Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka, Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, speaks at the 2025 MCA Installations and Logistics Awards Dinner at Arlington, Virginia, March 27, 2025. This annual dinner provides the formal opportunity to recognize the professional achievements of the top performing Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Abigail Hutcheson)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.–Being a single mother of a 3-year-old boy at 20 is never easy, no matter the person, even for Dora Rodriguez. She knew she needed a change in her life; she just had to figure out how to get it. However, after hearing what her cousin had to say after coming back from boot camp, she knew that joining the Marine Corps would be the solution.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.–Being a single mother of a 3-year-old boy at 20 is never easy, no matter the person, even for Dora Rodriguez. She knew she needed a change in her life; she just had to figure out how to get it. However, after hearing what her cousin had to say after coming back from boot camp, she knew that joining the Marine Corps would be the solution.
