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U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron show case the abilities of their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron show case the abilities of their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

Students from Salem Baptist Church School, try on gear used for aggression training with Marine working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Students from Salem Baptist Church School, try on gear used for aggression training with Marine working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron perform aggression techniques with their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron perform aggression techniques with their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron demonstrate aggression training with a working dog for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron demonstrate aggression training with a working dog for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram

Retired U.S. Marine Corps First Sgt. Kevin W. Bispham, kennel master for the Provost Marshals Office Marine Working Dog Kennels with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, speaks with students about the capabilities of their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Retired U.S. Marine Corps First Sgt. Kevin W. Bispham, kennel master for the Provost Marshals Office Marine Working Dog Kennels with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, speaks with students about the capabilities of their working dogs during a demonstration for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron demonstrate aggression training with a working dog for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

U.S. Marine Corps working dog handlers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron demonstrate aggression training with a working dog for students at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 6, 2019. Students from Salem Baptist Church School in Winston, North Carolina, visited MCAS Cherry Point to learn more about the occupational opportunities within the Marine Corps (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Maurer, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (MCAS), conducts a ground search on MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. Being an EOD technician is a hazardous job and only Marines who have reached the rank of corporal can volunteer for the military occupational specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Maurer, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (MCAS), conducts a ground search on MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. Being an EOD technician is a hazardous job and only Marines who have reached the rank of corporal can volunteer for the military occupational specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Maurer, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (MCAS), patrols through woods on MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Maurer, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (MCAS), patrols through woods on MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, take down notes during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. Being an EOD technician is a hazardous job and only Marines who have reached the rank of corporal can volunteer for the military occupational specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, take down notes during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. Being an EOD technician is a hazardous job and only Marines who have reached the rank of corporal can volunteer for the military occupational specialty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Luo, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, searches for debris during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Luo, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, searches for debris during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Luo, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, takes a knee during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Luo, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, takes a knee during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. EOD technicians are tasked with locating, rendering safe, mitigating, and destroying of explosive hazards. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

Photo by Cpl. Micha Pierce

Students assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, clear sand from a walkway at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marines volunteered their time through the Single Marine Program to assist Fort Macon staff in keeping the park clean. The SMP reserves a day every two weeks to support Fort Macon’s special projects such as laying out pine trees and removing trash from the beach. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Students assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, clear sand from a walkway at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marines volunteered their time through the Single Marine Program to assist Fort Macon staff in keeping the park clean. The SMP reserves a day every two weeks to support Fort Macon’s special projects such as laying out pine trees and removing trash from the beach. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos

Students assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, make their way to the top of sand dunes to stack pine trees at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marine volunteers with the Single Marine Program, stacked pine trees to capture sand and build up the dunes, which deters visitors from destroying the habitat. North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation arranged different projects around Fort Macon State Park to conserve the local ecosystem. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Students assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, make their way to the top of sand dunes to stack pine trees at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marine volunteers with the Single Marine Program, stacked pine trees to capture sand and build up the dunes, which deters visitors from destroying the habitat. North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation arranged different projects around Fort Macon State Park to conserve the local ecosystem. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos

Benjamin Fleming, a park ranger, welcomes the Single Marine Program volunteers to Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marines volunteered their time to help Fort Macon staff maintain the upkeep of sand dunes. The sand dunes protect the local community from receiving the more devastating ocean related incidents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Benjamin Fleming, a park ranger, welcomes the Single Marine Program volunteers to Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. Marines volunteered their time to help Fort Macon staff maintain the upkeep of sand dunes. The sand dunes protect the local community from receiving the more devastating ocean related incidents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos

Pfc. Michael Matthew, assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, carries a pine tree at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. The pine trees are used to capture sand to build up the dunes and keeps visitors from destroying the habitat. The Single Marine Program reserves a day every two weeks for their volunteers to support Fort Macon special projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Pfc. Michael Matthew, assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, carries a pine tree at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. The pine trees are used to capture sand to build up the dunes and keeps visitors from destroying the habitat. The Single Marine Program reserves a day every two weeks for their volunteers to support Fort Macon special projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos

Benjamin Fleming, a park ranger, explains how important it is to keep the park clean to Marines volunteering with the Single Marine Program at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. The North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation arranges different projects around Fort Macon State Park to conserve the local ecosystem. The SMP organizes volunteer events in order to help out the local community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Benjamin Fleming, a park ranger, explains how important it is to keep the park clean to Marines volunteering with the Single Marine Program at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2019. The North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation arranges different projects around Fort Macon State Park to conserve the local ecosystem. The SMP organizes volunteer events in order to help out the local community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos Arambulo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra Amor Santos

For Marines, every day is National Clean Desk Day. Show us your workspace and let's see who has the most interesting desk!

For Marines, every day is National Clean Desk Day. Show us your workspace and let's see who has the most interesting desk!

Photo by Cpl. Tylor Camfield

Happy National Hat Day!

We know, we know... they're called covers. But do you know why? Check the link for some insight!

https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/2017/04/early-marine-covers-followed-fashion-day

Happy National Hat Day! We know, we know... they're called covers. But do you know why? Check the link for some insight! https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/2017/04/early-marine-covers-followed-fashion-day

Photo by Sgt. Jason Jimenez

Happy National Handwriting Day!

Tell us about the most interesting story you’ve written in your logbook.

(For the love of Chesty Puller, please keep it rated PG, Marines!)

Happy National Handwriting Day! Tell us about the most interesting story you’ve written in your logbook. (For the love of Chesty Puller, please keep it rated PG, Marines!)

Photo by Sgt. Jason Jimenez

Sweating Bullets: Lance Cpl. Pancake G. Pig emerges from her dump pouch, in a desperate search for her night vision goggles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cody Shepard/released)

Sweating Bullets: Lance Cpl. Pancake G. Pig emerges from her dump pouch, in a desperate search for her night vision goggles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cody Shepard/released)

Photo by Sgt. Cody Shepard

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point