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Major Charles D. Cassidy (right) passes the colors to Maj. Gregory L. Jones, commanding officer of Recruiting Station Cleveland, 4th Marine Corps District, as he assumes command of RS Cleveland during a change of command ceremony here June 30. Under Cassidy’s leadership, the station received the commandant of the Marine Corps “superior achievement” award every year he was in command. Cassidy relinquished command of RS Cleveland to Jones. - Major Charles D. Cassidy (right) passes the colors to Maj. Gregory L. Jones, commanding officer of Recruiting Station Cleveland, 4th Marine Corps District, as he assumes command of RS Cleveland during a change of command ceremony here June 30. Under Cassidy’s leadership, the station received the commandant of the Marine Corps “superior achievement” award every year he was in command. Cassidy relinquished command of RS Cleveland to Jones.

Marine noncommissioned officers from the 4th Marine Corps District mount a memorial plaque dedicated to Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell on the wall of the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station ceremony room Saturday. Parcell was killed in February 2007 in Barwanah, Iraq, by a female suicide bomber while assigned to 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. - Marine noncommissioned officers from the 4th Marine Corps District mount a memorial plaque dedicated to Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell on the wall of the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station ceremony room Saturday. Parcell was killed in February 2007 in Barwanah, Iraq, by a female suicide bomber while assigned to 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.

Sgt. Greg Graham, a recruiter at Recruiting Sub-Station North Columbus, shouts words of encouragements at Jack Pierson, treasurer of the Akron, Ohio, schools, while he bench-presses Mar. 8 at the 2009 Arnold Sports Festival 5k Pump & Run. The 39-year-old Pierson was one of the higher performers in the bench-press portion of the pump-and-run. - Sgt. Greg Graham, a recruiter at Recruiting Sub-Station North Columbus, shouts words of encouragements at Jack Pierson, treasurer of the Akron, Ohio, schools, while he bench-presses Mar. 8 at the 2009 Arnold Sports Festival 5k Pump & Run. The 39-year-old Pierson was one of the higher performers in the bench-press portion of the pump-and-run.

Staff Sgt. George D. Cushing motivates his pool of young men while they work-out their abdominal muscles at the Marine Corps Permanent Contact Station in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Feb. 14. In four months, Cushing has taken eight young men from Cuyahoga Falls and permanently affected their lives in a positive way. Cushing is the recruiter for Cuyahoga Falls, Recruiting Sub-Station Akron, Recruiting Station Cleveland. - Staff Sgt. George D. Cushing motivates his pool of young men while they work-out their abdominal muscles at the Marine Corps Permanent Contact Station in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Feb. 14. In four months, Cushing has taken eight young men from Cuyahoga Falls and permanently affected their lives in a positive way. Cushing is the recruiter for Cuyahoga Falls, Recruiting Sub-Station Akron, Recruiting Station Cleveland.

Capt. Mark D. Morgan proudly helps display Old Glory while two aircraft from Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, scream over Cleveland Browns Stadium during the national anthem November 2, 2008. The fly-over and flag presentations were both part of a Veterans Day ceremony before the Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens football game. The pregame also included a Marine Corps 21-gun salute, joint color guard, and ceremony where more than 100 Marine poolees restated their oath of enlistment. Morgan is the executive officer of Recruiting Station Cleveland. - Capt. Mark D. Morgan proudly helps display Old Glory while two aircraft from Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, scream over Cleveland Browns Stadium during the national anthem November 2, 2008. The fly-over and flag presentations were both part of a Veterans Day ceremony before the Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens football game. The pregame also included a Marine Corps 21-gun salute, joint color guard, and ceremony where more than 100 Marine poolees restated their oath of enlistment. Morgan is the executive officer of Recruiting Station Cleveland.

Brig. Gen. Angela Salinas shows the 2008 Latinas in Service Award to a crowd Sep. 7 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Representatives from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute honored Salinas for her leadership and for being a revolutionary Latina. Behind her stand congressmen and congresswomen (left to right) Silvestre Reyes, Grace Flores Napolitano, Joe Baca and Loretta Sánchez. Salinas is the highest ranking female Hispanic in the Marine Corps and the first Latina selected to the rank of brigadier general. She is currently the commanding general for Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Western Recruiting Region. - Brig. Gen. Angela Salinas shows the 2008 Latinas in Service Award to a crowd Sep. 7 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Representatives from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute honored Salinas for her leadership and for being a revolutionary Latina. Behind her stand congressmen and congresswomen (left to right) Silvestre Reyes, Grace Flores Napolitano, Joe Baca and Loretta Sánchez. Salinas is the highest ranking female Hispanic in the Marine Corps and the first Latina selected to the rank of brigadier general. She is currently the commanding general for Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Western Recruiting Region.