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Members of the San Diego State University women's basketball team complete squad push-ups aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 1. Marine Corps Officer Selection Office San Diego and SDSU partnered for a two-hour fitness challenge where team members completed a CFT, memory competition, leadership reaction course, squad push-ups and a team-building exercise to push themselves both mentally and physically.

Members of the San Diego State University women's basketball team complete squad push-ups aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 1. Marine Corps Officer Selection Office San Diego and SDSU partnered for a two-hour fitness challenge where team members completed a CFT, memory competition, leadership reaction course, squad push-ups and a team-building exercise to push themselves both mentally and physically.

Photo by Sgt. Erica Kirsop

The San Diego State University women's basketball team and Marines from Marine Corps Recruiting Station San Diego pose for a picture following a fitness challenge aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015.

The San Diego State University women's basketball team and Marines from Marine Corps Recruiting Station San Diego pose for a picture following a fitness challenge aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015.

Photo by Sgt. Erica Kirsop

SACRAMENTO – Sgt. Reuben Smith, IV, officer selection assistant, Recruiting Station Sacramento, introduces himself to the audience at the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit here, Aug. 29, 2015. The California Black Chamber of Commerce hosted a youth summit at the event to teach local youths about leadership and business skills. The participants formulated business plans and presented to a panel, who critiques and advised them.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer)

SACRAMENTO – Sgt. Reuben Smith, IV, officer selection assistant, Recruiting Station Sacramento, introduces himself to the audience at the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit here, Aug. 29, 2015. The California Black Chamber of Commerce hosted a youth summit at the event to teach local youths about leadership and business skills. The participants formulated business plans and presented to a panel, who critiques and advised them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer

SACRAMENTO – Sgt. Reuben Smith, IV, officer selection assistant, Recruiting Station Sacramento, mentors participants at the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit here, Aug. 29, 2015. The California Black Chamber of Commerce hosted a youth summit at the event to teach local youths about leadership and business skills. The participants formulated business plans and presented to a panel, who critiques and advised them.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer)

SACRAMENTO – Sgt. Reuben Smith, IV, officer selection assistant, Recruiting Station Sacramento, mentors participants at the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit here, Aug. 29, 2015. The California Black Chamber of Commerce hosted a youth summit at the event to teach local youths about leadership and business skills. The participants formulated business plans and presented to a panel, who critiques and advised them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer

Captain Joshua Dewalt (left) runs with officer candidates during military training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center here, Aug. 22, 2015. Officer candidates from Recruiting Station Sacramento as part of “Warrior Weekend.” The candidates hiked steep trails, competed in team exercises, and received classes as part of preparation for Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.

Captain Joshua Dewalt (left) runs with officer candidates during military training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center here, Aug. 22, 2015. Officer candidates from Recruiting Station Sacramento as part of “Warrior Weekend.” The candidates hiked steep trails, competed in team exercises, and received classes as part of preparation for Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer

Kate Casey, a 27-year-old native of Lodi, Calif., stretches during physical training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center here, Aug. 22, 2015. Casey trained with other officer candidates from Recruiting Station Sacramento as part of “Warrior Weekend.” The candidates hiked steep trails, competed in team exercises, and received classes as part of preparation for Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.

Kate Casey, a 27-year-old native of Lodi, Calif., stretches during physical training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center here, Aug. 22, 2015. Casey trained with other officer candidates from Recruiting Station Sacramento as part of “Warrior Weekend.” The candidates hiked steep trails, competed in team exercises, and received classes as part of preparation for Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets Gunnery Sgt. Gerardo Ortiz, recruiting staff noncommissioned officer in charge, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets Gunnery Sgt. Gerardo Ortiz, recruiting staff noncommissioned officer in charge, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets with Sgt. Robert S. Powers, recruiter, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets with Sgt. Robert S. Powers, recruiter, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets Gunnery Sgt. Gerardo Ortiz, recruiting staff noncommissioned officer in charge, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

SACRAMENTO – A 100-year-old Marine, Michael Kolesar, meets Gunnery Sgt. Gerardo Ortiz, recruiting staff noncommissioned officer in charge, Marine Recruiting Station Sacramento, at the Eskaton Care Center in Greenhaven, Aug. 21. Marines met with Michael to take photos as part of the care center’s efforts to recognize centenarians. Michael fought during the famous battle of Guadalcanal. He later played professional baseball for the Browns and served as a deputy sheriff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Harrer / released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer

Sgt. Rosa Luna, a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Waterbury, motivates Gisel Gomez, a female Poolee, a woman currently enrolled in the Marine Corps’ Delayed Entry Program, during a run as part of an Initial Strength Test on Westover Air Reserve Base, Aug., 15. The Delayed Entry Program is meant to help prepare young men and women for the rigors of Marine Corps Boot Camp. Gomez, 20, is from Worcester, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Worcester Vocational Technical High School. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Sgt. Rosa Luna, a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Waterbury, motivates Gisel Gomez, a female Poolee, a woman currently enrolled in the Marine Corps’ Delayed Entry Program, during a run as part of an Initial Strength Test on Westover Air Reserve Base, Aug., 15. The Delayed Entry Program is meant to help prepare young men and women for the rigors of Marine Corps Boot Camp. Gomez, 20, is from Worcester, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Worcester Vocational Technical High School. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

