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The wall colors of the new recruiting office design reflects that of the Marine dress blue uniform. JWT, the Marine Corps’ advertising firm, has worked to create a new, uniformed interior design for the offices consistent with the image created for the Corps’ Web, print and television campaigns.

The wall colors of the new recruiting office design reflects that of the Marine dress blue uniform. JWT, the Marine Corps’ advertising firm, has worked to create a new, uniformed interior design for the offices consistent with the image created for the Corps’ Web, print and television campaigns.

Photo by Photo courtesy of RSS Riverside

Sgts. Kara and Victor Perez enjoy a day at a fall festival in Kansas City with their son Roman in October, 2008.

Sgts. Kara and Victor Perez enjoy a day at a fall festival in Kansas City with their son Roman in October, 2008.

Photo by Courtesy of Perez family.

The eagle, globe and anchor emblem is displayed in the front windows of RSS Riverside, Calif., RS San Diego.

The eagle, globe and anchor emblem is displayed in the front windows of RSS Riverside, Calif., RS San Diego.

Photo by Photo courtesy of RSS Riverside

Sergeant Douglas Hardee, a percussionist with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, keeps time for two percussionists with Southwest High School Band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. During a brief clinic with the school band, Hardee works with fellow bass drummer on keeping time, since the set the beat for marches.

Sergeant Douglas Hardee, a percussionist with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, keeps time for two percussionists with Southwest High School Band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. During a brief clinic with the school band, Hardee works with fellow bass drummer on keeping time, since the set the beat for marches.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Corporal Brittany Kallash, a flute player in the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, speaks with band students at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17, during the clinic portion of the band's visit to the school. During this time the school band split up by section and was given advice by Marines who play in that same section professionally in the Marine Corps.

Corporal Brittany Kallash, a flute player in the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, speaks with band students at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17, during the clinic portion of the band's visit to the school. During this time the school band split up by section and was given advice by Marines who play in that same section professionally in the Marine Corps.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Marines with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band work with tuba players in the Southwest High School band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. These Marines play the same instruments with the 29 Palms Band and gave the students advice on how to enhance their performance abilities.

Marines with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band work with tuba players in the Southwest High School band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. These Marines play the same instruments with the 29 Palms Band and gave the students advice on how to enhance their performance abilities.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

Photo by Sgt. Steven Vallette

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

The new recruiting office design will still allow recruiters to have their own personal space to show applicants what the Marine Corps is to him. JWT, the Marine Corps’ advertising firm, has worked to create a new, uniformed interior design for the offices consistent with the image created for the Corps’ Web, print and television campaigns.

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The wall colors of the new recruiting office design reflects that of the Marine dress blue uniform. JWT, the Marine Corps’ advertising firm, has worked to create a new, uniformed interior design for the offices consistent with the image created for the Corps’ Web, print and television campaigns.

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Sgts. Kara and Victor Perez enjoy a day at a fall festival in Kansas City with their son Roman in October, 2008.

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Sergeant Douglas Hardee, a percussionist with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, keeps time for two percussionists with Southwest High School Band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. During a brief clinic with the school band, Hardee works with fellow bass drummer on keeping time, since the set the beat for marches.

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Corporal Brittany Kallash, a flute player in the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, speaks with band students at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17, during the clinic portion of the band's visit to the school. During this time the school band split up by section and was given advice by Marines who play in that same section professionally in the Marine Corps.

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Marines with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band work with tuba players in the Southwest High School band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. These Marines play the same instruments with the 29 Palms Band and gave the students advice on how to enhance their performance abilities.

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The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

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Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

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With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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