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N/A - Pvt. William Smith, a recruit with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, stands with Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Chief of Staff Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, Marine veterans John Weant, and Dan Kovach on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 31, 2024. Smith’s grandfather was killed in action during the Beirut bombing in Oct. 1983 and Weant and Kovach were two Marines he served with. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dakota Dodd)

Filling the Gap

On Oct. 23, 1983, Cpl. Dan Kovach was manning Checkpoint 8, a small outpost near the bullet ridden American University Library building in Beirut, when he heard a loud explosion. Kovach, an infantryman with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, saw two large mushroom clouds in the sky coming from the direction of the Battalion Landing Team barracks nearly a mile away.

Marines TV: MRF-SEA 25 Highlight Reel

MRF-SEA 25 Highlight Reel

U.S. Marines train in forward arming and refueling operations Freedom Flag 25-1 FARP Training

MARCENT Marines Honor Medal of Honor Hero with Community Cleanup in Tampa

MRF-D 25.3: U.S. Marines, sailors honor Anzac Day in Darwin

20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

22nd MEU | PMINT

MTX 2-25 Final Exercise

November Company Inventory Combat Fitness Test

3d MLR’s Balikatan 25 Kickoff Reel

Ie Shima Lighthouse Memorial 2025

MRF-D 25.3: U.S. Marines, Armed Forces of the Philippines participate in MAREX 25

Service Level Training Exercise

Live Virtual Constructive Training

Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command

In The News

US forces deploy anti-ship missiles in Philippines and stage live-fire drills near China hotspots

4/28/2025 - https://apnews.com/article/usa-philippines-military-drills-china-antiship-missiles-faae979065546230ba9b9b12b95c790b

U.S. Marine Corps opens new War Room to boost cyber defence capabilities

4/25/2025 - https://defence-industry.eu/u-s-marine-corps-opens-new-war-room-to-boost-cyber-defence-capabilities/

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Corps Reserve, says ‘mission never left’ him

4/22/2025 - https://www.foxnews.com/media/medal-honor-recipient-dakota-meyer-reenlists-marine-corps-reserve-says-mission-never-left-him

Balikatan 2025: NMESIS missile system now in the Philippines

4/16/2025 - https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/04/15/2436258/balikatan-2025-nmesis-missile-system-now-philippines-

Camp Pendleton Marines part of MAREX 25 with the Philippines, Indo-Pacific allies

4/14/2025 - https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2025/04/10/camp-pendleton-marines-part-of-marex-25-with-the-philippines-indo-pacific-allies/

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