More Information
I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. In preperation for Hurricane Florence, Marines up and down the East Coast are securing their locations and posturing for potential operations once the storm has passed. Marines and their families should monitor their local command, installations website and social media accounts for additional, up-to-date information on how to stay safe. Also in the Corps,U.S. Marines alongside members of the Australian Defence Force and the French military recently participated in Exercise Koolendong 2018 at the Mount Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory of Australia. Koolendong 2018 was the culminating live-fire training event for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 18, which is an annual six-month deployment training opportunity with the Australian Defense Force.On this day in the Corps' history in 1917,Army General John Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, selected the 7th Marine Company to guard his headquarters in France.That's it for your Marine Minute, for more news around the Corps go to Marines.mil.
Tags
social mediaAustraliaAustralian Defense ForceWWIWorld War IFrench militarydmaDefense Media ActivityMarine Corps HistoryADFNorthern Territorymarines.milMarine MinuteAmerican Expeditionary ForceMRF-DMount Bundy Training Area1917DMAMAMMMarine Rotational Force Darwin 18Hurricane FlorenceExercise Koolendong 2018John Pershing7th Marine CompanyMarinestrainingU.S. ArmysafetyMarine CorpsUSMCstormFranceEast Coast
Sept. 12, 2018
July 1, 2025
June 24, 2025
June 17, 2025
June 16, 2025
June 10, 2025
June 9, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 2, 2025
May 28, 2025
May 27, 2025
May 20, 2025
May 13, 2025
May 6, 2025
April 29, 2025
April 28, 2025
April 22, 2025
April 16, 2025
April 14, 2025
April 8, 2025
April 7, 2025
April 3, 2025
April 1, 2025
March 27, 2025
March 25, 2025
March 17, 2025
March 14, 2025
March 4, 2025
Feb. 25, 2025
Dec. 10, 2024
Dec. 2, 2024
Nov. 26, 2024
Nov. 18, 2024
Nov. 11, 2024
Nov. 7, 2024
Nov. 1, 2024
Oct. 22, 2024
Oct. 15, 2024
Oct. 8, 2024
Oct. 4, 2024
Sept. 24, 2024
Sept. 17, 2024
Sept. 10, 2024