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Marine Corps drill instructors visited numerous Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois locations March 9-13 to join more than 1,000 young men and women who have signed up for the Marine Corps, as well as their families and friends, for dinner, a presentation on recruit training, and an unforgettable 25-minute taste of what these “poolees” can expect at boot camp.

Marine Corps drill instructors visited numerous Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois locations March 9-13 to join more than 1,000 young men and women who have signed up for the Marine Corps, as well as their families and friends, for dinner, a presentation on recruit training, and an unforgettable 25-minute taste of what these “poolees” can expect at boot camp.

Photo by Sgt. Bryan Peterson

Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch, right, enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch, right, enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

Photo by Sgt. Bryan A. Peterson

Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

Photo by Sgt. Bryan A. Peterson

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander stands with Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City and displays his birthday cake from local Marines July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. RS Kansas City gave the cake in celebration of Sander's 90th birthday and in gratitude for his service.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander stands with Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City and displays his birthday cake from local Marines July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. RS Kansas City gave the cake in celebration of Sander's 90th birthday and in gratitude for his service.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City, poses with former Marine Robert Sander who displays his gift from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City July 7. Sander, who turned 90-years-old on July 4, continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan.

Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City, poses with former Marine Robert Sander who displays his gift from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City July 7. Sander, who turned 90-years-old on July 4, continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander holds up a picture of the silent drill platoon July 7. The picture and plaque were gifts from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City in gratitude for Sander's years of service. The 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander holds up a picture of the silent drill platoon July 7. The picture and plaque were gifts from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City in gratitude for Sander's years of service. The 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander (seated) listens as Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer from Recruiting Station Kansas City, details gratitude for Sander's continued service July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander (seated) listens as Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer from Recruiting Station Kansas City, details gratitude for Sander's continued service July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, shakes hands with her son, Rhaashid Thompson, after his oath of enlistment July 1. Thompson has two parents who have both served nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps. Thompson is looking to give the Corps four years as a data network technician.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, shakes hands with her son, Rhaashid Thompson, after his oath of enlistment July 1. Thompson has two parents who have both served nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps. Thompson is looking to give the Corps four years as a data network technician.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, leads her son, Rhaashid Thompson, in the oath of enlistment as her husband, Sgt. Maj. Scott Holt, Recruiting Station Kansas City's sergeant major, oversees. Thompson is the son of two Marines who have both served nearly 20 years. He will continue the legacy as a data network technician.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, leads her son, Rhaashid Thompson, in the oath of enlistment as her husband, Sgt. Maj. Scott Holt, Recruiting Station Kansas City's sergeant major, oversees. Thompson is the son of two Marines who have both served nearly 20 years. He will continue the legacy as a data network technician.

Photo by Cpl. Bryan Eberly

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Official blues photo

Photo by Sgt. Jereme Edwards

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Bohanner

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Marine Corps drill instructors visited numerous Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois locations March 9-13 to join more than 1,000 young men and women who have signed up for the Marine Corps, as well as their families and friends, for dinner, a presentation on recruit training, and an unforgettable 25-minute taste of what these “poolees” can expect at boot camp.

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Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch, right, enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

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Staff Sgt. Matthew Vetch enlisted his son on July 1, 2009 at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Omaha, Nebraska. Vetch and his 17-year-old son Luke, pose at Vetch’s Permanent Contact Station Norfolk, Recruiting Substation Sioux City, Recruiting Station Des Moines office. Vetch, who by trade is a wire chief, and his son, who signed up to be an infantryman, hope the odds are on their side to get stationed together.

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander stands with Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City and displays his birthday cake from local Marines July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. RS Kansas City gave the cake in celebration of Sander's 90th birthday and in gratitude for his service.

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Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer for Recruiting Station Kansas City, poses with former Marine Robert Sander who displays his gift from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City July 7. Sander, who turned 90-years-old on July 4, continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan.

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander holds up a picture of the silent drill platoon July 7. The picture and plaque were gifts from the Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City in gratitude for Sander's years of service. The 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Former Marine Robert Sander (seated) listens as Capt. Gary Cox, executive officer from Recruiting Station Kansas City, details gratitude for Sander's continued service July 7. Sander is a 90-year-old Marine Corps veteran who continues to serve his community through volunteering at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, shakes hands with her son, Rhaashid Thompson, after his oath of enlistment July 1. Thompson has two parents who have both served nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps. Thompson is looking to give the Corps four years as a data network technician.

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicole Holt, 9th Marine Corps District headquarters personnel officer, leads her son, Rhaashid Thompson, in the oath of enlistment as her husband, Sgt. Maj. Scott Holt, Recruiting Station Kansas City's sergeant major, oversees. Thompson is the son of two Marines who have both served nearly 20 years. He will continue the legacy as a data network technician.

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Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

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Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

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Phylicia Zarnosky, a native of Grand Rapids, MI, and 2008 graduate of Kenowa Hills High School, received a $150,000 scholarship from Capt. Paul Vanderwater, executive officer Recruiting Station Lansing, for her outstanding academics and leadership ability at the White Caps baseball game June 5, 2009. Out of over 230 applicants in the Midwest only 49 were awarded.

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