U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Carol Banks (left), staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge, officer of the staff secretary, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, reads a promotion warrant for Lance Cpl. Vilay Thongphounphim (far right), an administrative clerk with the office of the staff secretary, MARFORPAC, on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Nov. 1. Thongphounphim is being promoted to corporal.