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Forging Marines: How one Marine helps his recruiters

Cpl. Christian Lozano poses for a photo in his dress blue uniform. The dress blues are one of the most iconic uniforms that Marines wear.

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Staff Sgt Mallory Kirk: What it means to be a Marine recruiter

Staff Sgt. Kirk poses for a photo with her family after her promotion to Staff Sgt. aboard the USS Alabama in Mobile, AL. The USS Alabama saw service across the globe during World War II and has been preserved as a museum ship in Mobile Bay, AL since 1964.

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Staff Sgt Mallory Kirk: What it means to be a Marine recruiter

Staff Sgt. Mallory Kirk poses for a photo during a high school visit with two recently graduated Marines. Kirk is a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Mobile, AL.

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Mobile native retires after 21 years of faithful service

Master Sgt. Walter Warren holds his award as he was inducted into the 6th Marine Corps District's Hall of Fame. Master Sgt. Warren spent the majority of his Marine Corps career serving the people of the 6th district.

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Montgomery natives to spend Holidays with family assisting recruiters

Montgomery natives Pfc. Adarious Gibbs and Lance Cpl. Isaiah Walker-Trammell pose for a photo in RSS Montgomery's recruiting office. Gibbs and Walker-Trammell will spend their time home assisting recruiters during the holidays.

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Marines engage students during USMC Sports Leadership Academy

Staff Sgt. Lindsay Johnson, a Marine Corps recruiter with Recruiting Substation Pensacola, motivates a student during an ammo can run during the USMC Sports Leadership Academy aboard Pensacola High School, Pensacola, Florida, Oct. 24, 2019. The purpose of the academy is to create events that promote physical readiness and leadership training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Haynes)

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Recruiting Station Baton Rouge, Charlotte, and Montgomery 2019 Educators Workshop

Maj. Joshua Rystrom, a naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, speaks to attendees of the Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 27, 2019. These educators traveled from Recruiting Station Baton Rouge, Charlotte and Montgomery to experience the Educators Workshop. The workshop allows educators to have an inside look at educational benefits and career opportunities in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)

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Emily Pettaway, the dean of academics for St. Louis Catholic High School of Lake Charles, Louisiana, takes a video of Kayla Jackson, an Algebra I teacher at Ponchatoula High School of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, firing an M16A4 service rifle during an Educators Workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., January 12, 2022. - Emily Pettaway, the dean of academics for St. Louis Catholic High School of Lake Charles, Louisiana, takes a video of Kayla Jackson, an Algebra I teacher at Ponchatoula High School of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, firing an M16A4 service rifle during an Educators Workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., January 12, 2022. Marine Corps Recruiting Command provides educators workshops as an opportunity for teachers, principals, counselors, coaches and media to experience the basic training process first-hand. The workshops are one of many ways for the attendees to learn about the multitude of opportunities the Marine Corps can provide to young men and women within their communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danielle Prentice)

Recruiting Station Baton Rouge and Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale travel to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island for the first Educators Workshop of 2022

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.—Members of the education system and media outlets from Louisiana and Florida attended an Educators Workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, January 11 – 14, 2022. The workshop provided the attendees with an in-depth experience of what life is like for a Marine Corps recruit. “The Educators Workshop has been tremendously helpful by giving us a first-hand view to assist our students with questions,” said Gary Blood, the principal at Port Barre High School in Port Barre, Louisiana, with 20 years of experience in the education system. “It gives us a first-hand opportunity instead of seeing something on TV.”

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Fidel Chidandali, a canvassing recruiter at Recruiting Substation Gastonia, Recruiting Station Charlotte, congratulates younger brother, Pfc. Ushindi Phanuel, for graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina on Oct. 29, 2021. Chidandali and Phanuel are the first two people in their family to become United States Marines. As a teenager, Chidandali decided he wanted to become a United States Marine after his first encounter with a Marine Corps Security Guard at the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dana Beesley) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Fidel Chidandali, a canvassing recruiter at Recruiting Substation Gastonia, Recruiting Station Charlotte, congratulates younger brother, Pfc. Ushindi Phanuel, for graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina on Oct. 29, 2021. Chidandali and Phanuel are the first two people in their family to become United States Marines. As a teenager, Chidandali decided he wanted to become a United States Marine after his first encounter with a Marine Corps Security Guard at the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dana Beesley)

Refugee to Marine Corps Recruiter

GASTONIA, N.C. - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Fidel Chidandali, a canvassing recruiter at Recruiting Substation Gastonia, Recruiting Station Charlotte, sits at his desk with his younger brother, Ushindi Phanuel, on June 21, 2021. Phanuel patiently waits as his older brother finishes up the final paperwork for his enlistment into the Marine Corps. After the last few signatures, Chidandali sets his little brother on a path that he paved many years before. Chidandali was the first person in his family to become a Marine, and his younger brother is on his way to be the second. But many years ago the opportunity to become Marines was something they would never have dreamed of. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during a time of civil unrest, their family was forced to flee the Congo and start new lives in Kenya as refugees.

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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mary Berney, a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, graduates from law school at Florida International University College of Law, Miami, May 2019. Berney currently serves as a Marine Judge Advocate on the trial counsel at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. (Courtesy photo by 1st Lt. Mary Berney) - U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mary Berney, a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, graduates from law school at Florida International University College of Law, Miami, May 2019. Berney currently serves as a Marine Judge Advocate on the trial counsel at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. (Courtesy photo by 1st Lt. Mary Berney)