Story by Cpl. Isaiah Smith | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.12.2025
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Siddharth Butala enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve for direction. An aspiring aerospace engineer, he saw the Reserves as an opportunity to explore military aviation firsthand while advancing his education and building real-world skills he could carry into his civilian career. Butala recently......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 08.29.2016
Coast Guard buoy tender crews work buoys, its what we do, in addition to several other missions. However, in some cases that evolution is not as routine as expected. USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215) recently worked Apra Outer Harbor Entrance Lighted Buoy No. 1. Due to the fact the buoy was at the bottom of the ocean it was not a routine evolution. Partnerships, ship handling and planning all came into......
Story by Cpl. Marcin Platek | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 04.10.2013
1st Sgt. Anthony J. Velarde, the first sergeant with 1st Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with combat distinguishing device during a ceremony here, March 11....
Courtesy Story | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 11.28.2012
More than 130 Marines from 32 different Reserve training centers came together at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. last month to get to know each other and prepare to face the unique challenges presented by operating independently in Africa....
Story by Cpl. Juan D. Alfonso | 1st Marine Corps District | 11.06.2012
Marines experience many different leadership styles during their careers, but each Marine eventually meets that one leader who inspires them, mentors them and ultimately makes them utter the words, “I want to be like you someday.”...
Story by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 07.13.2012
The roar of the propellers above the helicopter was deafening. A screech rang throughout the hull, where eight Marines and the flight crew sat. Their only form of communication was hand signals, but those sitting side-by-side had the luxury of screaming into each other’s ears, hoping the message was comprehended down the row of seats....
Story by Lance Cpl. D. J. Wu | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 07.13.2012
More than 5,000 Marines came to in the Combat Center’s training area from Marine Forces Reserve and I Marine Expeditionary Force to participate in Large Scale Exercise-1/Javelin Thrust 2012 from July 2 through July 12....
Story by Sgt. David Strayer | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.29.2011
The war in Iraq—starting with Operation Iraqi Freedom, and now concluding with Operation New Dawn—has crossed over several calendars, requiring many soldiers to be mobilized and deployed numerous times....
