Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.04.2015
Imagine being in a kitchen, chopping up a batch of jalapeno and ghost peppers, putting it into a mixture of oil, water, and some emulsifiers, putting that all into a blender and then bottling it and pouring it on your face....
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.04.2015
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, run out of an MV-22B Osprey and set up a perimeter around a simulated blast. Behind them they hear fellow Marines role-playing casualties yelling and screaming for help as the mass casualty team begins identifying patients who need immediate evacuation....
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.18.2015
Like many Marines, Staff Sgt. Joshua Milhorn joined the Marine Corps straight out of high school. His inspiration to join began with his grandfathers, who both served in the Navy, as well as his first martial arts instructor who served during Vietnam....
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.17.2015
A 16-year-old male walks into a recruiting station in California, puts his passport on the table and says “I am from Kuwait, I am a U.S. citizen, and I want to enlist.” That was U.S. Marine Cpl. Mark Jerry’s third time visiting the United States; however, he had his heart set on being a Marine since he was 11 years old. His parents worked in Kuwait but he also had family living in the......
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.08.2015
Marines and Sailors crowd into the hangar bay of the USS Essex (LHD 2) and pack themselves around a stage. Humidity fills the area and the blue lights of the ship reflect off their skin as a sailor announces the next act for the ship’s talent show. When introduced, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brianna Mikus takes a step onto the stage with her guitar for her second performance during the......
Story by 1st Lt. Allison Burgos | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.07.2015
Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit concluded a bilateral training exercise with the French 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment (RIAOM) which began September 21 and concluded on October 7 in Djibouti....
Story by 1st Lt. Allison Burgos | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.27.2015
“That’s an affirm, you are cleared to drop”, says radio operator U.S. Marine Sgt. Calvin Wiese as four parachutes flutter out of a UH-1Y Venom overhead....
