Marine Embassy Security Group's Intramural basketball team, the Go Gettas, pose with the 2013 championship trophy at Barber Physical Activity Center on May 6, 2013, after defeating Marine Corps Systems Command, 56 - 38. The Go Gettas finished last year with a perfect 0 - 16 record. - Marine Embassy Security Group's Intramural basketball team, the Go Gettas, pose with the 2013 championship trophy at Barber Physical Activity Center on May 6, 2013, after defeating Marine Corps Systems Command, 56 - 38. The Go Gettas finished last year with a perfect 0 - 16 record.

In a relief and appointment ceremony held May 7, 2013, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Col. Willard Buhl, commanding officer of Wounded Warrior Regiment, left, passes the ceremonial sword to Sgt. Maj. Michael Mack, the regiment’s new sergeant major, as Sgt. Maj. Joseph VanFonda, outgoing sergeant major, center, looks on. Mack arrives from Recruiting Station Orange in Santa Ana, Calif., where he was the station sergeant major. VanFonda was presented with a meritorious service medal for his two years with the regiment, during which he established the unit’s standard policy for medical retirement and transition, as well as the first meritorious promotions program for wounded warriors, and also advocated for the Permanent and Expanded Limited Duty Board, which opened combat positions to Marines with amputations. - In a relief and appointment ceremony held May 7, 2013, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Col. Willard Buhl, commanding officer of Wounded Warrior Regiment, left, passes the ceremonial sword to Sgt. Maj. Michael Mack, the regiment’s new sergeant major, as Sgt. Maj. Joseph VanFonda, outgoing sergeant major, center, looks on. Mack arrives from Recruiting Station Orange in Santa Ana, Calif., where he was the station sergeant major. VanFonda was presented with a meritorious service medal for his two years with the regiment, during which he established the unit’s standard policy for medical retirement and transition, as well as the first meritorious promotions program for wounded warriors, and also advocated for the Permanent and Expanded Limited Duty Board, which opened combat positions to Marines with amputations.

Military spouses, Jaimala Herrador, Tanya Shaaf and Sarah Halverson, share stories about their experiences at Military.com’s Spouse Experience, hosted by the Marine Corps Family Team Building program aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 7, 2013, at The Clubs at Quantico. - Military spouses, Jaimala Herrador, Tanya Shaaf and Sarah Halverson, share stories about their experiences at Military.com’s Spouse Experience, hosted by the Marine Corps Family Team Building program aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 7, 2013, at The Clubs at Quantico.

Air National Guardman 1st Lt. Angela Cronan visits the General Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center aboard Quantico on May 2, 2013. She has earned five college degrees and is currently working on a master’s degree at Chamberlain College of Nursing. Cronan attributes much of her success counseling that she received at the Voluntary Education Center on base. - Air National Guardman 1st Lt. Angela Cronan visits the General Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center aboard Quantico on May 2, 2013. She has earned five college degrees and is currently working on a master’s degree at Chamberlain College of Nursing. Cronan attributes much of her success counseling that she received at the Voluntary Education Center on base.

Marines turn in their tests after a chaser course at Yale Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, on May 6, 2013. Marines practiced using restraints as part of their training. - Marines turn in their tests after a chaser course at Yale Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, on May 6, 2013. Marines practiced using restraints as part of their training.

Marine Helicopter Squadron One Marines, past and present, family members and friends mingle on the flight line with the newest addition to the squadron, a MV-22 B ‘Osprey,’ after a MV-22B Introduction Ceremony in the HMX-1 hangar on May 4, 2013. HMX-1 is scheduled to receive 11 more MV-22B by next summer. - Marine Helicopter Squadron One Marines, past and present, family members and friends mingle on the flight line with the newest addition to the squadron, a MV-22 B ‘Osprey,’ after a MV-22B Introduction Ceremony in the HMX-1 hangar on May 4, 2013. HMX-1 is scheduled to receive 11 more MV-22B by next summer.

A Virginia Run for the Fallen hero marker stands alongside Fuller Rd., aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 4, 2013. A motorcade consisting of recreational vehicles, motorcycles, the base Provost Marshal’s Office and the County Sheriff’s Department escorted 18 runners through the base. - A Virginia Run for the Fallen hero marker stands alongside Fuller Rd., aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 4, 2013. A motorcade consisting of recreational vehicles, motorcycles, the base Provost Marshal’s Office and the County Sheriff’s Department escorted 18 runners through the base.

Physical Trainer, Brian Hancock, demonstrates the starting position for the Sprinter Start exercise on April 4, 2013, at the Barber Physical Activity Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. This exercise can help improve run times. - Physical Trainer, Brian Hancock, demonstrates the starting position for the Sprinter Start exercise on April 4, 2013, at the Barber Physical Activity Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. This exercise can help improve run times.

Marine Corps Base Quantico is slated to execute a full scale Force Protection Excercise on May 9, 2013, on and around Purvis Road near Russell Elementary School and Quantico Middle High School. Foster Road, between the yellow dots pictured, will close at 8:30 a.m., that day for staging emergency vehicles for the Force Protection Exercise. Purvis Road, between the red dots, will close once all the students have left school grounds. - Marine Corps Base Quantico is slated to execute a full scale Force Protection Excercise on May 9, 2013, on and around Purvis Road near Russell Elementary School and Quantico Middle High School. Foster Road, between the yellow dots pictured, will close at 8:30 a.m., that day for staging emergency vehicles for the Force Protection Exercise. Purvis Road, between the red dots, will close once all the students have left school grounds.

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