Recruiting Station Montgomery

Marines with Recruiting Substation (RSS) Montgomery, Recruiting Station (RS) Montgomery, held a United States Marine Corps Sports Leadership Academy at the YMCA Emory Folmer Soccer Fields in Montgomery, Alabama, July 29, 2017. The main focus of this soccer camp was to teach and encourage leadership in the community while allowing the athletes to hone in on their soccer skills. During the camp Marines conducted a workout, ran drills and had lunch with the athletes before the final soccer game. After the final game, a Marine, a coach, and select athletes received awards for their hard work and leadership displayed on and off the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James)

Gracyn Lasueur (left) poses for a photo with GySgt. Matthew Hoyle, the station commander for Recruiting Substation Dothan, Alabama, after being presented with the Semper Fidelis All-American award at Northview High School, May 18, 2017. LaSueur was one of 100 students who will attend the Battles Won Academy this summer in Washington D.C., where she will be given the opportunity to network with and hear from an elite circle of leaders from all walks of life, who like her, have fought and won their own battles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Gracyn LaSueur (center) poses with classmates and teammates after being presented the Semper Fidelis All-American award at Northview High School, May 18, 2017. LaSueur was one of 100 students who will attend the Battles Won Academy this summer in Washington D.C., where she will be given the opportunity to network with and hear from an elite circle of leaders from all walks of life, who like her, have fought and won their own battles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Marines with Recruiting Station Montgomery, Alabama conducted a change of command ceremony, Wednesday, December 14, 2016, aboard Maxwell Air Force Base, where Maj. Dwane Sims relinquished command to Maj. Christopher Cotton. Along with the recruiters, station commanders, officer selection team and the command group, commanding officers from 6th Marine Corps District and the 6th Marine Corps District Commanding Officer, Col. Jeffrey Smitherman, were also in attendance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Marines with Recruiting Station Montgomery, Alabama conducted a change of command ceremony, Wednesday, December 14, 2016, aboard Maxwell Air Force Base, where Maj. Dwane Sims relinquished command to Maj. Christopher Cotton. Along with the recruiters, station commanders, officer selection team and the command group, commanding officers from 6th Marine Corps District and the 6th Marine Corps District Commanding Officer, Col. Jeffrey Smitherman, were also in attendance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Marines with Recruiting Station Montgomery, Alabama conducted a change of command ceremony, Wednesday, December 14, 2016, aboard Maxwell Air Force Base, where Maj. Dwane Sims relinquished command to Maj. Christopher Cotton. Along with the recruiters, station commanders, officer selection team and the command group, commanding officers from 6th Marine Corps District and the 6th Marine Corps District Commanding Officer, Col. Jeffrey Smitherman, were also in attendance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Private First Class Trace C. Chiasson marches across the parade deck during the pass and review portion of recruit graduation Dec. 2, 2016, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. Chiasson is the honor graduate of platoon 2088 and was recruited by Staff Sgt. Corez R. Griffin from Fort Walton, Florida. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)

Station commanders across Recruiting Station Montgomery gather together for a photo with Maj. Dwane Sims Oct. 29, 2016, during the 241st Marine Corps Birthday Ball celebration at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa in Montgomery, Alabama. Sims is the acting Commanding Officer for Recruiting Station Montgomery. (Official Marine Corps courtesy photo/Released)

Private First Class Mitchell S. Walden, honor graduate of platoon 2081, holds his guidon at parade rest before graduation Nov. 4, 2016, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Walden was recruited out of Recruiting Substation Dothan by Sgt. Drew E. Shorkey. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)

The Marine Corps Band New Orleans performs at the Gertrude C. Ford Center For the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, May 6. The band is touring throughout the Eastern Recruiting Region performing at a variety of venues to include colleges and high schools. For more photos or videos of the band, check them out on facebook at www.facebook.com/marinecorpsbandneworleans or on the recruiting station’s page at ww.facebook.com/marinersmontgomery.

Sgt. Elena Jaramillo Bell, a drill instructor from Parris Island, corrects poolees during Montgomery's Quarterly Pool Function.

Lance Cpl. Gentres Anderson, from Pensacola, Florida, and Sgt. Sheldon Curry, from Montgomery, Alabama, help bring toys to the donation bins for the Marines' Toys for Tots Program in Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 13, 2014. The program found its roots in 1947 Los Angeles when Marine Maj. Bill Hendricks, a reservist, collected more than 5,000 toys to help his community. The Marine Corps formally adopted the program the very next year, and it has continued to this day. “This is a great chance for us to give back to the community and help those families in need,” said Curry, who has lived his whole life in Montgomery. “I come from a family that didn’t have anything. We got fruit – apples, oranges – for Christmas. This makes a difference.” “Those kids that don’t have anything,” Curry added. “They really appreciate just having a gift.”