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Photo of Staff Sgt. Wesley O. Hayes - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Wesley O. Hayes, a chief drill instructor with 1st Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 29, 2021. Hayes became a drill instructor after joining the Marine Corps as a musician. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tessa D. Watts)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Anthony Sandoval, a recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Mission Viejo, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo with Peyton Forman, a local teenager with autism, in Mission Viejo, California on August 4, 2021. Sandoval wanted to personally meet with Peyton to get to know him and present him with a Marine Corps shirt. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Anthony Sandoval, a recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Mission Viejo, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo with Peyton Forman, a local teenager with autism, in Mission Viejo, California on August 4, 2021. Sandoval wanted to personally meet with Peyton to get to know him and present him with a Marine Corps shirt. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

This photo illustration poster is designed to inform and grab attention prospective recruiting volunteers. - This photo illustration poster is designed to inform and grab attention prospective recruiting volunteers.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David J. Tyson, a senior drill instructor with B Co, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, speaks to educators participating in the Marine Corps Educator’s Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 22, 2021. Educator’s Workshop gives educators the opportunity to see firsthand how Marines are made and learn about the benefits the Marine Corps offers to those who earn the title. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tessa D. Watts) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David J. Tyson, a senior drill instructor with B Co, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, speaks to educators participating in the Marine Corps Educator’s Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 22, 2021. Educator’s Workshop gives educators the opportunity to see firsthand how Marines are made and learn about the benefits the Marine Corps offers to those who earn the title. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tessa D. Watts)

U.S. Marines at Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Recruiting Station Orange County, pose for a photo with future Marine Luis Solano in Fullerton, California, on April 15, 2021. Marines at RSS Fullerton came together in order to assist Solano’s family with assistance in fixing their van, and providing him with a cell phone. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - U.S. Marines at Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Recruiting Station Orange County, pose for a photo with future Marine Luis Solano in Fullerton, California, on April 15, 2021. Marines at RSS Fullerton came together in order to assist Solano’s family with assistance in fixing their van, and providing him with a cell phone. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sawyer M. Montgomery, a temporary officer selection assistant with Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo on April 12, 2021, in Santa Ana, California. Montgomery is one of the select few Marine Corps officers who is aspiring to become a Marine Corps pilot. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sawyer M. Montgomery, a temporary officer selection assistant with Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo on April 12, 2021, in Santa Ana, California. Montgomery is one of the select few Marine Corps officers who is aspiring to become a Marine Corps pilot. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

Zuzy Hall, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, and Staff Sgt. Angelica Pulliam, one of MCRC’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocates, post the MCRC G-1 section's SAPR awareness physical exercise completion time on a board at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 15, 2021. The ladies coordinated both a physical and a mental challenge for MCRC headquarters’ personnel to participate in during the month of April as part of the Marine Corps’ 17th Annual Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The physical challenge coupled learning SAPR statistics with a set of exercises. For example, an American is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. In recognition, personnel were challenged to complete 73 squats as part of the exercise. The physical challenge consisted of nine different exercises. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Naomi May) - Zuzy Hall, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, and Staff Sgt. Angelica Pulliam, one of MCRC’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocates, post the MCRC G-1 section's SAPR awareness physical exercise completion time on a board at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 15, 2021. The ladies coordinated both a physical and a mental challenge for MCRC headquarters’ personnel to participate in during the month of April as part of the Marine Corps’ 17th Annual Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The physical challenge coupled learning SAPR statistics with a set of exercises. For example, an American is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. In recognition, personnel were challenged to complete 73 squats as part of the exercise. The physical challenge consisted of nine different exercises. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Naomi May)

Staff Sgt. Andre Babineaux, a Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, is a prior active duty Marine who is now part of the Marine Corps Reserves. - Staff Sgt. Andre Babineaux, a Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, is a prior active duty Marine who is now part of the Marine Corps Reserves. Babineaux now works a civilian job in Virginia, and supervises 20-30 flight equipment Marines in Beaufort, South Carolina during his periodic drill weekends.

Future Marine recruit Teia Chutaro from Recruiting Sub-Station Honolulu, Recruiting Station San Diego, poses for a photo prior to shipping to recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 5, 2021. Lima Company will be the first integrated company at MCRD San Diego in Marine Corps history. Historically all females who enter the Marine Corps are trained at MCRD Parris Island in South Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Tessa Watts) - Future Marine recruit Teia Chutaro from Recruiting Sub-Station Honolulu, Recruiting Station San Diego, poses for a photo prior to shipping to recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 5, 2021. Lima Company will be the first integrated company at MCRD San Diego in Marine Corps history. Historically all females who enter the Marine Corps are trained at MCRD Parris Island in South Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Tessa Watts)

Lt. Col. Sally Ann Falco's father, Kenneth Townes, holds a photo of Falco taken while she was at recruit training in 1987 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Falco served as an enlisted Marine for 14 years before her acceptance to the Meritorious Commissioning Program. She commissioned in August 2001 and will soon retire after 34 fruitful years in the Marine Corps. “I’ve just been privileged to be allowed to be a Marine,” Falco said. “I still love it as much as the day I came in, and I would stay in forever, but I want to make room for others to climb the ladder and at the same time, contribute to society in another capacity.” (Courtesy photo by Falco's mother, Loretta "Tootsie" Townes) - Lt. Col. Sally Ann Falco's father, Kenneth Townes, holds a photo of Falco taken while she was at recruit training in 1987 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Falco served as an enlisted Marine for 14 years before her acceptance to the Meritorious Commissioning Program. She commissioned in August 2001 and will soon retire after 34 fruitful years in the Marine Corps. “I’ve just been privileged to be allowed to be a Marine,” Falco said. “I still love it as much as the day I came in, and I would stay in forever, but I want to make room for others to climb the ladder and at the same time, contribute to society in another capacity.” (Courtesy photo by Falco's mother, Loretta "Tootsie" Townes)