Captain Clifton Payton, the officer selection officer for Recruiting Station Montgomery, gives Mary Sanders the Oath of Office in order for her to commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at Coleman Coliseum, May 12, 2017. Sanders said that she loved what values the Marine Corps stood for and was completely amazed, inspired, and wanted to become part of that family.

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