Marine, Bertha, Minn., native promoted ahead of peers

Photo By Gunnery Sgt. Alexis Mulero | Marine Col. Christopher McCarthy, commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group and Staff Sgt. Ray Rawls, a fiscal administrator pin on the rank of corporal on Bertha, Minn., native, Johnathan Woelfel. Woelfel was meritoriously promoted to his current rank ahead of his peers. He checked into the unit in March 2010 and is currently serving as a fiscal clerk. Woelfel is a graduate of Bertha-Hewitt High School.  

FORT STORY, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

10.03.2011

Story by Gunnery Sgt. Alexis Mulero 

Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command

FORT STORY, Va. - Bertha, Minn., native and Bertha-Hewitt High School graduate class of 2008, Marine Cpl. Johnathan Woelfel was meritoriously promoted to his current rank during a ceremony at Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group (MCSCG, which was formerly known as Marine Corp Training and Advisory Group) aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Oct. 3.

Woelfel, who is currently serving as a fiscal clerk with the logistics and embarkation section of MCSCG, was identified and selected by the command’s leadership for having a collective standard of proficiency and leadership that exceeded all of his peers and therefore best qualified to get promoted.

Since checking into MCSCG in March of 2010, Woelfel has been nothing less than outstanding, according to one of his supervisors. Prior to checking into MCTAG, Woelfel graduated from the Financial Management Resource Analyst course in Camp Johnson, N.C.

Woelfel is also the current Marine of the Quarter at the unit. He was selected over the summer when he won a three-day competition.

His father Mark Woelfel still resides in the Bertha area, and his mother Virginia Woelfel resides in the Chaska, Minn., area.

Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group is a unit in the Marine Corps that coordinates, manages, executes, and evaluates United States Marine Corps Security Cooperation programs and activities, to include assessment, planning, related education and training, and advisor support to ensure unity of effort in building Partner Nation Security Forces capacity and capability in order to facilitate USMC and regional Marine Forces component support to combatant commanders security cooperation objectives.

• Date Taken: 10.03.2011
• Date Posted: 10.03.2011 18:06
• Story ID: 77956
• Location: FORT STORY, VIRGINIA, US