Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (center left), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro (center right), sergeant major Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses with Marines nominated for Reserve Career Planner of the Year during the Reserve Career Planner Awards presentation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016. This year’s Reserve Career Planner of the Year was Sgt. Christopher Smith (left), a career planner from 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve and the runner-up was Staff Sgt. Andrew Watson, a career planner from 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. Smith, Watson and other career planners work diligently through the year to assist Marines with making future occupational decisions. - Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (center left), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro (center right), sergeant major Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses with Marines nominated for Reserve Career Planner of the Year during the Reserve Career Planner Awards presentation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016. This year’s Reserve Career Planner of the Year was Sgt. Christopher Smith (left), a career planner from 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve and the runner-up was Staff Sgt. Andrew Watson, a career planner from 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. Smith, Watson and other career planners work diligently through the year to assist Marines with making future occupational decisions.

Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, the sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North talks with an Individual Ready Reserve Marine during the annual IRR Mega-Muster in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 11, 2014. The Marine once worked under Spadaro during his prior enlistment. The annual mega-muster is sponsored by the Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity, Marine Forces Reserve. The muster gives IRR Marines an opportunity to update personal information, get information on education and job opportunites, and go through medical screening. (Official photo by Lance Cpl. Brytani Musick) - Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, the sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North talks with an Individual Ready Reserve Marine during the annual IRR Mega-Muster in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 11, 2014. The Marine once worked under Spadaro during his prior enlistment. The annual mega-muster is sponsored by the Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity, Marine Forces Reserve. The muster gives IRR Marines an opportunity to update personal information, get information on education and job opportunites, and go through medical screening. (Official photo by Lance Cpl. Brytani Musick)

Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, the sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North salutes Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, before accepting the noncommissioned officer sword during the MARFORRES assumption of command and appointment ceremony aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2013. Mills is taking charge of the largest command in the Marine Corps, encompassing more than 100,000 Marines at more than 160 sites in 47 U.S. states, Guam and Puerto Rico. - Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, the sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North salutes Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, before accepting the noncommissioned officer sword during the MARFORRES assumption of command and appointment ceremony aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2013. Mills is taking charge of the largest command in the Marine Corps, encompassing more than 100,000 Marines at more than 160 sites in 47 U.S. states, Guam and Puerto Rico.