Story by Lance Cpl. Hailey Music | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 06.07.2022
Ancestors of the trees from the Battle of Belleau Wood now stand at the National Museum of the Marine Corps as a living memorial to the Marines, soldiers and sailors who fought there....
Story by Lance Cpl. Joseph Cooper, Lance Cpl. Dylon Grasso and Lance Cpl. Oneg Plisner | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 04.04.2022
Sgt. Randy Rhodes uses the Commandants Professional Reading List to heal his mind, body and spirit.
Story by Lance Cpl. Brian Stippey | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 11.01.2021
The Marine Corps takes immense pride in its traditions, to include being first to face and defeat the adversary. To improve upon a reputation for succeeding at just that, the Marine Corps will be the first U.S. military service to transition to the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI)......
Story by Cpl. Benjamin Whitten | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 04.14.2020
The Marine Corps is known for its ability to adapt and overcome. Many upcoming races put on by the Marine Corps Marathon running community will be altered due to the spread of Covid-19....
Story by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 02.18.2020
Marine Corps veteran Nathanial Vanderhayden, formerly a Marine Corps cyber operator, received the Meritorious Service Medal at a dinner on February 18th. Honorably discharged as a staff sergeant in 2018, Vanderhayden served as a line-of-effort lead and a subject matter expert at Fort Meade from September 2012 to May 2018....
Story by Cpl. Michael Parks | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 12.03.2018
VANCOUVER- It’s the summer of 1968 in Vietnam, a sergeant with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines was forced into a position he never could have imagined. He had to lead his entire company through a deadly enemy ambush after the company commander, platoon commander and senior enlisted leadership were wounded in the fight. These were the circumstances of Retired Marine 1st Sgt. John......
Story by Pfc. Marcos Alvarado | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 03.20.2018
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion celebrated its 15th reunion, March 17, 2018. Marines who served in 3rd LAR during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 met in Falls Church, Virginia to remember the fallen and share stories of their time in the unit....
Story by Sgt. Drew Tech | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 03.06.2018
Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander of U.S. Africa Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on national security challenges and U.S. military activities in Africa today....