CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 17, 2021) U.S. service members and families receive a marking of ashes during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Roman Catholic Temporary Chapel in the Russell Marine and Family Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 17, 2021. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of six weeks penitence before Easter, where devoted Christians repent their sins and fast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers)