Photo by Sgt. Wes Lucko | 1st Marine Corps District | 09.26.2016
U.S. Marine Corps poolee Grant King, from Recruiting Substation Springfield, stands next to Sgt. Christopher Vasquez, his recruiter, Sept. 26., 2016. King weighed 300 pounds in September of 2015 and now weighs 187 pounds. King is scheduled to attend recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on 24 Oct., 2016. He will train for 13 weeks in the hopes of earning the title......
Photo by Sgt. Wes Lucko | 1st Marine Corps District | 09.01.2015
Grant King, poses for a photo in September of 2015. In 2015 Grant King weighed more than 300 pounds and now weighs 187 pounds. King is scheduled to attend recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on 24 Oct., 2016. He will train for 13 weeks in the hopes of earning the title U.S. Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Wes J. Lucko)...
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.12.2013
Gabriel Vasquez recites the Boy Scout oath with members of his troop during the Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony Jan. 12 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster....
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.12.2013
A member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 112 recites the BSA oath during the Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony Jan. 12 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. During the ceremony, Gabriel Vasquez, a Troop 112 member and student at Lester Middle School, was promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout for his hard work and selfless dedication to scouting and the local community for the past five......
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.29.2012
Military members from the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force join civilian volunteers to paint veterans’ crosses at the Tomari International Cemetery here, July 29. Through the efforts of one young Boy Scout, Gabriel Vasquez, military members from nearly every branch of service came together to revitalize a local cemetery where numerous veterans are buried....
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.29.2012
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Banks (left), resident officer-in-charge of construction for Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, and Petty Officer 2nd Class James Pate, corpsman with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, affix a tool rack to a storage shed at the Tomari International Cemetery here, July 29. Through the efforts of one young Boy Scout, Gabriel Vasquez, military members from nearly every......
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.29.2012
Corporal Adam Imbriaco, a legal clerk with the command element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts grass at the Tomari International Cemetery here, July 29. Through the efforts of one young Boy Scout, Gabriel Vasquez, military members from nearly every branch of service came together to revitalize a local cemetery where numerous veterans are buried....
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.29.2012
Gabriel Vasquez, a boy scout from Troop 119, stands before his completed clean-up project at the Tomari International Cemetery here, July 29. Through his coordination and efforts, military members from nearly every branch of service came together to revitalize a local cemetery where numerous veterans are buried....
