Sgt. Lionel J. Flores III shakes hands with Col. Brent S. Willson, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, after being awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal here July 2. Flores received the award for leading his section through an inspector-general’s inspection with no discrepancies. - Sgt. Lionel J. Flores III shakes hands with Col. Brent S. Willson, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, after being awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal here July 2. Flores received the award for leading his section through an inspector-general’s inspection with no discrepancies.

(From left) Kahu (Hawaiian minister) Curt Pa’alua Kekuna, Lloyd Arakaki, principal at Architects Hawaii, Ltd., Col. Brent S. Willson, commander of Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and Dave Ott, AMEC vice president, pray together during a blessing ceremony at the construction site of the new fitness center here July 18. The fitness center is expected to be open by August 2013. - (From left) Kahu (Hawaiian minister) Curt Pa’alua Kekuna, Lloyd Arakaki, principal at Architects Hawaii, Ltd., Col. Brent S. Willson, commander of Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and Dave Ott, AMEC vice president, pray together during a blessing ceremony at the construction site of the new fitness center here July 18. The fitness center is expected to be open by August 2013.