Story by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 08.08.2020
Creating a new path for herself and clearing a path for her younger brother - that is what U.S. Marine Sgt. Roxanne Gorostieta, the administrative chief with the Command Element, I Marine Expeditionary Force, used as motivation when joining the Marine Corps....
Courtesy Story | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.06.2020
IE SHIMA TRAINING FACILITY, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, provide aviation ground support by refueling aircraft during ‘Operation Lightning Strike’, Aug. 6, at Ie Shima Training Facility....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.30.2020
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit passage of command from Col. Robert Brodie to Col. Michael Nakonieczny took place at a private event due to COVID-19 force health protection measures, here, June 25. Brodie, a career F/A-18 Hornet Naval Aviator, is from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Nakonieczny, a career Light Armored Reconnaissance......
Story by 1st Lt. Heather Chairez | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 05.07.2020
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command certified for a crisis response deployment to the Latin American and Caribbean region April 23....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.27.2020
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group completed a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary and Marine Air-Ground Task Force maneuver from Guam to Okinawa, Japan, March 21-28....
Story by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.18.2020
SOUTH CHINA SEA – There are few tokens of gratitude within the Marine Corps that carry as much weight as the paddle – a staple of the Reconnaissance community that symbolizes the respect and honor that a unit holds for a specific Marine. A tradition that dates back to World War II, Recon Marines would be issued a paddle at the beginning of their training that they would be required to take......
Story by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.21.2020
SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Since its emergence in 1775, mission accomplishment within the Marine Corps has rested on the shoulders of leaders at the lowest levels; namely, its noncommissioned officers. Often said to be the “backbone of the Marine Corps,” NCOs are in the unique position to serve as the vital link between their junior Marines and their higher leadership and ensure mission......
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.31.2020
KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan – The bilateral U.S.-Japan training Exercise Forest Light Western Army has concluded with a closing ceremony here, Jan. 30....
