/Flight Cap Formation: ABUs
Guests: UOD/Aloha Casual

HONOREES (arrival place/time): Colonel Adam New Arrival, 312 RSG Commander, and Mrs. New Arrival and their
children: John (son); Sandra (daughter), Col New Arrival’s parents: Mr. Nick New Arrival (father) and Venera New
Arrival (mother), as well as his sister and brother-in-law Meloni and Gawn Wyld, ALCON—O’Club, Hickam Room/0900
met by A1C Gainfully Employed

HOST (arrival place/time): Major General Mark K. Mark, 4 AF Commander,—O’Club Hickam Room/0910 met by
Colonel New Arrival.

OPR/POC: Major April Schroeder - DSN: 315-449-7232, Cell: 808-312-8044

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT: Immediate family at all events

EST ATTENDANCE: >/= 350

HG SUPPORT: Yes pre-post of colors and presentation of colors BAND SUPPORT: No

MARQUEE: Yes

TRANS: N/A

MEDIA: Yes Specify: 312 RSG Photographer and PA coverage

ATTACHMENTS:
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EVENT: 312 RSG Assumption of Command
DATE: 08 September 2012
TIME: 0930
PLACE: Missing Man Formation (Alt Location: Officer’s Club Lanai)

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

PRE-CEREMONY
Briefing
Protocol Statement

OPENING REMARKS
Arrival Fanfare

PRESENTATION OF COMMAND
Musical Honors

NATIONAL ANTHEM

INVOCATION

REMARKS
(Major General Mark )

CHANGE OF COMMAND

REMARKS
(Colonel New Arrival)

CLOSING REMARKS
Air Force Song
Departure

RECEPTION

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 PRE-CEREMONY

0845
Escorts in place

0900
Colonel New Arrival and immediate family arrive and are greeted at the Officer’s Club, and escorted
into the O’Club Hickam Room by A1C Gainfully Employed

0910
Major General Mark A. Mark arrives and is greeted at the Officer’s Club, and escorted into the O’Club
Hickam Room by Colonel New Arrival.

0915
All members of formation take their places, unit members not in formation take their seats

0915
TSgt MusicMan plays pre-ceremony music.

0920
Narrator Pre-briefs guests.

0920
Family members are escorted from Hickam Room to seats.

0920
Chief CommandChief reports with 312 RSG Guidon to O’Club Hickam Room for line-up, last minute
briefings

BRIEFING
0920
Major Schroeder briefs any last minute changes to General Mark, Colonel New Arrival and Chief
CommandChief in the Hickam Room

0920 - Formation At Ease

0924 - Formation at Parade Rest

COT commands: “GROUP: FALL IN”

COT commands: “PARADE”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PARADE”

COT commands: “… REST”

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 PROTOCOL STATEMENT
On Cue (0925)
Narrator "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THIS MORNING’S CEREMONY.

THROUGHOUT THE CEREMONY, YOU WILL BE GIVEN CUES TO RISE AND

BE SEATED AT APPROPRIATE TIMES. AS A REMINDER, THIS EVENT IS AN

OUTDOOR CEREMONY, THEREFORE MILITARY MEMBERS IN UNIFORM

SHOULD SALUTE ON THE FIRST NOTE OF RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES AND

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, AND DROP THEIR SALUTE ON THE LAST NOTE

OF THE MUSIC. MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES NOT IN FORMATION

AND VETERANS WHO ARE PRESENT BUT NOT IN UNIFORM MAY ALSO

RENDER THE MILITARY SALUTE. DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, OUR

CIVILIAN GUESTS SHOULD PLACE THEIR RIGHT HAND OVER THEIR

HEART. WE REQUEST ALL ELECTRONIC AND NOISE MAKING DEVICES BE

TURNED OFF FOR THE DURATION OF THE CEREMONY. THANK YOU."

0928
On cue from Narrator - COMM cuts pre-ceremony music.

Official party is escorted to the ready area

0929
Once official party is prepared to proceed

OPENING REMARKS
On Cue (0929)
Narrator “GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TODAY THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF THE 312TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP OBSERVE AN
ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND IN WHICH THE REINS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND
LEADERSHIP FOR THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE FORMALLY CONFERRED
UPON COLONEL MAYNARD “MAX” NEW ARRIVAL. THE PRESIDING OFFICIAL
FOR TODAY'S CEREMONY IS MAJOR GENERAL MARK A. MARK, COMMANDER,
FOURTH AIR FORCE.

