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(2009-10-09)
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Wing Ten's Captain Garner D. Morgan (L) receiving the Commodore's gold star pin, known as the "command at sea insignia," from his predecessor, Captain Kenneth E. Seliga.
Photo by Maurice Byrd.
KPLU's Bellamy Pailthorp was there.
BP: At Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, it was a day for bells and whistles.
MC: "Captain United States Navy, arriving." (sound of ceremony: bells and whistles)
BP: And with a flourish from the Northwest Navy Band, Captain Ken Seliga, walked down a red carpet to the stage. After hearing the national anthem, an invocation and many formal speeches, he took the Commodore's gold-star from his lapel and pinned it onto his successor, Captain Garner Morgan.
Captain Morgan: "It's a tremendous honor to be joining this incredible team of patrol and reconnaissance winig leaders."
BP: It's a ritual that goes back to the very beginnings of the navy more than two centuries ago: a formal show, signifying a peaceful change of command aboard wooden ships. Nowadays they also take place on aircraft carriers and in military hangars.
Under the leadership of their new Commodore, the airmen and women of Wing Ten will train with one of the navy's most modern aircraft: the P-8 Poseidon - built by Boeing and recently rolled out in Renton.
Bellamy Pailthorp, KPLU News, in Oak Harbor. (+ music out)
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