United Negro College Fund Empower Me Tour helps increase Marine Corps awareness

Photo By Staff Sgt. Bruno Bego | (From left to right) Sgt. Bilson M. Wilson, Sgt. Jeremiah T. Isham, Gunnery Sgt. Antoine L. Brice, Fonzworth Bentley, Joyful Drake, Staff Sgt. Carla J. Arana and Sgt. Angel J. Bustos pose together for a picture during the United Negro College Fund Empower Me Tour at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, Feb. 7, 2015. The Marines are local canvasing recruiters, who joined the event in order to speak about career opportunities in the Marine Corps. The event also helped the Marines in their effort to increase awareness among collegiate and college-bound minority students to consider serving in the Marine Corps an option. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Bruno J. Bego)  

DAYTONA BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES

02.07.2015

Story by Sgt. Bruno Bego 

6th Marine Corps District

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - According to the Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC), African-American men and women make up 11 percent of the force. The Marine Corps recognizes that the recruitment of qualified and skilled leaders is essential to its future regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religious belief and social class.

Marines with Recruiting Station Jacksonville, 6th Marine Corps District, MCRC, participated in the United Negro College Fund Empower Me Tour at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, Feb. 7, 2015.

The event allowed the Marines to get in front of an audience comprised of collegiate and college-bound minority students in order to encourage them to continue to pursue their education and to also consider the Marine Corps as a future career.

• Date Taken: 02.07.2015
• Date Posted: 02.09.2015 21:37
• Story ID: 154064
• Location: DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US