Story by Lance Cpl. David Getz | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 02.17.2023
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – “Your story is not about the beginning, your story is about the whole picture, people will keep reading even after hearing all the bad stuff that you've done.” This is what a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter told Jayden Watson upon meeting him at a crossroads in his life when he was not sure if he would live or die on any given day in the winter of......
Story by Cpl. William Hester | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.24.2016
AT SEA, USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) — Leadership is a trait recruits arriving at Marine Corps Recruiting Stations San Diego or Parris Island will have engrained into their lives from day one, and they will be demanded to build on that ideology until their final day of service. Marines are often given the opportunity to lead early in their military career and are mentored until they are capable......
