U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Raul Martinez, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of Recruiting Substation Central Michigan, helped the victims of a car accident near Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Oct. 8, 2022. The victims of the car accident only spoke Spanish, so Martinez stayed on the scene to translate for the ambulance. He rode with them to the hospital, continuing to translate for several hours. He received a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his actions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Pacheco)
As a prior service recruiter, Staff Sergeant Andrews’ mission is to ensure the Reserves are fully manned and ready. His specific goal is to scout out those Marines that have taken off the uniform but wish to wear it once more. Andrews does this by recruiting out of the Cherry Point, Stone Bay, New River area which is heavily populated with prior Marines.
For the first time back in his home town Frederick, Maryland, as a United States Marine, Pvt. Michael Collins Jr. stands in front of the congregation of RS Frederick personnel while he devours the entire piece of cake passed down to him by the oldest Marine as the crowd bursts into laughter during the cake cutting ceremony at RS Frederick’s family day celebration in Frederick, on Oct. 29, 2021.
