U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex Fairchild ()
From left, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William J. Bowers, Marine Corps Installations Pacific commanding general, poses with Joy Baumgartner, a program manager with Marine Corps Community Services Okinawa, and Lisa Bessette, the family advocacy director with MCCS Okinawa, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 4, 2022. April is designated as child abuse prevention month to raise awareness and to prevent child abuse. The proclamation calls upon military community members, advocacy and treatment agencies, religious organizations, law enforcement agencies and medical facilities to increase their participation in efforts to prevent child abuse.
