MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, left, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presents an American flag to Gary Sinise, actor and musician with the Lt. Dan Band, after a colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 7. Sinise performed for service members and their families with his band. - MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, left, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, presents an American flag to Gary Sinise, actor and musician with the Lt. Dan Band, after a colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 7. Sinise performed for service members and their families with his band.

Corporals with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 receive their blood stripes during a Blood Stripe Ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 17. Marines are not entitled to wear the traditional blood stripe until they reach the rank of corporal, signifying their status as a noncommissioned officer. - Corporals with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 receive their blood stripes during a Blood Stripe Ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 17. Marines are not entitled to wear the traditional blood stripe until they reach the rank of corporal, signifying their status as a noncommissioned officer.