First Lt. Taylor Bates, an Annapolis, Md., native and platoon commander with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pins on the rank of first lieutenant during a promotion ceremony at Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 27, 2013. Bates stood atop a windswept mountain and reaffirmed her oath of office on the verge of deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.