Marines with Cherry Point Corporals Leadership Course Class 274-12 prepare to report to Gunnery Sgt. Valdez R. Baker Jr., staff noncommissioned officer in charge for the course, at the Training and Education Center, Aug. 13. The three-week course is the first Professional Military Education class enlisted Marines attend and focuses on leadership, history and tradition of Marine Corps corporals. As the first rank in the noncommissioned officer corps, corporals have a responsibility to their subordinates and superiors unmatched by any other rank. Marine corporals are the "working supervisor," fulfilling their occupational field specialty obligations while leading and mentoring junior Marines, said Gunnery Sgt. Valdez R. Baker Jr., staff noncommissioned officer in charge for Cherry Point Corporals Leadership Course.