Photos

Master Chief Petty Officer Dino Medler, the 13th senior enlisted leader for the religious program specialist rating, addresses Sailors and Navy recruits Jan. 14, 2014 at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Military Entrance Processing Center. Medler visited with Sailors at Marine Forces Reserve and NASJRB New Orleans to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the creation of the religious program specialist rating, which was created Jan. 15, 1979. The religious program specialists at Marine Forces Reserve provide administrative and clerical support to Navy chaplains in developing programs to meet the mental and spiritual needs of Sailors and Marines throughout the Reserve Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)