MAJURO, The Marshall Islands - Noncommissioned officers, brothers, athletes; the Milne family is all of the above. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Derek Milne, a helicopter maintenance instructor from C. Co., 2nd Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade (right), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and First Sgt. David Milne, Alpha Company, 142nd Division Sustainment Support Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas, after traveling across the Pacific separately from their duty stations in Texas and Virginia to meet in the Marshall Islands, all to represent the Republic of the Marshall Islands in tennis at the 2024 Micronesian Games, June 15 -24. The two soldiers, both born in Majuro, have been playing tennis with their family since childhood and competed together as a team in the doubles competition. (courtesy photo)