Story by Cpl. Orion Stpierre | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 12.18.2025
BARROW, Alaska — Long before the first aircraft lifts off for Alaska’s North Slope or a snow machine cut across the tundra, Cpl. Steven James Manning is already deep into the work of Toys for Tots. For Manning, the mission is not defined by a single delivery or a few days in the Arctic, but by months of planning that culminate during Operation Polar Knight, an annual community relations......
Story by Cpl. Orion Stpierre | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 12.18.2025
BARROW, Alaska — U.S. Marines with Detachment Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, supported Toys for Tots operations in Alaska by planning, coordinating and executing toy deliveries to remote Arctic communities during the holiday season....
Story by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.02.2023
NEW ORLEANS - Marines from 6th Communication Battalion (6th Comm Bn) reclaimed the first-place title for the Marine Corps Cyber Games May 1-5, 2023, as the only Marine Reserve unit to compete....
Story by Master Gunnery Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.22.2023
WASHINGTON -- What was supposed to be a normal Reserve drill weekend here turned a U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel into both a hero and a villain – a hero for finding and saving young teenage girls allegedly forced into sexual slavery, and a villain to the transnational criminal organization whose detestable operations were disrupted....
Story by Cpl. Serine Farahi | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.07.2019
The Marine Corps' proficiency in counterinsurgency and stability operations has been a valuable, frequently utilized asset to our nation for nearly two decades. Today the U. S. confronts challenges across the globe that range from great power competition to loosely organized terrorist movements. The Commandant of the Marine Corps has emphasized the importance and inevitable necessity of the......
Story by Cpl. Dallas Johnson | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.04.2018
Like many Marines before us, and without a doubt those who will follow after, one of the fondest memories of boot camp was that moment in second phase when we were finally given the momentous opportunity to fire a rifle....
Story by Cpl. Dallas Johnson | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.02.2018
The official purpose of the Marine Corps' six Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies is to “provide Marine Air-Ground Task Force commanders a liaison capability with foreign area expertise and to plan, coordinate, employ and conduct terminal control of fires in support of joint, allied and coalition forces.”...
Story by Cpl. Dallas Johnson | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 05.01.2018
For the majority of people across the country, the standard progression to adulthood is going to school, then college, then bouncing around from job to job with the hope of one day finding a position where you can retire at 20 years. For some, though, going to college is the stepping stone into realizing they want to do something different. Something more adventurous....
