Newly promoted U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Jordan B. Benedict

Newly promoted U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Jordan B. Benedict has his collar pinned for the first time of his young career by Sgt. Maj. Wallace M. Mains, sergeant major of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Phoenix, during a promotion ceremony at the R.S. Phoenix headquarters in Phoenix, July 10, 2013. Benedict, a 19-year-old native of Apache Junction, Ariz., is currently in Phoenix assisting recruiters while he awaits a seat in his Marine occupational specialty school where he will be trained to become a Marine Corps aviation mechanic. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken)