Audio by Cpl. Michael Parks | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 01.08.2019
I'm Corporal Michael Parks with your Marine Minute. U.S. Marines aboard Camp Smedley D. Butler participated in a Mochitsuki celebration at Ayakari no Mori Library, Okinawa, Japan, January 5th. Mochitsuki is a Japanese New Year's tradition dating all the way back to the 8th century, where rice is pounded into a paste to be made into Mochi, a traditional Japanese treat. The event......
Audio by Cpl. Michael Parks | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 09.10.2018
I'm Corporal Michael Parks with your Marine Minute. Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North from 2015-2018, relinquished command to Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, during a change of command ceremony held at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Sept. 8, 2018. Marine Forces Reserve, the largest command in the Corps, has four major subordinate......
Audio by Cpl. Michael Parks and Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 08.30.2018
I'm Corporal Michael Parks with your Marine Minute. The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Neller, and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Ronald Green, were amongst those in attendance during the unveiling ceremony of a monument dedicated to Opha May Johnson, at St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., August 29th. The gravesite monument was put up by the......
Audio by Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 08.24.2018
I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conducted field testing of a new Free Space Optics system at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, August 21st. This new FSO is an optical communication system that transfers data on a highly secured and nearly undetectable infrared laser, separate from the......
Audio by Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 06.28.2018
I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Lt. Col. Michelle Macander took over as commanding officer of 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during a change of command ceremony at Camp Pendleton, California, June 22nd. Lt. Col. Macander is now the first female Marine to command a Marine ground combat arms unit. In a statement about her recent accomplishment, Lt.......
Audio by Lance Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 08.24.2017
I'm Lance Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Three of the first African-Americans to serve as U.S. Marines were posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejuene,North Carolina, August 24th. The Montford Point Marines were among the first African-Americans to serve in the Marines following desegregation in the Corps during......
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class Lamont Bradford and Spc. Jovi Prevot | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 01.09.2015
Representatives from the Mississippi Army National Guard participated to honor the role of a Mississippi militia during the battle. Producted by Spc. Jovi Prevot, Additional Footage by Sgt. 1st Class Lamont Bradford...
Courtesy Audio | War.gov | 07.05.2012
From the flight deck of the USS Wasp, enjoy a celebration of Navy Week Boston, the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and a tribute to the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat....
