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Capt. Joshua B. Kelly, a logistician with 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, poses with his family after receiving the First Lieutenant Travis Manion Marine Corps Officer Logistician award at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. Kelly was given the award in part for his efforts of providing new and advance means of logistical support within his unit during the 2017 fiscal year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Capt. Joshua B. Kelly, a logistician with 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, poses with his family after receiving the First Lieutenant Travis Manion Marine Corps Officer Logistician award at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. Kelly was given the award in part for his efforts of providing new and advance means of logistical support within his unit during the 2017 fiscal year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 stand to show they were the winners of Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year for a large unit award before the opening ceremony of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. MWSS-473 was given the award in part for their hurricane relief efforts and their aide efforts when Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 crashed in Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 stand to show they were the winners of Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year for a large unit award before the opening ceremony of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation's 14th annual Ground Logistics Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2018. MWSS-473 was given the award in part for their hurricane relief efforts and their aide efforts when Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 crashed in Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Collins is a Grimesland, North Carolina, native and an M88A2 Recovery Vehicle rigger with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. - Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Collins is a Grimesland, North Carolina, native and an M88A2 Recovery Vehicle rigger with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division.

Sgt. Michael Colbert, a Lansing, Michigan, native and Reserve Marine with Fox Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, had the opportunity to go to Michigan as a tank crewman when his unit participated in Exercise Winter Break 2018 on Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. When he's not conducting Marine Corps training, Colbert is a fire-protection installer for a construction company outside of Highpoint, North Carolina. - Sgt. Michael Colbert, a Lansing, Michigan, native and Reserve Marine with Fox Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, had the opportunity to go to Michigan as a tank crewman when his unit participated in Exercise Winter Break 2018 on Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. When he's not conducting Marine Corps training, Colbert is a fire-protection installer for a construction company outside of Highpoint, North Carolina.

Ruiz is a motor transport mechanic with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and is participating with his unit in Exercise Winter Break 2018 on Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. When he's not conducting Marine Corps training, Ruiz works as a fencing contractor for a local fencing company in Jacksonville, North Carolina. - Ruiz is a motor transport mechanic with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and is participating with his unit in Exercise Winter Break 2018 on Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. When he's not conducting Marine Corps training, Ruiz works as a fencing contractor for a local fencing company in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Marines with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, pause to check the scheme of maneuver before a platoon formation rehearsal during exercise Winter Break 2018 near Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2018. Winter Break 18 challenges Marines of Fox Co., 4th Tank Bn. to contend with employment problems caused by extreme cold weather and snow and adapt to the operational challenges of a severe climate. - Marines with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, pause to check the scheme of maneuver before a platoon formation rehearsal during exercise Winter Break 2018 near Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2018. Winter Break 18 challenges Marines of Fox Co., 4th Tank Bn. to contend with employment problems caused by extreme cold weather and snow and adapt to the operational challenges of a severe climate.

HM2 Corey Parker is an Augusta, Georgia native and Navy corpsman stationed with a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. - HM2 Corey Parker is an Augusta, Georgia native and Navy corpsman stationed with a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, Rear Adm. Thomas Luscher, left, presents Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Cedrick Jenkins, assigned to Commander, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, with a Lone Sailor Award following his selection as Fiscal Year 2017 Navy Reserve Full Time Support Shore Sailor of Year (SOY). Jenkins will go on to compete for the title of 2017 Vice Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Shore Activities) SOY. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Rinner) - Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, Rear Adm. Thomas Luscher, left, presents Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Cedrick Jenkins, assigned to Commander, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, with a Lone Sailor Award following his selection as Fiscal Year 2017 Navy Reserve Full Time Support Shore Sailor of Year (SOY). Jenkins will go on to compete for the title of 2017 Vice Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Shore Activities) SOY. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Rinner)

Flags are on displayed at a memorial for Staff Sgt. Enrico Antonio Rojo, held aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 21, 2018. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 2009-2016. Staff Sgt. Rojo was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for attempting to help the victim of a car accident on December 16, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter) - Flags are on displayed at a memorial for Staff Sgt. Enrico Antonio Rojo, held aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 21, 2018. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 2009-2016. Staff Sgt. Rojo was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for attempting to help the victim of a car accident on December 16, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)