Marines TV

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde, a combat videographer with Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, explains what it was like to receive her diagnosis of Stage 4 Hodgkins lymphoma, Dec. 17, 2020, from her home in Oceanside, California. Ugalde recently started chemotherapy treatment to combat her cancer, and decided to proactively shave her head during a video teleconference with her family and friends. While the road ahead of her will be challenging, she is looking forward to beating cancer and continuing her career as a U.S. Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a squad competition at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 30, 2020. BLT 2/4 hosted a squad competition to enhance readiness and procedure familiarization. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brandon Salas)

In episode 2 of our PCS with Pets series, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Veterinary Treatment Facility’s very own Jeri Gorman, an Operations Assistant, gives a general overview of the PCS process when traveling to Europe with pets. Stay tuned for our future episodes and feel free to drop questions about the process below! (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez) For more information visit: https://www.cherrypoint.marines.mil/Offices/Veterinary/ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel

In episode 3 of our PCS with Pets series, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s Veterinary Treatment Facility’s very own Kayla Perkins, an Animal Health Assistant, gives a general overview of the PCS process when traveling to Japan with pets. Stay tuned for our future episodes and feel free to drop questions about the process below! (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Christian J. Lopez) For more information visit: https://www.cherrypoint.marines.mil/Offices/Veterinary/ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel