301st IS welcomes new commander
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Michael Smith receives the 301st Intelligence Squadron guidon from Col. Barry Leister, 373rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group commander, during a change of command ceremony June 17 at the Collocated Club. Colonel Smith assumed command of the 301st IS from Lt. Col. Kurt Gaudette. Colonel Smith comes from Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he served as the executive director for the director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Resources. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)