Master Chief Petty Officer Dino Medler (left), the 13th senior enlisted leader for the religious program specialist rating, cuts the Religion Program Specialist birthday cake with the youngest Sailor present, Religious Program Specialist 3rd Class OJ Barrera, on Jan. 14, 2014 at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. Medler visited with Sailors at Marine Forces Reserve and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base 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 support to Navy chaplains in developing programs to meet the needs of Sailors and Marines throughout the Reserve Force.