Sgt. Maj. Ernest K. Hoopii, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations East - Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune poses with Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Berry at Building 1 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, March 20. After 30 years in the Marine Corps, Hoopii is set to retire and pass his post to Berry in a Relief and Appointment ceremony March 28 at Goettge Memorial Field House aboard the base. - Sgt. Maj. Ernest K. Hoopii, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations East - Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune poses with Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Berry at Building 1 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, March 20. After 30 years in the Marine Corps, Hoopii is set to retire and pass his post to Berry in a Relief and Appointment ceremony March 28 at Goettge Memorial Field House aboard the base.