

Each Year at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball a Marine is selected for the Honor of "Marine of the Year".
The following were past year selectees:
2024 Ron Marak (Posthumously)
2023 Greg Adams
2022 Eldin "Mike" Hibbs
2021 Mike Waldron
2020 Dave Smith
2019 Gustave Guenther
2018 Gary Neely
2017 Carl Hesidenz
2016 James McMullen
2015 Don Paserba
2014 Floyd Neigh
2013 Bill Emanuelson
2012 Dennis Johnston
2011 Ben Cypher
2010 Sam Zurzolo
2009 Stanley Schubert
2008 Brian Natali
2007 John Moore
2006 Donald Snyder
2005 Melvin Clark
2004 Dave Altman
2003 Gerry Fleeson
2002 Ernie Simmons
2001 Floyd Green
2000 Larry Heade
1999 Hal Foss
1998 Art Bishop
1997 Carl Protzman
1996 Larry Artmen
1995 Ken Krumpe
1994 Mike Bonyak
1993 Bob Callen & Frank Sinclair
1992 Bill Linthurst
1991 Chuck Newman