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The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society hosted its annual banquet to recognize volunteers for their hours spent taking care of Marines and Sailors aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 9, 2017. The mission of the society is to provide financial, educational and other need-based assistance to active-duty or retired Marines and Sailors, their eligible family members, and survivors. Volunteers are 90 percent of the society’s workforce. (Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Released)

Annual banquet honoring the original Montford Point Marines who received the Congressional Gold Medal earlier this year and the key players who made it happen. guests in attendance such as Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, the Honorable Charles F. Bolden, 12th Administrator of NASA, Kay Hagan, North Carolina senator, Corrine Brown, Florida congresswoman, and a number of the original Montford Point Marines.