A U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard participates in the opening ceremony of the Cheez-It 355 NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen International, Aug. 9. The Marines, from Recruiting Station Buffalo, also conducted a swearing-in ceremony for 14 poolees and drove an H1 Humvee on the track as part of the race day festivities. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher O’Quin/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard participates in the opening ceremony of the Cheez-It 355 NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen International, Aug. 9. The Marines, from Recruiting Station Buffalo, also conducted a swearing-in ceremony for 14 poolees and drove an H1 Humvee on the track as part of the race day festivities. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher O’Quin/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin

Coaches with Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2015 Coaches Workshop do high-knees during their physical training session August 6, 2015, in Dumfries, Va. The Coaches Workshop teaches the coaches about Marine Corps officer programs and helps build meaningful and purposeful relationships with those who have the privilege to guide America’s leaders of tomorrow. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl Logan Block/Released)

Coaches with Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2015 Coaches Workshop do high-knees during their physical training session August 6, 2015, in Dumfries, Va. The Coaches Workshop teaches the coaches about Marine Corps officer programs and helps build meaningful and purposeful relationships with those who have the privilege to guide America’s leaders of tomorrow. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl Logan Block/Released)

Photo by Cpl Logan Block

Marines and Educators with Recruiting Station Portland pose with an F-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, during the 2015 Educators Workshop. These teachers, coaches and counselors got to experience some of the physical challenges of Marine Corps basic training and talk to Marines operating in their occupational specialty. The educators saw many of the installation's services provided to the Marines including the Education Center, Moral Welfare Recreation Center and Chow Hall.

Marines and Educators with Recruiting Station Portland pose with an F-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, during the 2015 Educators Workshop. These teachers, coaches and counselors got to experience some of the physical challenges of Marine Corps basic training and talk to Marines operating in their occupational specialty. The educators saw many of the installation's services provided to the Marines including the Education Center, Moral Welfare Recreation Center and Chow Hall.

Photo by Sgt. Tyler Vernaza

Local Oregon counselors, coaches and educators rush through the bayonet assault course clad in Marine Corps utilities, kevlar bearing rubber rifles a part of the 2015 Educators Workshop.

Local Oregon counselors, coaches and educators rush through the bayonet assault course clad in Marine Corps utilities, kevlar bearing rubber rifles a part of the 2015 Educators Workshop.

Photo by Sgt. Tyler Vernaza

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Sergeant Jessica Paz inspects the uniformity of the poolee platoon prior to drill practice aboard the Portsmouth naval Shipyard, Aug. 1. Recruiting Station Portsmouth held a female pool function where female applicants take the initial strength test and are given some background information on the female side of recruit training. Paz is a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

Sergeant Jessica Paz inspects the uniformity of the poolee platoon prior to drill practice aboard the Portsmouth naval Shipyard, Aug. 1. Recruiting Station Portsmouth held a female pool function where female applicants take the initial strength test and are given some background information on the female side of recruit training. Paz is a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

Photo by Sgt. Jonathan G. Wright

Major Aixa R. Dones

Major Aixa R. Dones

Photo by Sgt. Michele Hunt

Lieutenant General Mark A. Brilakis, Commanding General,
Marine Corps Recruiting Command, stands with members of Recruiting
Substation (RSS) Chattanooga July 17, the day after a local shooting that
claimed the lives of four Marines and one sailor at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center Chattanooga, Tennesee. Wounded during a
related shooting was Sgt. Demonte Cheeley, a local canvassing recruiter at
RSS Chattanooga. LtGen. Brilakis met with the RSS Marines and their families
to thank them for their service and quick reaction to the unprovoked attack.
Also present were 6th Marine Corps District's commanding officer Col. Jeff
Smitherman and SgtMaj. Anthony Page; the commanding officer of Recruiting
Station Nashville Maj. Kathryn Wagner, and Recruiter Instructor MGySgt.
Robert Deskins; and MCRC's SgtMaj. Sam Heyward.

Lieutenant General Mark A. Brilakis, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, stands with members of Recruiting Substation (RSS) Chattanooga July 17, the day after a local shooting that claimed the lives of four Marines and one sailor at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center Chattanooga, Tennesee. Wounded during a related shooting was Sgt. Demonte Cheeley, a local canvassing recruiter at RSS Chattanooga. LtGen. Brilakis met with the RSS Marines and their families to thank them for their service and quick reaction to the unprovoked attack. Also present were 6th Marine Corps District's commanding officer Col. Jeff Smitherman and SgtMaj. Anthony Page; the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Nashville Maj. Kathryn Wagner, and Recruiter Instructor MGySgt. Robert Deskins; and MCRC's SgtMaj. Sam Heyward.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marines from 12th Marine Corps District, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Marines from Recruiting Sub Station Beaverton, Recruiting Station Portland, set-up in full force at the Oregon International Airshow, July 18. The Oregon International Airshow is Oregon's premier airshow, and is attended by hundrededs of Oregonian families from the Portland metro area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler C. Vernaza/released)

U.S. Marines from 12th Marine Corps District, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Marines from Recruiting Sub Station Beaverton, Recruiting Station Portland, set-up in full force at the Oregon International Airshow, July 18. The Oregon International Airshow is Oregon's premier airshow, and is attended by hundrededs of Oregonian families from the Portland metro area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler C. Vernaza/released)

Photo by Sgt. Tyler Vernaza

U.S. Marines from 12th Marine Corps District, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Marines from Recruiting Sub Station Beaverton, Recruiting Station Portland, set-up in full force at the Oregon International Airshow, July 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler C. Vernaza/released)

U.S. Marines from 12th Marine Corps District, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Marines from Recruiting Sub Station Beaverton, Recruiting Station Portland, set-up in full force at the Oregon International Airshow, July 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler C. Vernaza/released)

Photo by Sgt. Tyler Vernaza

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