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A Marine sitting and holding a children's book high-fives a beaming child as other children sit nearby.

Dream Big

Marine Corps Capt. Riley Tejcek high-fives a child during the "Dream Big with Riley" event at the main USO center at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., April 9, 2025. Tejcek read her new children's book, "If You Can Dream It, Be It" to children as part of a Month of the Military Child observance.

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