Marines TV

Sgt. Ian Ferro, training non-commissioned officer with the Marine Forces Reserve S-3, participates in the MARFORRES King of the Ring tournament held at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Nov. 30, 2018. The tournament included knife fighting, grappling and baton fighting to promote unit combat readiness and morale. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Faeth E. Webb)

Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct the King's Games on Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 17-18, 2018. The Kings Games acted as a reunion for former regiment members in order to strengthen the bond between generations and build esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jaycee M. Littleton)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (2d MARDIV) execute the annual artillery exercise Rolling Thunder 1-18 on Ft. Bragg, N.C., Mar. 21, 2018. Rolling Thunder is an artillery training exercise that improves readiness and combat effectiveness at the battery, battalion, and regimental levels. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Taylor)

The CH-53K King Stallion demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, Jan.18, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Tara Bray). For a descriptive transcript text document of this production, contact Kim Hardison at Kimberly.hardison@usmc.mil.

On November 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking every 3rd Monday in January, Martin Luther King, Jr., day. Dr. King lead a nonviolent Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He worked tirelessly to achieve legal equality for African-Americans in the United States until his assassination in April of 1968. Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courageous acts during the Civil Rights Movement (Marine Corps video by LCpl Megan Roses) Source:https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html