Jesse Thielke and Lance Cpl. German Diazmaldonado

Jesse Thielke and Lance Cpl. German Diazmaldonado demonstrate a wrestling technique during a wrestling clinic at the Dwight Howard Boys and Girls Club during United States Marine Corps’ 2018 Marine Week in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 7, 2018. The All-Marines wrestling team and USA Wrestling Team visited the club to mentor and serve the community. Thielke is an athlete on the USA Wrestling Team; Diazmaldonado is an athlete on the All-Marine Wrestling Team. Wrestlers share many of the same values as those exhibited by Marines, so the Marine Corps Recruiting Command was interested in developing a national-level wrestling marketing relationship to engage the USMC’s target audience and their influencers. The Marine Corps Recruiting Command planned unique engagements to interact with important components of the Charlotte population, looking to share its message of opportunity with a diverse audience of people who in many cases had little previous exposure to the Corps’ culture. (Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Naomi Marcom)