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Then Brig. Gen. Milstead, center, is pinned on his rank during a promotion ceremony during a deployment in Iraq as commander of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing in 2005.

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Lieutenant Gen. Robert E. Milstead Jr. poses for a photo in front of an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter. Milstead's forty year career in the Marine Corps recently came to a close.

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Lieutenant Gen. Robert E. Milstead Jr. poses for a photo with his family.

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A recruit from Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, attempts to swing to a platform during Gonzalez’s Challenge at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 20. Gonzalez’s Challenge is one of many exercises recruits are required to perform during the Crucible, a 54-hour exercise that is the final test of recruit training.

Photo by Sgt. Walter D. Marino II

1st Sgt. James Watson, Detachment 2, Supply Company, 4th Supply Battalion, retires in front of fellow Marines, friends and families, Nov. 10.

Photo by Marti Gatlin

1st Sgt. James Watson, left, and Master Sgt. Mark Clark, both with Detachment 2, Supply Company, 4th Supply Battalion, retired from the Corps on its 237th birthday at Schmid Field here, Nov. 10.

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Master Sgt. Mark Clark, Detachment 2, Supply Company, 4th Supply Battalion, retires in front of fellow Marines, friends and families, Nov. 10.

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Lt. Gen. Willie Williams, director, Marine Corps Staff, Washington, D.C., stands with Jonelle Cooks after her recent retirement at the Base Chapel.

Photo by Sgt. Brandon Saunders

An old photo shows Jerry Laney during his service with the U.S. Army. An information technology specialist with Marine Corps Logistics Command, he served two tours in Vietnam in 1967 and 1969 and has recently received honors for his service and heroism there.

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Lisa Simpson, program analyst, Operations and Training Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, displays the base's 2012 Employee of the Year Award she received recently.

Photo by Marti Gatlin

Pfc. Patrick Christensen, a rifleman with Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, listens to his available choices in Billings, Mont., October 20, 2012, as his infantry company is being transformed into a military police company. The move is due to the commandant-directed Force Structure Review, which will affect 147 of 183 Marine Forces Reserve sites as the force restructures and modernizes its units. The Marine Corps has assembled a Personnel Transition Team to help Marines make informed career choices as to how they can continue to serve in the Corps.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah

Master Sgt. Roderick T. Harris, a Marine Forces Reserve Career Planner passes out screening forms to change occupations to the Marines of Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, in Billings, Mont., October 20, 2012. Company D, an infantry company is being transformed into a military police company and Harris was there as part of a Personnel Transition Team, assembled to help Marines make informed career choices as to how they can continue to serve in the Corps. The move is due to the commandant-directed Force Structure Review, which will affect 147 of 183 Marine Forces Reserve sites as the force restructures and modernizes its units.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah

Cpl. Ryan Costea, a rifleman with Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, listens as Gunnery Patrick Foreman, a career planner, explains Costea’s available choices to him in Billings, Mont., October 20, 2012. Company D, an infantry company, is being transformed into a military police company due to the commandant-directed Force Structure Review, which will affect 147 of 183 Marine Forces Reserve sites as the force restructures and modernizes its units. The Marine Corps has assembled a Personnel Transition Team to help Marines make informed career choices as to how they can continue to serve in the Corps.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah

$Pfc. Ben Pack, Platoon 3221, Co. K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, returns to his platoon after turning in his gear Oct. 29 at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. This is Pack's second time with Co. K after suffering a stress fracture in his right leg 6 years ago.$

Pfc. Ben Pack, Platoon 3221, Co. K, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, returns to his platoon after turning in his gear Oct. 29 at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. This is Pack's second time with Co. K after suffering a stress fracture in his right leg 6 years ago.

Photo by Cpl. Eric C. Quintanilla

Colonel Ed Mays, Marine Corps Systems Command’s (MCSC) Assistant Commander for Acquisition Logistics and Product Support, presents James Harvey, an employee with the MCSC detachment in Albany, Ga., his 40-Year Federal Service pin. , MCSC Albany, 9/30/2012 10:11 AM

Photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Holt.

Transition deployment specialist Miguel Gonzalez critiques a resume from Angelique Melbourne, a military spouse from Newark, Calif., during a hiring fair hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Pacific Views Event Center here Oct. 11. (

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Tarence Wise, left, a military spouse from Piscataway, N.J., talks to Renato Muyot, an agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, during a Military Spouse Hiring Fair hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Pacific Views Event Center here Oct. 11.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz

Jules Owens, a secretary for the Veterans Association of North County, explains her organization's services to Brigette L. Sparks, a military spouse from Fort Wayne, Ind., during a Military Spouse Hiring Fair hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Pacific Views Event Center here Oct. 11.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz