2022 GEICO Military Service Awards Marine Corps

The GEICO Military Service Awards Program recognizes enlisted members as citizens and service members. The award helps spotlight the valuable and lasting contributions that enlisted members make in their communities.

Master Sgt. Joshua C. Gonzalez is the Marine Corps recipient of the 2022 GEICO Military Service Award for his preservation, packaging, packing and marking (P3&M) expertise. He is assigned to 2d Supply Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Gonzalez was an integral participant assisting the Logistics Distribution Policy Branch to restructure and develop tables of organization and equipment for the 3112/3152 military occupational specialty merger to ensure billets were staffed appropriately aligning with force design 2030. He developed and implemented cross-training with the distribution management specialists in order to perform P3&M functions before to the recently approved merger between the two fields. His forethought proved to be crucial step in establishing a baseline for training among Marines to better support the operating forces.

In addition to his technical acumen, he selflessly mentors today's youth. Due to his passion for education, he coaches first-year college students. This past year, he volunteered 600 hours to the Los Angeles School District, mentoring high school students facing adversity with bullying and inspiring them to continue striving for greatness. Gonzalez has also spent over 100 hours at local juvenile detention centers mentoring adolescents to help get their lives back on track.