Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Tracey Nicholson, the sergeant major for the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training Cherry Point, reminisces on her experience meeting a Montford Point Marine, and how this experience helped change and shape the way she leads her Marines today. The Montford Point Marines were the first group of African Americans to join the Marine Corps. Their impact laid the path for future generations of African American Marines.