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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, left, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, 1st Sgt. Joseph B. Stoker, center, individual material readiness list coordinator, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, command senior enlisted leader, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, pose for a photo during Stoker’s redesignation ceremony, at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Jan. 7, 2025. Stoker became one of the first Marines to laterally transfer to first sergeant through the E-8 redesignation board pilot, a new program within the Marine Corps that allows qualified master sergeants to apply for redesignation as first sergeants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Van Hoang)