MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (Feb. 17, 2021) Brent E. Kern, the parish council advisory group chairman with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River Chapel, dispenses the ashes during Catholic mass at the MCAS New River Chapel at MCAS New River, N.C., Feb. 17, 2021. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of six weeks penitence before Easter, where devoted Catholics repent their sins and fast. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)