Marines TV

Clint Haskell, the equal employment opportunity deputy director of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, reflects on how his military experience drives him to help others become comfortable and efficient in their workplace, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2022. Mr. Haskell was a U.S. Navy Corpsman serving with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade when he was deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2009.

In 2010 little was known about Traumatic Brain Injury, however in recent years the Marine Corps has taken several steps to increase awareness of TBI and the symptoms that accompany it. This is the story of Gunnery Sgt. Evan Ahlin, a TBI survivor who continues to serve, more than seven years after his initial injury. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Royce Dorman)

U.S Marine Corps veteran Master Sergeant Mark Mann discusses his injury and experience competing in the 2017 DoD Warrior Games at McCormick Place in Chicago, July 7, 2017. Mann is a member of U.S. Team Marine Corps and will be participating in archery and cycling. The Warrior Games is an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victoria A. Taylor)

The Reserve Report is a biweekly newscast featuring news from across Marine Forces Reserve. This episode features the Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board acceptance of applications, 4th Tanks Battalion conducts annual training in California and a Marine veteran canoes down the Mississippi River to raise awareness for PTS and TBI.

Joshua Ploetz is a Wounded Warrior who is canoeing down the entire Mississippi River to support fellow warriors suffering from PTS and TBI and gain awareness. He is canoeing a total of 2,575 miles solo. Friday, July 25, Joshua stopped at New Orleans, La. to a surprise welcome from Marines who work at Marine Forces Reserve. Joshua started his journey May 19th and plans to finish by the end of July. Joshua served in the Marine Corps from 2002-2006. He was with machine guns, weapons Plt., Lima Co., 3rd BN, 3rd Marines and Alpha Co., 1st BN, 3rd Marines. Also available in high definition.

Navy Lt. Orlando Cabrera has spent the last two years incorporating acupuncture into his bag of medical treatments for service members in the military. Cabrera spent the last several months using acupuncture to help service members deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, where he treats everything from anxiety to battlefield related trauma. Cabrera said he is a physician first, and uses traditional medicine whenever it is most appropriate. However, he has seen the success of acupuncture on his patients, and he has experienced it's effects first hand.