U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Timothy Bowman, the Los Angeles Military Entrance Processing Station operations officer, administers the oath of enlistment to applicants enlisting into the U.S. Armed Forces at the LA MEPS in El Segundo, Calif., April 1. The Marine Corps, in collaboration with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, have reinstated the expedited naturalization program in order to provide qualified recruits the opportunity to become naturalized U.S. citizens upon completion of recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Courtney G. White) - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Timothy Bowman, the Los Angeles Military Entrance Processing Station operations officer, administers the oath of enlistment to applicants enlisting into the U.S. Armed Forces at the LA MEPS in El Segundo, Calif., April 1. The Marine Corps, in collaboration with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, have reinstated the expedited naturalization program in order to provide qualified recruits the opportunity to become naturalized U.S. citizens upon completion of recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Courtney G. White)

Participants of the Executive Leadership Development Program receive a presentation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 6, 2024 . The purpose of the visit is to familiarize participants of the ELDP with the rigors of recruit training and highlight the uniqueness that distinguishes Marines from the other branches of the Armed Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janell B. Alvarez) - Participants of the Executive Leadership Development Program receive a presentation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 6, 2024 . The purpose of the visit is to familiarize participants of the ELDP with the rigors of recruit training and highlight the uniqueness that distinguishes Marines from the other branches of the Armed Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janell B. Alvarez)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Aidee Calero with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, drinks from her water source during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 29, 2024. MCMAP aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual recruits and Marines through realistic combative training, warrior ethos studies and physical hardening. Calero is a native of San Diego. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob B. Hutchinson) - U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Aidee Calero with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, drinks from her water source during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 29, 2024. MCMAP aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual recruits and Marines through realistic combative training, warrior ethos studies and physical hardening. Calero is a native of San Diego. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob B. Hutchinson)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Benedict Stur, with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, changes his socks at the halfway mark of a 8-kilometer hike on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 30, 2024. The purpose of the hike is to condition recruits to the rigorous terrain on Camp Pendleton and prepare them for their 13-kilometer hike and eventually the culminating event - the Crucible. Stur was recruited out of RSS Denver Metro South. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra M. Earl) - U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Benedict Stur, with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, changes his socks at the halfway mark of a 8-kilometer hike on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 30, 2024. The purpose of the hike is to condition recruits to the rigorous terrain on Camp Pendleton and prepare them for their 13-kilometer hike and eventually the culminating event - the Crucible. Stur was recruited out of RSS Denver Metro South. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandra M. Earl)

A U.S. Navy chaplain cuts the birthday cake at the 2023 San Diego Area Navy Chaplain Corps Ball, San Diego, California, Oct. 19, 2023. The cake is decorated with the seal, which read “Vocati ad Servitium” meaning “called to serve.” The motto reminds chaplains their ministry is a calling from God, to leave hearth and home, to serve the men and women of our Nation and care for their souls in times of war and peace. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath) - A U.S. Navy chaplain cuts the birthday cake at the 2023 San Diego Area Navy Chaplain Corps Ball, San Diego, California, Oct. 19, 2023. The cake is decorated with the seal, which read “Vocati ad Servitium” meaning “called to serve.” The motto reminds chaplains their ministry is a calling from God, to leave hearth and home, to serve the men and women of our Nation and care for their souls in times of war and peace. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath)

Cpl. Nicholas Christensen executes infantry maneuvers during a training exercise in Okinawa, Japan. Christensen, a native of St. Charles, Ill. a machine gunner, provided lifesaving medical care to a gravely injured Marine after a vehicle collision in Oceanside, Calif., September 2023. (Department of Defense photo) - Cpl. Nicholas Christensen executes infantry maneuvers during a training exercise in Okinawa, Japan. Christensen, a native of St. Charles, Ill. a machine gunner, provided lifesaving medical care to a gravely injured Marine after a vehicle collision in Oceanside, Calif., September 2023. (Department of Defense photo)