LIVORNO, Italy -- Lieutenant Col. Mark Ashman relinquished command of 731st Munitions Squadron to Lt. Col Terry Wanner in a ceremony June 7 at the headquarters parade field on Camp Darby.
Opening the ceremony was Col. Matthew Kmon, commander, 31st Maintenance Group, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base.
Ashman was presented a Meritorious Service Medal for superior accomplishments during his command. His next assignment will be as commander of Ghedi Air Base, near Brescia in northern Italy.
Incoming Commander Wanner, a native of Monroe, Mich., comes to Camp Darby from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., where he served as chief of Munitions Planning and Programming for Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Strategic Plans.
"I extremely proud and humbled to join this team and to serve as the commander. I promise to serve this squadron by giving my best every day," said Wanner.
The squadron is a geographically separated unit under the 31st Fighter Wing. The airmen of the 731st Munitions Squadron are responsible for U.S. Air Forces in Europe's largest and most dispersed conventional munitions stockpile.
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