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Military Matters: U.S. Marine Corps Col. Edmund B. Hipp

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YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Every Monday 13 On Your Side likes to honor those that serve our country and today's Military Matters is going to U.S. Marine Corps Col. Edmund B. Hipp.

Hipp, a Beaufort, South Carolina native, outgoing commanding officer, Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, is awarded the Legion of Merit during the VMX-1 change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Friday June 21.

Col. Hipp will assume a role in the U.S. Indo-Pacific command and relinquished command of the VMX-1 to Col. Charles W. Del Pizzo.

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