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 AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR
APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED:
- THE VICE COMMANDER, FOURTH AIR FORCE, BRIGADIER GENERAL PAMELA
MILLIGAN, AND HER HUSBAND, MR. RANDY TOWERS.
- HAWAII STATE CHAIRMAN FOR THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND
RESERVE, MR. ROBERT BOREK.
- HAWAII STATE PROGRAM SUPPORT TECHNICIAN FOR THE EMPLOYER
SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE, MR. SAMUEL WONG
- COMMANDER, 15TH WING, COLONEL JOHN ROSCOE, AND HIS WIFE JENNIFER.
- COMMANDER, 647TH AIR BASE GROUP AND DEPUTY COMMANDER OF JOINT
BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, COLONEL DANN CARLSON AND HIS WIFE
SHERILYN.
- VICE COMMANDER, 154TH WING, COLONEL STEPHEN SU’A-FILO
- COMMANDER OF THE 692D INTELLIGENCE, SERVEILLENCE AND
RECONNAISANCE GROUP, COLONEL EVA JENKINS AND HER HUSBAND ROBERT.
- COMMANDER, DETACHMENT 1 OF THE 701ST COMBAT OPERATIONS SQUADRON,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES MITCHELL.
- THE INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
INSTALLATIONS AND MISSION SUPPORT, HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC AIR FORCES,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL WAYNE WILLIAMS.

NARRATOR LEADS APPLAUSE.

ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY ARE COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S LOVELY

WIFE, MRS. SANDY NEW ARRIVAL AND THEIR CHILDREN JONATHAN AND
CHERRY, AS WELL AS COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S PARENTS, MR. AND MRS.
NICOLAS AND VENERANDA NEW ARRIVAL. COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S
SISTER, MRS. MELANI WYDOWSKI AND HER HUSBAND MR. TIM WYDOWSKI ARE
ALSO PRESENT.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME ALL DIRECTORS, COMMANDERS,

CHIEFS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS WELL AS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
312TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP ARRAYED SO PROUDLY BEFORE YOU
TODAY.

(On cue from Maj Schroeder)

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL
PARTY.

COT commands (over right shoulder) “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “TENCH’HUT” (ATTENTION)

COMM plays arrival fanfare/drum roll

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Official party proceeds to the stage. They stop center stage and remain standing (spot mark with tape),
facing the formation (Maj Gen Mark is stage right, Colonel New Arrival is in middle, and Chief
CommandChief is on the left).

PRESENTATION OF COMMAND

COT commands (over right shoulder) “PRESENT”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PRESENT”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “ARMS”

COT salutes Major General Mark, and states "SIR, THE COMMAND IS FORMED."

Major General Mark acknowledges the salute.

COMM – Plays TWO (2) ruffles and flourishes and “The General’s March”

After musical honors have completed, COT commands (over right shoulder), “ORDER,
SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “ORDER”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “ARMS”

PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS/NATIONAL ANTHEM

Narrator "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE

COLORS AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL

ANTHEM AND HAWAII STATE SONG BY COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S

DAUGHTER, MISS CHERRY NEW ARRIVAL, AND THE GUAM HYMN BY

MSGT PETER RIETA, FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN

BARKER."

Major General Mark, Colonel New Arrival and Chief CommandChief remain facing forward, the colors
will be presented in front of them.

Miss New Arrival takes the podium with MSgt Rieta behind and to her left.

Honor Guard marches between official party and formation and faces audience

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COT commands (over right shoulder) “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “PRESENT”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PRESENT”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “ARMS”

COT salutes.

Miss New Arrival sings the National Anthem. (Comm has backup music).

Members of the official party render hand salutes on first note of music and drop salutes on last note of
the music.

At conclusion of National Anthem:

COT commands over right shoulder “ORDER,

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “ORDER”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “ARMS”

Miss New Arrival sings Hawaii Pono E

MSgt Rieta sings the Guam Hymn

HONOR GUARD POSTS

COT commands over right shoulder “PARADE”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PARADE”

COT commands over right shoulder “REST”

COT goes to parade rest.

Miss New Arrival and MSgt Rieta return to their seats.

INVOCATION

Narrator “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHAPLAIN BARKER WILL NOW DELIVER THE

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 INVOCATION.”

Chaplain Barker proceeds to the stage podium, gives the invocation, and then returns to his seat.

