U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Abelardo Dominguez, the sergeant major for Recruiting Station Portland, renders a salute to U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Matthew Krempel, the commanding officer for Recruiting Station Portland, during a swear-in ceremony at the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska on March 5, 2022. The Marines had the opportunity to conduct a swear-in ceremony under the start banner and educate spectators about the opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer. The Iditarod is an annual race in Alaska that stretches over 900 miles, starting in Anchorage and ending in Nome. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Sgt. Menelik Collins)
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U.S. Marines and poolees with Recruiting Station Portland, pose for a group photo at the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska on March 5, 2022. The Marines had the opportunity to conduct a swear-in ceremony under the start banner and educate spectators about the opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer. The Iditarod is an annual race in Alaska that stretches over 900 miles, starting in Anchorage and ending in Nome. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Sgt. Menelik Collins)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Bellis, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Sub-Station Anchorage, Recruiting Station Portland, poses for a photo with a husky during the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska on March 5, 2022. The Marines had the opportunity to conduct a swear-in ceremony under the start banner and educate spectators about the opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer. The Iditarod is an annual race in Alaska that stretches over 900 miles, starting in Anchorage and ending in Nome. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Sgt. Menelik Collins)
The Marines of Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, were tasked with collecting and distributing toys across Alaska as part of the Toys for Tots Program. Toys for Tots collects unwrapped toys and distributes them to kids less fortunate during the holiday season.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Richard Park, a canvasing recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Wasilla, Recruiting Station Portland, gives a gift to a child during a Toys for Tots event at Top of the Kuskokwim School, Nikolai, Alaska on Dec 3, 2021. Park wanted to give back to the community by assisting the Marine Corps Reserves with their annual Toys for Tots program. Marines and Airmen traveled to remote villages of Alaska’s Kuskokwim Valley in support of the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Dornfeld)
U.S. Marines in support of Toys for Tots pose for a photo prior to a Toys for Tots delivery in Anchorage, Alaska on Dec. 3, 2021. Marines and Airmen traveled to remote villages of Alaska's Kuskokwim Valley in support of the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emely Farnsworth)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Purrington, the armory chief for Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, rides away in a snowmobile after delivering toys to the children of Takotna School during a Toys for Tots event in Takotna, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2021. Purrington, from Lubbock, Texas, dressed as Santa Claus for the Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Toys for Tots program. Marines and Airmen traveled to remote villages of Alaska’s Kuskokwim Valley in support of the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Dornfeld)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brooks W. Boehlert (right) relinquishes command of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Portland to Maj. Mark M. Goebel during a change of command ceremony aboard Fort Vancouver, Wa., June 15, 2018. The change of command ceremony represents the changing of authority between outgoing Maj. Boehlert and the incoming Maj. Goebel. (U.S. Marine Corps imagery by Sgt. Travis Gershaneck/Released)
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