Marines of Platoon 1034, Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, gather together for a group photo two days before graduating recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 5. The Marines were part of a group of 24 Minnesota natives who took the enlistment oath in front of a stadium of fans, before the Minnesota Vikings game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Metrodome Sept. 9, before leaving for recruit training. The group continued a tradition set by the "Twins Platoon" 45 years ago in 1967, during Vietnam. That group consisted of 150 Minnesota natives who enlisted in a pre-game ceremony before a Minnesota Twins-Boston Red Sox game. The event was repeated last year by another group of 24 Minnesota citizens who recited the oath of enlistment in a ceremony on Sept. 5. The current group completed recruit training and graduated Dec. 7.