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Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Kevin Maynard

Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

Photo by Sgt Tia Nagle

Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps
Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas
City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to
give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit
training will be like.

Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit training will be like.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris
Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas
City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the
female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps'
only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps' only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Olivia G. Ortiz, a Recruiting Sub-Station Gladstone poolee, performs a flexed-arm hang during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene by female drill instructors. They also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Olivia G. Ortiz, a Recruiting Sub-Station Gladstone poolee, performs a flexed-arm hang during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene by female drill instructors. They also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, instructs a female poolee to speak with intensity and volume during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, instructs a female poolee to speak with intensity and volume during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Jamie L. Murray, a drill instructor for Platoon 4013, Company P, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, gives a poolee her first taste of what to expect when she arrives for Marine Corps recruit training during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at the 9th Marine Corps Recruit District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene.

Sgt. Jamie L. Murray, a drill instructor for Platoon 4013, Company P, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, gives a poolee her first taste of what to expect when she arrives for Marine Corps recruit training during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at the 9th Marine Corps Recruit District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, speaks with volume and intensity as she instructs poolees on how to properly break down a sleeping cot during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters' Building 712 March 15, 2014. The purpose of the pool function was to give poolees their first glimpse of what to expect during recruit training.

Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, speaks with volume and intensity as she instructs poolees on how to properly break down a sleeping cot during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters' Building 712 March 15, 2014. The purpose of the pool function was to give poolees their first glimpse of what to expect during recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

Members with the Marine Corps League stand at the position of attention March 14, at the Iwo Jima Ceremony at Leavenworth National Cemetery before marching in with the colors. Retired Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen gathered to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi and to honor the fallen and three of the remaining Marines still living.

Members with the Marine Corps League stand at the position of attention March 14, at the Iwo Jima Ceremony at Leavenworth National Cemetery before marching in with the colors. Retired Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen gathered to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi and to honor the fallen and three of the remaining Marines still living.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Three Marines who fought at Iwo Jima stand with Lt. Col. Mitchell Hoines March 14 following the ceremony to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. Hoines is the deputy director of the Marine detachment in Leavenworth, KS., and the three Marines are part of the Marine Corps league in Leavenworth.

Three Marines who fought at Iwo Jima stand with Lt. Col. Mitchell Hoines March 14 following the ceremony to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. Hoines is the deputy director of the Marine detachment in Leavenworth, KS., and the three Marines are part of the Marine Corps league in Leavenworth.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

Davionte L. L. Young scrambles on top of his opponent after slamming him to the ground during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Davionte L. L. Young scrambles on top of his opponent after slamming him to the ground during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Photo by Cpl. Martin R. Egnash

Davionte L. L. Young slams his opponent during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Davionte L. L. Young slams his opponent during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Photo by Cpl. Martin R. Egnash

Marine Corps poolee Zaid Alithawi conducts pull ups at his local recruiter's office in Fargo, Minn. Alithawi was born in Iraq and helped U.S. forces with translating as a teenager. Since then he has dreamed of becoming a U.S. Marine. After moving to America and enlisting out of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, he departed for Marine Corps Recruit Training, March 4.

Marine Corps poolee Zaid Alithawi conducts pull ups at his local recruiter's office in Fargo, Minn. Alithawi was born in Iraq and helped U.S. forces with translating as a teenager. Since then he has dreamed of becoming a U.S. Marine. After moving to America and enlisting out of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, he departed for Marine Corps Recruit Training, March 4.

Photo by Cpl. Martin Egnash

Young men and women from the Chicago area test their strength at the 9th Marine Corps District Enhanced Marketing Vehicle’s booth during the 2014 Chicago Auto Show Feb 8-17 at McCormick Place. The goal of the Marines’ appearance was to improve the knowledge about opportunities within the Marine Corps and gather information from those interested.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier)

Young men and women from the Chicago area test their strength at the 9th Marine Corps District Enhanced Marketing Vehicle’s booth during the 2014 Chicago Auto Show Feb 8-17 at McCormick Place. The goal of the Marines’ appearance was to improve the knowledge about opportunities within the Marine Corps and gather information from those interested.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier

The head football and softball coach at Maple Lake High School, Coach Tim Knudsen, shakes hands with Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, Maj. Christopher Tsirlis, after having received the Marine Corps Semper Fi Coach Award, Feb. 21.

The head football and softball coach at Maple Lake High School, Coach Tim Knudsen, shakes hands with Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, Maj. Christopher Tsirlis, after having received the Marine Corps Semper Fi Coach Award, Feb. 21.

