An auto show attendee conducts pull ups during the New York International Auto Show, New York, New York, April 18, 2025. The New York International Auto Show is one of the oldest and most prestigious automotive exhibitions in the world, celebrating...
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Luis Rodriguez, with Recruiting Sub Station Northshore, Recruiting Station Houston, poses for a photo with his instrument at RSS Northshore in Houston, Texas, May 2, 2025. Rodriguez enlisted as an instrumentalist in the Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps poolees with Recruiting Station Baltimore, 1st Marine Corps District, participate in a series of physical training exercises during a statewide annual pool function at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, April 12,...
U.S. Marines and poolees with Recruiting Sub-Station Round Rock, Recruiting Station (RS) Austin, 8th Marine Corps District, enter Stony Point High School football field during RS Austin's annual pool function at Stony Point High School, Round Rock,...
Members of Marine Corps Recruiting Command support Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., April 30, 2025. Denim Day is an internationally recognized Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention...
U.S. Marine Corps Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer instructors help educators familiarize themselves with small arms weapons and employment fundamentals before experiencing a live-fire exercise during an Educators’ Workshop event at Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Tyler Birchenough, left, an administrative assistant and Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Schoffstall, a musician technical assistant liaison, both assigned to Marine Corps Recruiting Command, hand out Marine Corps apparel and...
An attendee at the Fuel Fest event at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA conducts pull ups, Oct 19, 2025. The Marine Corps recruiters attended this event to engage with the community in the Atlanta area. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Colin...
A U.S. Marine Corps poolee from Recruiting Station Richmond crawls under his fellow poolees during the ‘Build a House’ field event during a statewide pool function on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., April 12, 2025. The poolees from different...
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Monique Devitt, head of naval and enlisted programs with Marine Corps Recruiting Command, presents an award to a national champion during the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Women's National Championships in Spokane, Washington, April...
Recruiting Sub-Station Queen Creek looks very similar to any other Marine Corps recruiting station. Blue and red walls, memorabilia scattered throughout the office, and Marine recruiter accolades displayed proudly inside each cubical. In the far-left corner of the office is U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sebastian Villegas, one of the recruiters with RSS Queen Creek. Along the pin-board walls of his cubicle are dozens of photos displaying his time in the Marine Corps. His favorite section is the most recent to his collection – him standing proudly next to his newly recruited poolees. He never expected one those photos would be him standing next to his own younger brother, Aiden.
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Recruiting Station Richmond hosts an annual state-wide pool function, providing the Recruiting Sub-Stations an opportunity for poolees in the Delayed Entry Program to train together and compete against each other before shipping out to recruit training with one goal: winning the trophy. This year, the event was on Saturday, April 12th at Butler Stadium on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.
From the football field, to the historical yellow footprints, to the front of formation, Lance Cpl. Kyle Green stood tall as each place held a unique challenge he was more than ready to take head-on. Green, a native of Sherwood, Arkansas, grasped the platoon 1006 guidon from training day one to graduation day on April 4, 2025. The guidon wasn’t the only thing he held that day; Green also held the title of company honor graduate for Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. To achieve this title, he had to demonstrate the highest degree of discipline, proficiency, bearing, physical fitness, and basic leadership traits that exemplify the highest standards of the United States Marine Corps.