Second Lieutenant Tyler R. Watkins defends his zone as Coastal Carolina University’s linebacker during the final game of the regular season, facing off against Charleston Southern University at Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C., Oct. 25, 2014. Watkins applied everything he learned playing football to his training at Officer Candidates School aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. He graduated OCS with Officer Candidate Class 222, which had the most OCS graduates since 2009, on Aug. 6, 2016. Due to injuries sustained during OCS, he is temporarily assigned to the Plans and Research section at Marine Corps Recruiting Command aboard MCB Quantico. Watkins hopes to return to training in March 2017. - Second Lieutenant Tyler R. Watkins defends his zone as Coastal Carolina University’s linebacker during the final game of the regular season, facing off against Charleston Southern University at Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C., Oct. 25, 2014. Watkins applied everything he learned playing football to his training at Officer Candidates School aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. He graduated OCS with Officer Candidate Class 222, which had the most OCS graduates since 2009, on Aug. 6, 2016. Due to injuries sustained during OCS, he is temporarily assigned to the Plans and Research section at Marine Corps Recruiting Command aboard MCB Quantico. Watkins hopes to return to training in March 2017.

Private Joshua D. Zook reunites with his parents, Mark and Karen Zook, Oct. 14, 2016, after 13 weeks of recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. Mark and Karen are a Gold Star family. According to the National Gold Star Family Registry, the Department of Defense (DoD) distributes a Gold Star Lapel Button, also referred to as the Gold Star lapel, to members of the immediate family of a fallen service member. (Courtesy Photo) - Private Joshua D. Zook reunites with his parents, Mark and Karen Zook, Oct. 14, 2016, after 13 weeks of recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. Mark and Karen are a Gold Star family. According to the National Gold Star Family Registry, the Department of Defense (DoD) distributes a Gold Star Lapel Button, also referred to as the Gold Star lapel, to members of the immediate family of a fallen service member. (Courtesy Photo)

Recruit Edwin Morales, Platoon 3090, Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, “breaks the seal” on his M50 joint service general purpose mask while in the gas chamber aboard PageField, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Morales was recruited by Staff Sgt. Mario Sanchez from Recruiting Substation Fort Myers, Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale. Morales, a native of Cape Coral, Florida, joined the Marine Corps to become a combat engineer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John-Paul Imbody/Released) - Recruit Edwin Morales, Platoon 3090, Company M, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, “breaks the seal” on his M50 joint service general purpose mask while in the gas chamber aboard Page Field, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Morales was recruited by Staff Sgt. Mario Sanchez from Recruiting Substation Fort Myers, Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale. Morales, a native of Cape Coral, Florida, joined the Marine Corps to become a combat engineer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John-Paul Imbody/Released)