Editor’s Note: Sgt. Eric Oberg is a Marine currently deployed to Iraq. Here’s his take on volunteering. Eric, thanks for your service, in uniform and out.

Whether a Marine’s selfless act of volunteer service takes place in garrison or while deployed on the front lines, there are always those in need of a helping hand. The sacrifice of one's time to benefit others and better the world around them, is the epitome of what the Marine Corps and the Marines who serve stand for.