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NEW ORLEANS – Sensei Jason B. Horne, Master Instructor of XS Martial Arts Dojo, speaks with students at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Oct. 29, 2015, during Red Ribbon Week. Horne guided the students on the potential dangers they could face if using illegal or prescription drugs in regards to their futures, how one missed step could prevent them from achieving their dreams. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

NEW ORLEANS – Sensei Jason B. Horne, Master Instructor of XS Martial Arts Dojo, speaks with students at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Oct. 29, 2015, during Red Ribbon Week. Horne guided the students on the potential dangers they could face if using illegal or prescription drugs in regards to their futures, how one missed step could prevent them from achieving their dreams. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick

NEW ORLEANS – Sgt. Bryan Sanford, a Marine Corps Community Services Assistant with Marine Forces Reserve, speaks with students at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy, Oct. 29, 2015, during Red Ribbon Week. Sanford informed the students that Red Ribbon Week began a few years after the death of DEA agent and former Marine, Enrique Camarena. Agent Camarena was in the process of making a major drug bust of a Mexican drug Cartel in the 1980s. Agent Camarena, along with his pilot, were captured, tortured, and murdered for their attempted actions in 1985. In light of the situation, Agent Camarena's family and friends back home in California started "Camarena's Club" to raise drug awareness. Ultimately, this movement was brought to the attention of President and First Lady Reagan. In 1988, the first National Red Ribbon Week began. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

NEW ORLEANS – Sgt. Bryan Sanford, a Marine Corps Community Services Assistant with Marine Forces Reserve, speaks with students at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy, Oct. 29, 2015, during Red Ribbon Week. Sanford informed the students that Red Ribbon Week began a few years after the death of DEA agent and former Marine, Enrique Camarena. Agent Camarena was in the process of making a major drug bust of a Mexican drug Cartel in the 1980s. Agent Camarena, along with his pilot, were captured, tortured, and murdered for their attempted actions in 1985. In light of the situation, Agent Camarena's family and friends back home in California started "Camarena's Club" to raise drug awareness. Ultimately, this movement was brought to the attention of President and First Lady Reagan. In 1988, the first National Red Ribbon Week began. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick

NEW ORLEANS – Rear Adm. David Callahan, commander of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses members of the Naval Order of the United States during their 125th Annual Congress Oct. 23, 2015, at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans. Callahan joined Lt. Gen. Rex McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Capt. Scott Gootee, commander of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, to address the crowd about the history and evolution of the Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard and Naval Reserve components into the comprehensive readiness forces they are today. According to retired Navy Capt. Gary Bair, the host committee chairman for the national congress of the Naval Order of the United States, the purpose of the congress is to preserve and promote naval service history and heritage. The NOUS is open to veterans of each of the naval services, as well as their descendants.

NEW ORLEANS – Rear Adm. David Callahan, commander of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses members of the Naval Order of the United States during their 125th Annual Congress Oct. 23, 2015, at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans. Callahan joined Lt. Gen. Rex McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Capt. Scott Gootee, commander of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, to address the crowd about the history and evolution of the Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard and Naval Reserve components into the comprehensive readiness forces they are today. According to retired Navy Capt. Gary Bair, the host committee chairman for the national congress of the Naval Order of the United States, the purpose of the congress is to preserve and promote naval service history and heritage. The NOUS is open to veterans of each of the naval services, as well as their descendants.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Staff Sgt. Raphael J. Bell (center), armory chief with 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, bonds with boys in the University of Michigan Youth Impact Program. Six Marines from 1st Bn., 24th Marines, volunteered to help make the difference for more than 100 at-risk male students from 20 different middle schools in Detroit through the University of Michigan YIP July 6 – 18, 2015. The YIP is an innovative summer program that partners with universities across the United States.

Staff Sgt. Raphael J. Bell (center), armory chief with 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, bonds with boys in the University of Michigan Youth Impact Program. Six Marines from 1st Bn., 24th Marines, volunteered to help make the difference for more than 100 at-risk male students from 20 different middle schools in Detroit through the University of Michigan YIP July 6 – 18, 2015. The YIP is an innovative summer program that partners with universities across the United States.

