U.S. Marine Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, (center), Marketing and Public Affairs representative for Recruiting Station Baltimore, receives the Merit Award for best Personality Feature from Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Paxton, left, and President of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondent Association Bill Hauptfleisch at Joint Base Andrews, July 27, 2013. The awards are given annually by the USMCCCA to service members who display excellence in journalism. Nygaard, a native of Ocala, Fla., won the award for an article titled “Illinois Corpsman works with Combat Engineers, proves his worth in Garmsir” which he wrote while deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Anderson/Released) - U.S. Marine Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, (center), Marketing and Public Affairs representative for Recruiting Station Baltimore, receives the Merit Award for best Personality Feature from Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Paxton, left, and President of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondent Association Bill Hauptfleisch at Joint Base Andrews, July 27, 2013. The awards are given annually by the USMCCCA to service members who display excellence in journalism. Nygaard, a native of Ocala, Fla., won the award for an article titled “Illinois Corpsman works with Combat Engineers, proves his worth in Garmsir” which he wrote while deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Anderson/Released)