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United States Marine Corps recruiters with Recruiting Station Lansing, lead a high-intensity, beach workout with local high school athletes at Pere Marquette Park, Muskegon, Michigan, July 16, 2021. The recruiters created this workout to challenge the personal preconceived limitations of the participants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jesse Carter-Powell) - United States Marine Corps recruiters with Recruiting Station Lansing, lead a high-intensity, beach workout with local high school athletes at Pere Marquette Park, Muskegon, Michigan, July 16, 2021. The recruiters created this workout to challenge the personal preconceived limitations of the participants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jesse Carter-Powell)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jason Oliver, a recruiter with Recruiting Station Frederick and 4th Marine Corps District recruiter of the quarter, completes a hike during a monthly pool function for Recruiting Substation Martinsburg in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 16, 2021. The monthly pool functions are preformed to both build rapport between poolees and recruiters and to prepare them mentally and physically for the rigors of Marine Corps recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ryan Sammet) - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jason Oliver, a recruiter with Recruiting Station Frederick and 4th Marine Corps District recruiter of the quarter, completes a hike during a monthly pool function for Recruiting Substation Martinsburg in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 16, 2021. The monthly pool functions are preformed to both build rapport between poolees and recruiters and to prepare them mentally and physically for the rigors of Marine Corps recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ryan Sammet)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Tyler Gorby, center, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Substation Maddison Heights, Recruiting Station Cleveland proposes to his wife Desiree during a Chaplain Religious Enrichment Development Operation, (CREDO) Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jan 24, 2021. CREDO is designed to enhance the overall quality of life for active-duty service members and their families. (Courtesy Photo) - U.S. Marine Sgt. Tyler Gorby, center, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Substation Maddison Heights, Recruiting Station Cleveland proposes to his wife Desiree during a Chaplain Religious Enrichment Development Operation, (CREDO) Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jan 24, 2021. CREDO is designed to enhance the overall quality of life for active-duty service members and their families. (Courtesy Photo)

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jonathon Sweet, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Substation Northern Michigan, congratulates a newly enlisted Marine Corps poolee on his enlistment, Nov. 11, 2018. - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jonathon Sweet, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Substation Northern Michigan, congratulates a newly enlisted Marine Corps poolee on his enlistment, Nov. 11, 2018. (Courtesy Photo)

Staff Sgt. Brianna Pate, left, stands on the ice next to 12 poolees during an enlistment ceremony in Huntsville, Alabama Dec. 28, 2020. The poolees are swearing into the delayed entry program for Recruiting Substation (RSS) Huntsville; Marine recruiters will prepare them mentally and physically before going to boot camp. The Huntsville Havoc hosted their first Military Appreciation Night with Marine poolees publicly swearing in after the first period. Pate is a Marine Corps recruiter from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, currently stationed at RSS Huntsville. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Phommachanh) - Staff Sgt. Brianna Pate, left, stands on the ice next to 12 poolees during an enlistment ceremony in Huntsville, Alabama Dec. 28, 2020. The poolees are swearing into the delayed entry program for Recruiting Substation (RSS) Huntsville; Marine recruiters will prepare them mentally and physically before going to boot camp. The Huntsville Havoc hosted their first Military Appreciation Night with Marine poolees publicly swearing in after the first period. Pate is a Marine Corps recruiter from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, currently stationed at RSS Huntsville. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Phommachanh)