Colonel O'Shaughnessy, Misawa AB/CC and 35FW/CC, had retirement ceremony for Colonel Joel E.Malone, 35FW/CV, on 4 August.　At party which was held the night before, Mr.and Mrs.Taneichi, Mayor of Misawa City, and many peoples got together to farewell Colonel and his wife.　Col.Malone has experienced duties two times at Misawa Air Base, first time he was assigned to 13rd Squadron from 1998 to 2002, second time as vice commander from 2006 to today.　Totally he spent 6.5 yeas here.　He often said "I had to study Japanese language more".　Retirement ceremony was given at Officers Club.　A None-Commissioned Officer did as master of ceremony and order of ceremony is as follow.　Arrival of Official Party, Posting of Colors, National Anthems, Invocation, Remarks by Colonel O'Shaughnessy, Presentation of the Decoration, Reading of the Retirement Order, Presentation of the Retirement Certificate, Presentation of the Certificate of Appreciation, Presentation to Mrs. Malone, Presentation of the Flag, Remarks by Colonel Malone, Air Force Song. 　In this ceremony, Mr.Ozawa (head of JAAGA Misawa Branch) presented Col.Malone a memento as memory of duties in Japan.　The ceremony lasted for over one hour in very solemn atmosphere.　I could hear some humor in this ceremony, this caused of his pleasant personality, I think.　And I felt very impressed of introducing the appreciation letters from former U.S.Presidents, Bush, Carter and Clinton.　(Reported by Ozawa, head of Misawa Branch)