Lance Cpl. Marvin Ruiz, a food service specialist with

Lance Cpl. Marvin Ruiz, a food service specialist with Food Service Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepares a main course that will be graded and judged by representatives from Headquarters Marine Corps and the National Restaurant Association in competition for the Maj. General William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial award in the field mess category aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 22, 2016. Marines with 1st MLG competed against the other major subordinate commands in the region and earned the opportunity to be evaluated against field mess representatives from the East Coast and Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson Gramley/released)