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Video of Blount Island Command (BICmd) 35th birthday celebration held on U.S. Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Jacksonville, Fla., September 3.

Blunt Island Command's Colonel Michael J. Livingston, commanding officer, relinquished command to Colonel John S. Sattely during a change of command ceremony presided by Major General Joseph Shrader, commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, Jacksonville, Fla., July 16.

U.S. Navy Commander Wayne R. Smith, Public Health Emergency Officer for Marine Corps Installations East and Director of Medical Services for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, shares important information on Health Protection Condition Alpha and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10, 2020. Cmdr. Smith defines Health Protection Condition Alpha, what you should know, and how to prevent the virus. For more information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website at www.cdc.gov/covid19. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephanie Corona-Morales)

Blount Island Command and Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Fla., were recognized as Voluntary Protection Programs Star sites by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration during a ceremony, Oct. 16. BICmd is the first operational organization to be recognized with this status. MCSF Blount Island is the third Marine Corps installation to earn the VPP star.

U.S. Marines and Norwegian allies conduct a Maritime Prepositioning offload during a pre-planned Single Ship Movement and offload of military equipment from a Maritime Prepositioning Force ship in the Trøndelag region of Norway. U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Logistics Group out of Camp Lejeune, NC, in coordination with their Norwegian counterparts, are modernizing some of the equipment currently stored within six caves as a part of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway by placing approximately 350 containers of gear and nearly 400 pieces of heavy rolling stock into the storage caves. Specific equipment which will greatly increase the program's readiness includes M1A1 Main Battle Tanks, Tank Retrievers, Armored Breeching Vehicles, Amphibious Assault Vehicles, Expanded Capacity Vehicle (ECV) Gun Trucks and several variants of the MTVR 7-1/2 ton trucks. Planning for this equipment refresh began in the spring of 2010. Marines and contractors from Blount Island Command in Jacksonville, Fla. and Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa are also in Norway to ensure the operation is conducted in a safe and timely manner. Also available in high definition.

Nine assault amphibious vehicles and their crews of Marines sped, one by one, down the ramp of a Maritime Prepositioning Force ship May 15, 2014, and into the Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island Command slipway adjacent to the St. John's River, Jacksonville, Florida, testing the operational capabilities of the AAVs. This marks the first time in several years that tracks have splashed from a Maritime Prepositioning Force ship. Available in high definition.