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In a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG 121, is named Frank E. Petersen Jr., in honor of the Marine Corps Lieutenant General who was the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general officer

Marine Capt. Katie Higgins, the first female pilot with the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, or Blue Angels, talks about taking Marines and Sailors on a flight and remembers her previous tour at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., April 28. The Severna Park, Md., native, is the flight commander and pilot of "Fat Albert," a C-130 Hercules flown by the Blue Angels who are performing at the 2016 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show April 29, 30 and May 1. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Trystan Jordan/Released)

Col. Chris Pappas III and Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Pangborn reach out to Marines and Sailors to provide an update on fundraising for the active-duty fund drive for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 17, 2016. The society provides, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other need-based assistance to active-duty and retired Sailors and Marines, their eligible family members and survivors.

Maj. Gen. Gary L. Thomas, Sgt. Maj. Richard D. Thresher and Master Chief Beth A. Nilson discuss the opportunities associated with the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Mar. 7, 2016. The society provides, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other need based assistance to active-duty and retired Sailors and Marines, their eligible family members, and survivors. Music credited to Yusuke Tsutsumi’s “Only way out.”

Members and volunteers of the Cherry Point Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society discuss volunteering during their time with the society at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 22, 2016. The society provides, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other need based assistance to active-duty and retired Sailors and Marines, their eligible family members, and survivors.