Photo by Cpl. Martin Egnash

Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

Photo by Cpl. Martin Egnash

Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

Photo by Cpl. Martin Egnash

Brig. Gen. James Bierman, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region, presents Sgt. Matthew Kitsch, MEPS liaison, Recruiting Station Lansing, with a Meritorious Mast in Lansing, Mich. March, 25. Kitsch was recognized for his performance as a new liaison, in the absence of his supervisor, during five ship weeks in the months of January and February 2014.

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Capt. Chad Luebke, Officer Selection Officer at Recruiting Station Milwaukee, speaks with law students about a possible career as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate during the 46th annual National Black Law Students Association Convention, Mar. 14, 2014.

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Staff Sgt. Robert Surozenski, a drill instructor from Marine Corps
Recruiting Depot San Diego motivates a poolee at Recruiting Station Kansas
City's Drill instructor night March 11. The drill instructors were there to
give poolees preparing to ship to boot camp a glimpse at what recruit
training will be like.

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Sgt. Britni Garcia-Green, a drill instructor with 4th Recruit Training Battalion in Parris
Island, S.C., instructs a poolee to mount the pull up bar at RS Kansas
City's family night March 11. Garcia-Green is one of the first Marines the
female poolees will meet when they arrive for training at the Marine Corps'
only recruiting depot for females, at Parris Island.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, teaches poolees the basics of marching and drilling during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, shouts the command "eyeballs" during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The command of eyeballs is used by drill instructors to instruct recruits to look at them as they are about to give instruction. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, leads female poolees during warm-up stretches during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Olivia G. Ortiz, a Recruiting Sub-Station Gladstone poolee, performs a flexed-arm hang during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene by female drill instructors. They also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battaltion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, instructs a female poolee to speak with intensity and volume during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function outside 9th Marine Corps District's Building 712 March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene and also performed a mock Inital Strength Test with consisted of the flexed-arm hang, crunches and 1.5-mile run. Poolees from all the Recruiting Sub-Stations in the RS were on-hand for the event.

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Sgt. Jamie L. Murray, a drill instructor for Platoon 4013, Company P, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, gives a poolee her first taste of what to expect when she arrives for Marine Corps recruit training during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-hands female pool function at Building 712 at the 9th Marine Corps Recruit District Headquarters March 15, 2014. The poolees were instructed on close-order drill, what to expect during recruit training, and hygiene.

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Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green, a Platoon 4017, Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island drill instructor, speaks with volume and intensity as she instructs poolees on how to properly break down a sleeping cot during Recruiting Station Kansas City's all-female pool function at 9th Marine Corps District Headquarters' Building 712 March 15, 2014. The purpose of the pool function was to give poolees their first glimpse of what to expect during recruit training.

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Members with the Marine Corps League stand at the position of attention March 14, at the Iwo Jima Ceremony at Leavenworth National Cemetery before marching in with the colors. Retired Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen gathered to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi and to honor the fallen and three of the remaining Marines still living.

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Three Marines who fought at Iwo Jima stand with Lt. Col. Mitchell Hoines March 14 following the ceremony to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. Hoines is the deputy director of the Marine detachment in Leavenworth, KS., and the three Marines are part of the Marine Corps league in Leavenworth.

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Davionte L. L. Young slams his opponent during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

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Davionte L. L. Young scrambles on top of his opponent after slamming him to the ground during the Minnesota State High School Wresting Competition, Feb. 27. Young is rated the number five high school wrestler at 152lbs, and although he has been offered several scholarships to various colleges, he has turned them all down to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

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Marine Corps poolee Zaid Alithawi conducts pull ups at his local recruiter's office in Fargo, Minn. Alithawi was born in Iraq and helped U.S. forces with translating as a teenager. Since then he has dreamed of becoming a U.S. Marine. After moving to America and enlisting out of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, he departed for Marine Corps Recruit Training, March 4.

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Young men and women from the Chicago area test their strength at the 9th Marine Corps District Enhanced Marketing Vehicle’s booth during the 2014 Chicago Auto Show Feb 8-17 at McCormick Place. The goal of the Marines’ appearance was to improve the knowledge about opportunities within the Marine Corps and gather information from those interested.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bradley Carrier)

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The head football and softball coach at Maple Lake High School, Coach Tim Knudsen, shakes hands with Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities, Maj. Christopher Tsirlis, after having received the Marine Corps Semper Fi Coach Award, Feb. 21.

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Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

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Educators from Recruiting Station Twin Cities greet a receiving drill instructor at the 2014 Educators Workshop, Feb. 10. During the workshop, educators had the opportunity to ask see what the Marine Corps is like, visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and interact with Marines.

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