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U.S. Marine Corps Poolee Maelym R. Russo conducts a max effort sprint on an Assault Air Bike during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Detroit’s all-hands female pool function December 10, 2016, in Troy, Michigan. Russo a native of Rockwood, Michigan, was recruited out of Recruiting Sub-Station Wyandotte’s office and is scheduled to attend Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, in April 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. J. R. Heins/ Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Poolee Maelym R. Russo conducts a max effort sprint on an Assault Air Bike during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Detroit’s all-hands female pool function December 10, 2016, in Troy, Michigan. Russo a native of Rockwood, Michigan, was recruited out of Recruiting Sub-Station Wyandotte’s office and is scheduled to attend Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, in April 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. J. R. Heins/ Released)

Pictured above is the 4th Marine Corps District Fiscal Year 2016 Prior Service Recruiter of the Year award winner, Staff Sgt. Scott L. Kupres, of Prior Service Recruiting Station 4, Permanent Contact Station Quantico, 4th Marine Corps District. He distinguished himself by going above and beyond his mission completing 161% of his requirements and surpassed his monthly mission of 3.25 joins per month by achieving 5.25 joins per month. This resulted in 63 prior service Marines joining the Marine Corps Reserve, while his mission was only 39. Kupres, from Oak Lawn, Illinois, is an aircraft communications, navigation, radar and systems technician for the F/A-18a. (Courtesy Photo) - Pictured above is the 4th Marine Corps District Fiscal Year 2016 Prior Service Recruiter of the Year award winner, Staff Sgt. Scott L. Kupres, of Prior Service Recruiting Station 4, Permanent Contact Station Quantico, 4th Marine Corps District. He distinguished himself by going above and beyond his mission completing 161% of his requirements and surpassed his monthly mission of 3.25 joins per month by achieving 5.25 joins per month. This resulted in 63 prior service Marines joining the Marine Corps Reserve, while his mission was only 39. Kupres, from Oak Lawn, Illinois, is an aircraft communications, navigation, radar and systems technician for the F/A-18a. (Courtesy Photo)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Anne E. Lyman, a native of Traverse City, Michigan and recent Company honor graduate of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo on Oct. 19, 2016 at Recruiting Substation Cadillac. Lyman is expected to report to Marine Combat Training in November where she will master basic infantry tactics to maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Immanuel M. Johnson/Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Anne E. Lyman, a native of Traverse City, Michigan and recent Company honor graduate of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo on Oct. 19, 2016 at Recruiting Substation Cadillac. Lyman is expected to report to Marine Combat Training in November where she will master basic infantry tactics to maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Immanuel M. Johnson/Released)

Connor Anteau holds up pictures of his dramatic weight loss transformation after giving his oath of service August 25, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Antea is a Gibraltar, Michigan native who lost nearly 60 pounds to join the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. J. R. Heins/ Released) - Connor Anteau holds up pictures of his dramatic weight loss transformation after giving his oath of service August 25, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Antea is a Gibraltar, Michigan native who lost nearly 60 pounds to join the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. J. R. Heins/ Released)

Scott Brooks, a recipient of the $150,000 Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship poses for a photograph with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Glenn A. Cocagne, a canvassing recruiter with Recruiting Station Detroit and native of Erie, Michigan, during a presentation ceremony at Grosse Pointe South High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, May 21, 2015. The NROTC scholarship is a program to educate and train qualified young men and women as commissioned officers in the Navy or Marine Corps that pays for the full cost of tuition. Brooks was one of only six students presented the award by RS Detroit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. R. Heins/Released) - Scott Brooks, a recipient of the $150,000 Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship poses for a photograph with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Glenn A. Cocagne, a canvassing recruiter with Recruiting Station Detroit and native of Erie, Michigan, during a presentation ceremony at Grosse Pointe South High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, May 21, 2015. The NROTC scholarship is a program to educate and train qualified young men and women as commissioned officers in the Navy or Marine Corps that pays for the full cost of tuition. Brooks was one of only six students presented the award by RS Detroit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. R. Heins/Released)