Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ericka ValenciaReyes, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, reviews the mail in the boxes at the Camp Foster Post Office, on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2024. At 9-years-old, ValenciaReyes left her hometown in for Mexico with her mother after her parents’ divorce. She decided to move back to the states and join the Marine Corps when she turned 18. Despite fracturing her pelvic bone in boot camp, she persevered and went on to graduate from Papa Company in Feb. 2021. She moved to O

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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ericka ValenciaReyes, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, reviews the mail in the boxes at the Camp Foster Post Office, on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2024. At 9-years-old, ValenciaReyes left her hometown in for Mexico with her mother after her parents’ divorce. She decided to move back to the states and join the Marine Corps when she turned 18. Despite fracturing her pelvic bone in boot camp, she persevered and went on to graduate from Papa Company in Feb. 2021. She moved to Okinawa in July, 2022.

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