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B-roll of Marine Corps recognizes Blaz grandsons as part of MCB Camp Blaz reactivation

Marine Corps Installations Pacific

Jan. 26, 2023 | 24:54

B-roll of U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David W. Maxwell, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Command, giving his remarks during the recognition of the Blaz grandsons at Dusit Thani Guam Resort, Guam, Jan. 26, 2023. Maxwell presented a gift to Vince and Josh Blaz, the grandsons of retired Brig. Gen. Vicente “Ben” Thomas Garrido Blaz, as part of the Reactivation and Naming Ceremony. Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz is named after the late Brig. Gen. Vicente “Ben” Thomas Garrido Blaz, the first Chamoru Marine to attain the rank of general officer. The Reactivation and Naming Ceremony officially recognized the activation and naming of Naval Support Activity, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz after Marine Barracks Guam was deactivated on Nov. 10, 1992. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Sheng)