Story by Sgt. Abigail Godinez | III MEF Information Group | 08.08.2025
U.S. Marines from across III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group earned their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor certification at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 21 to Aug. 8, 2025....
Story by Senior Airman Matt Porter | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 01.24.2025
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Marine Aircraft Group 49 held a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program event from Jan. 3-16, 2025, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, a regimen designed to develop physical resilience, mental toughness and camaraderie. Launched in 2001, MCMAP replaced previous combat training systems by combining unarmed combat, weapon techniques, and the......
Story by Lance Cpl. Osmar VasquezHernandez | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.15.2024
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Martial arts and combative sports are a skillset many people use for various ways. Some want to learn how to defend themselves in case they are ever attacked. Others have been involved in these sports for years and compete professionally. For U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Charles Copeland, the fire and effects coordination center chief at the 26th Marine Expeditionary......
Story by Cpl. Jacqueline Akamelu | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.12.2024
The chaos and tragedy of the war in Iraq left Audai Naser and his wife Kanat Saad with few options. The war had already forced them to move countless times, relocating from the capital of Baghdad, to the city of Kirkuk, and eventually settling in Karbala. Kanat was pregnant at the time with their son Ali Abbas. With the frequent relocations and Iraq in an economic crisis, the family had no......
Story by Sgt. Levi Voss | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | 06.21.2024
Marine Corps Recruiting Command hosted the annual Educators Workshop from June 10 to 14, 2024. The workshop enables MCRC to spread awareness of the Marine Corps' purpose, values and service opportunities to those educators who are engaged in supporting the future of their students....
Story by Emily Peacock | Space Base Delta 1 | 02.05.2024
At 3:15 a.m., U.S. Space Force Capt. Peter Simon turns off his alarm, quickly checks his emails, puts on his uniform and heads to his car. What’s different about his uniform compared to those of his fellow Guardians from the 161st Electromagnetic Warfare Combat Detachment, a unit within Space Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare, is that his uniform doesn’t contain any nametape.......
Story by Sgt. Phuchung Nguyen | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 12.28.2023
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - An ethical warrior is one who protects life, empowers the weak, and humbles the strong. This mindset, shared among those in our esteemed Corps, cultivates an impelling sense of responsibility for Marines to train consistently and vigorously, while at the same time displaying their exemplary physical, mental, and moral traits as a show of force to the......
Story by Cpl. Thomas Sheng | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 12.14.2023
OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaliyah Aguallo and 29 more Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific walked into the dark early morning, weighed down by military gear, prepared to face the next six hours of their Martial Arts Instructor Course on Camp Hansen, Dec. 14. Before the sunrise, the impact of her squad’s boots meeting the......
