Two Marines put new corporal rank insignia on Cpl. Megan Scullin, combat videographer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and a Troy, Mont., native aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan 6. Scullin attended the Corporals indoctrination and Corporals Course immediately following her promotion. - Two Marines put new corporal rank insignia on Cpl. Megan Scullin, combat videographer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and a Troy, Mont., native aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan 6. Scullin attended the Corporals indoctrination and Corporals Course immediately following her promotion.

Bud Cauley, a member of the PGA Tour and guest of honor, is presented with a token of appreciation on behalf of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing by Cpl. Ciara Winton, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, during a morning colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 21. The Daytona Beach, Fla., native established the Bud Cauley Foundation in 2012 to raise awareness and funds for military-related charities and is an active supporter of Birdies for the Brave, another military outreach program. Both Cauley’s grandfather and father served as divers in the Navy. - Bud Cauley, a member of the PGA Tour and guest of honor, is presented with a token of appreciation on behalf of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing by Cpl. Ciara Winton, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, during a morning colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 21. The Daytona Beach, Fla., native established the Bud Cauley Foundation in 2012 to raise awareness and funds for military-related charities and is an active supporter of Birdies for the Brave, another military outreach program. Both Cauley’s grandfather and father served as divers in the Navy.

Two hundred seventy-one corporals from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., participating in the Corporals’ Committed and Engaged Leadership Indoctrination course, pose for a photo by the newly constructed obstacle course aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 9. The committed and engaged leadership of two noncommissioned officers with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 38, Sgt. Mark Sanchez, a tactical data systems administrator and Sgt. Mark Willoughby, an air intercept controller, helped to influence the decision to build the obstacle course. (Photo courtesy: Lance Cpl Allison Herman, 3rd MAW Combat Camera) - Two hundred seventy-one corporals from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., participating in the Corporals’ Committed and Engaged Leadership Indoctrination course, pose for a photo by the newly constructed obstacle course aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 9. The committed and engaged leadership of two noncommissioned officers with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 38, Sgt. Mark Sanchez, a tactical data systems administrator and Sgt. Mark Willoughby, an air intercept controller, helped to influence the decision to build the obstacle course. (Photo courtesy: Lance Cpl Allison Herman, 3rd MAW Combat Camera)

Ashley Pate, center, a Marine wife, leads a work out for spouses to help get in shape for this year’s Marine Corps Ball, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 10. Pate also works with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 as a command team advisor to organize events to bring spouses closer together. - Ashley Pate, center, a Marine wife, leads a work out for spouses to help get in shape for this year’s Marine Corps Ball, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 10. Pate also works with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 as a command team advisor to organize events to bring spouses closer together.

The plaque of the 2013 Military Fatherhood Award was given to Chief Petty Officer Patrick Mondragon, right, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing religious ministries’ senior enlisted leader and a San Jose, Calif., native, at a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 13. This award recognizes fathers who go above and beyond for their children. - The plaque of the 2013 Military Fatherhood Award was given to Chief Petty Officer Patrick Mondragon, right, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing religious ministries’ senior enlisted leader and a San Jose, Calif., native, at a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 13. This award recognizes fathers who go above and beyond for their children.