Updated: Sept. 8, 2015 at 7:36 AM

U.S. Seventh Fleet Change of Command ceremony in Yokosuka (13 images)

A U.S. Seventh Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, Japan, on September 7, 2015. Joseph P. Aucoin is the new commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet.

Color guards walk during a U.S. Seventh Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, Japan, on September 7, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas(R), commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet, shakes hands with Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, new commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet during a U.S. Seventh Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, Japan, on September 7, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas, commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet speaks during a U.S. Seventh Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, Japan, on September 7, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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Participants are silent prayer during a U.S. Seventh Fleet change of command ceremony at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Kanagawa, Japan, on September 7, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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