Combat Engineers Maintain Brilliance in the Basics
Cpl. John M. McCall, BATTLE CREEK, Mich.
Combat engineers are required to be proficient in a number of skill sets that include demolition, construction, route clearance, and bridging. As jacks of all trades, these engineers must perform a wide variety of jobs that can range from setting up a bridge to operating the boat that delivers the bridge. Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion
Passing the Torch: Reserve command bids Sergeant Major farewell
Cpl. Fenton Reese, NEW ORLEANS
Marines, sailors and guests gathered to witness Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, former Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North sergeant major, relinquish his post and bid farewell prior to departing to his next command, at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, June 14. Booker had served as the MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH sergeant major
4th Marine Aircraft Wing continues MARFORRES Unit Deployment Program tradition
Cpl. Marcin Platek, JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX LAKEHURST, N.J.
In the latest continuation of Marine Forces Reserve’s participation in the Unit Deployment Program, it is the aviation component’s turn to deploy. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772, part of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 112 left the United States for a six-month rotation in Okinawa, Japan, starting
Air station hosts Mary Munn Day for Marine spouses
Capt. Eryn Redmon, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
The Marine Corps Air Station held its 3rd Annual Mary Munn Day here June 14. Mary Munn Day is an event that allows military spouses to learn more about Marine Corps training, equipment, and various military occupational specialties. Approximately 40 participants toured the air traffic control facility, operated fire hoses while donning Aircraft
"On the Ready": Marines Graduate from DLI Foreign Language Center Acquisition Course
Gunnery Sgt. Alexis R. Mulero, VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.
Four Marines from Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group (MCSCG) graduated from an initial language acquisition course at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) Foreign Language Center (FLC), Virginia Beach Training Detachment, June 7.Captain Bryant Kruse, communications officer, Gunnery Sgt. Crystal Hannan, intelligence chief and Staff Sgt. Timothy
Biden visits children of fallen warriors
Cpl. Michael Iams, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
United States Vice President Joe Biden visited more than 40 children with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors at hanger 6 of the air station here, during their four-day Good Grief Camp out at Palomar Mountain, June 14.T.A.P.S. is a program that brings children, who have lost parents in combat, together in an environment where everyone
College students experience Navy, Marine Corps training
Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
More than 500 students from colleges across the U.S. participated in the Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen-West 2013 here May 28-June 21. The program provides training during each week that is specific to the varying types of job fields that will be available to them as Navy and Marine Corps officers.“They get to experience everything
Congressman Issa recognizes academy nominees
Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
The 10th annual Academy Breakfast was held at the Pacific Views Event Center here, June 15 to recognize seven high school graduates who have been nominated to attend United States military academies.Of the seven students chosen this year, three students and their families attended the breakfast buffet where Congressman Darrell Issa, the U.S.