U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ram Francis, a data systems administrator with Headquarters Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Francisco, monitors network traffic and activity on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 6, 2022. Working as a data systems administrator provides Francis, a computer science student, with hands-on experience working with gear that he wouldn't have access to outside of the Marine Corps. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ram Francis, a data systems administrator with Headquarters Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Francisco, monitors network traffic and activity on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 6, 2022. Working as a data systems administrator provides Francis, a computer science student, with hands-on experience working with gear that he wouldn't have access to outside of the Marine Corps.
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