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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Monroe F. Seigle/Released 050527-M-0000S-000.jpg
May 27, 2005
Col. John Richard Bates, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, and a veteran of three combat tours in Vietnam, parachuted into his retirement ceremony May 26 at the Area 11 Football Field. During the ceremony, he promoted his son, Capt. Joshua Rustin Bates, a student at the Amphibiuos Warfare School aboard MCB Quantico, Va., to his current rank. Col. Bates wife, Stephanie, was there to promote her son to his current rank as well.
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