U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Collins, Recruiting Station Frederick sergeant major, is relieved by Sgt. Maj. Berton D. Shepard, oncoming sergeant major, during a relief and appointment ceremony at 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Fort Detrick, Md., Dec. 29, 2021. The ceremony symbolized the transferring of responsibilities from one sergeant major to another. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Pacheco)
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.