Photo by Youth Impact Program

Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for her painting “Rescue Me” at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for her painting “Rescue Me” at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, admires the painting titled “Rescue Me” at the dedication ceremony for the painting by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, admires the painting titled “Rescue Me” at the dedication ceremony for the painting by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. David Callahan, commander of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for the painting “Rescue Me” by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug.

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. David Callahan, commander of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for the painting “Rescue Me” by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Mel Bouboulis, chief of staff of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for the painting titled “Rescue Me” by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Mel Bouboulis, chief of staff of Eighth Coast Guard District, addresses the audience at the dedication ceremony for the painting titled “Rescue Me” by Louisiana artist Dale Fairbanks at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 2015. “Rescue Me” is based off of televised imagery of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescuing stranded citizens in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The dedication ceremony was one of dozens of events this week commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and Sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as taps is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and Sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as taps is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Photographs of Sgt. Carson Holmquist with his wife Jasmine and son Wyatt, decorate a memorial at his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photographs of Sgt. Carson Holmquist with his wife Jasmine and son Wyatt, decorate a memorial at his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

The Sprayberry JROTC presents the colors as the National Anthem is sung at Lance Cpl. Squire Wells memorial in Marietta, Georgia on July 21, 2015. Wells was killed in an attack by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community gathered together at the high school stadium to pay their respects and thank Wells for his sacrifice and selfless service.

The Sprayberry JROTC presents the colors as the National Anthem is sung at Lance Cpl. Squire Wells memorial in Marietta, Georgia on July 21, 2015. Wells was killed in an attack by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community gathered together at the high school stadium to pay their respects and thank Wells for his sacrifice and selfless service.

Photo by Cpl. Sara Graham

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Sgt. Emmanuel Ortiz, an operations noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Forces Reserve Operations, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Sgt. Emmanuel Ortiz, an operations noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Forces Reserve Operations, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran, Prisoner of War and Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran, Prisoner of War and Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Cpl. Jordan L. Bradford, a recruiting and retention clerk with Marine Forces Reserve, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Cpl. Jordan L. Bradford, a recruiting and retention clerk with Marine Forces Reserve, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Cpl. Jessica Thompson and Lance Cpl. Thomas Benge, Marine Air Ground Task Force planners, G-3/5, Marine Forces Reserve, place flags at headstones at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, La., May 22, 2015. Marines from MARFORRES volunteered Friday morning to place hundreds of flags at headstones in remembrance of Memorial Day to honor the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the country.

Cpl. Jessica Thompson and Lance Cpl. Thomas Benge, Marine Air Ground Task Force planners, G-3/5, Marine Forces Reserve, place flags at headstones at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, La., May 22, 2015. Marines from MARFORRES volunteered Friday morning to place hundreds of flags at headstones in remembrance of Memorial Day to honor the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the country.

Photo by Cpl. Brytani Musick

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and his wife Patricia place flags at headstones at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, La., May 22, 2015. Marines from MARFORRES volunteered Friday morning to place hundreds of flags at headstones in remembrance of Memorial Day to honor the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the country.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and his wife Patricia place flags at headstones at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Chalmette, La., May 22, 2015. Marines from MARFORRES volunteered Friday morning to place hundreds of flags at headstones in remembrance of Memorial Day to honor the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the country.

Photo by Cpl. Brytani Musick

The brass quintet of Marine Corps Band New Orleans plays the Marine Hymn while Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve stands at attention during a Memorial Day ceremony on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives at the state capitol building in Baton Rouge, La., May 21, 2015. The House held a ceremony with Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and senior leaders from other service branches in the local area to commemorate those who lost their lives in battle for the country.

The brass quintet of Marine Corps Band New Orleans plays the Marine Hymn while Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve stands at attention during a Memorial Day ceremony on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives at the state capitol building in Baton Rouge, La., May 21, 2015. The House held a ceremony with Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and senior leaders from other service branches in the local area to commemorate those who lost their lives in battle for the country.

Photo by Cpl. Brytani Musick