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Candidate Elaine Lewis, center, poses with her parents during liberty at Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. Lewis, a 22-year-old native of Stafford, Virginia, is a senior at Virginia Tech and will graduate college May 12, 2017, and commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps May 13, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Elaine Lewis) - Candidate Elaine Lewis, center, poses with her parents during liberty at Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. Lewis, a 22-year-old native of Stafford, Virginia, is a senior at Virginia Tech and will graduate college May 12, 2017, and commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps May 13, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Elaine Lewis)

Staff Sgt. Jose Benavidez, an Officer Selection Assistant with Officer Selection Office Raleigh, Marine Corps Recruiting Station Raleigh, helps an officer candidate with his gear during a three-mile hike aboard Umstead Park in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 28, 2013. The candidates and Marines carried packs with 40 pounds of gear and an M-16 replica rubber rifle to get a feel for hiking while carrying weight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dwight A. Henderson/Released) - Staff Sgt. Jose Benavidez, an Officer Selection Assistant with Officer Selection Office Raleigh, Marine Corps Recruiting Station Raleigh, helps an officer candidate with his gear during a three-mile hike aboard Umstead Park in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 28, 2013. The candidates and Marines carried packs with 40 pounds of gear and an M-16 replica rubber rifle to get a feel for hiking while carrying weight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dwight A. Henderson/Released)