U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ethan Branch, a career planner with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation Pacific, poses for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2021. Branch was awarded the Commandant of the Marine Corps Career Planner of the Year award for 2021. Marines nominated for Career Planner of the Year have displayed a consistent high level of performance that significantly and positively impacted mission accomplishment, reflecting exceptional leadership, management and organization skills, devotion to duty, and initiative in support of maintaining a quality enlisted career force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly) - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ethan Branch, a career planner with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation Pacific, poses for a photo on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2021. Branch was awarded the Commandant of the Marine Corps Career Planner of the Year award for 2021. Marines nominated for Career Planner of the Year have displayed a consistent high level of performance that significantly and positively impacted mission accomplishment, reflecting exceptional leadership, management and organization skills, devotion to duty, and initiative in support of maintaining a quality enlisted career force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)