Narrator “PLEASE BE SEATED...(short pause)…LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

COMMANDER, 4TH AIR FORCE, MAJOR GENERAL MARK MARK”

Col New Arrival takes his seat, Chief CommandChief posts to the right of Col New Arrival with the
guidon and Major General Mark moves toward the podium (PROVIDE WIRELESS MIKE).

REMARKS

Major General Mark makes remarks.

Major General Mark returns to center stage and faces the audience.

ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND

Colonel New Arrival joins Major General Mark one pace to his left, facing the audience. Chief
CommandChief moves into position one pace behind and in between Major General Mark and Colonel
New Arrival, with the guidon.

Narrator: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE ASSUMPTION OF

COMMAND CEREMONY.”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands (over right shoulder) “TENCH’HUT” (ATTENTION)

Narrator "UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 51-604 AND

SPECIAL ORDER NUMBER GA-009, COLONEL MAYNARD M. NEW ARRIVAL ASSUMES
COMMAND OF THE 312TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP, SIGNED MAJOR GENERAL
MARK A. MARK, COMMANDER, 4TH AIR FORCE.”

General Mark commands “Center-Face”

• Major General Mark executes a left face while the Colonel New Arrival executes a right face.
Chief CommandChief remains facing forward.
• General Mark takes the guidon from Chief CommandChief, holding the flag angled towards the
guidon bearer, and presents it to Colonel New Arrival.
• Colonel New Arrival firmly receives the guidon (Pause for photo) and passes it to Chief
CommandChief.
• Colonel New Arrival salutes Major General Mark and states, “SIR, I ASSUME COMMAND."
• Major General Mark returns the salute.

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 • Both officers face towards formation
• Chief CommandChief places guidon in the stand at stage left

Colonel New Arrival remains standing center stage while Major General Mark and Chief
CommandChief return to their seats.

FIRST SALUTE

Narrator “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED”

“AT THIS TIME, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 312TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP

WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL WITH A TRADITIONAL FIRST

SALUTE”

(Cue leis)

COT comes to attention and commands (over right shoulder) “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands (over right shoulder), “PRESENT”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PRESENT”

COT commands (over right shoulder), “ARMS”

COT salutes

Colonel New Arrival returns the salute

COT drops salute

COT commands over right shoulder, “ORDER”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “ORDER”

COT commands (over right shoulder), “ARMS -- PARADE”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “PARADE”

COT commands (over right shoulder), “REST”

COT goes to parade rest.

REMARKS

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Narrator “AT THIS TIME, COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE 312TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT LEIS TO MRS.
SANDY NEW ARRIVAL, COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S CHILDREN CHERRY AND
JONATHAN, HIS PARENTS, NICOLAS AND VENERANDA NEW ARRIVAL AND
COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S SISTER, MRS. MELANI WYDOWSKI TO THANK THEM
FOR THEIR STEADFAST SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND TO WELCOME
THEM TO THE 312TH OHANA.

Narrator "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMANDER, 312th REGIONAL SUPPORT

GROUP, COLONEL MAX NEW ARRIVAL."

Colonel New Arrival proceeds to podium, makes remarks, and then returns to center stage. Major
General Mark and Chief CommandChief (with guidon) flank him on his right and left, respectively.

COT comes to attention and commands (over right shoulder) “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands (over right shoulder), “TENCH’HUT”

CLOSING REMARKS

Narrator "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES THIS MORNING’S

CEREMONY. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE RECEPTION

RECOGNIZING COLONEL NEW ARRIVAL’S ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, LOCATED IN THE OFFICER’S

CLUB LANAI. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE SINGING

OF THE AIR FORCE SONG AND THE DEPARTURE OF THE OFFICIAL

PARTY."

AIR FORCE SONG/DEPARTURE

TSgt MusicMan plays the Air Force Song, short version, followed by departure music.

Official party departs: Major General Mark leads off and officers pick up family members upon
departure from stage, enroute to the reception. Chief CommandChief follows them to the reception and
posts the guidon in the stand with the flags in the reception area.

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Col New Arrival and guests proceed to reception area and prepare for receiving line and reception

COT faces about and commands, “GROUP”

SQUADRON COMMANDERS ECHO: “SQUADRON”

COT commands, “DISMISSED”

Once commanded to dismiss, personnel in formation execute an about face and step off with their left
foot.

Ceremony complete.

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