Story by Cpl. Arianna Lindheimer | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 06.14.2023
Kaneohe Bay, HI – “Seeing the ability of the Marines from training day one all the way to training day 15 on graduation day is one of the most amazing feelings I have as an MAI/T (Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Trainer),” said U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. David A. Waterfield Jr., Marine Corps Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Specialist Training Chief, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting,......
Story by Cpl. Angel Alvarado | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 03.03.2023
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Thomas R. Grover, a deputy staff judge advocate with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, participate in Martial Arts Instructor Course 23-18 at Naval Base Dam Neck, Virginia, Jan. 25, 2023. The MAIC is designed to develop the individual Marine’s understanding of combative techniques while enduring both mental and......
Story by Lance Cpl. Khalil Brown | Marine Corps Installations East | 08.03.2022
Coover, a Muncie, Pennsylvania native, obtained his Instructor Tab in MCMAP at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, California. as a drill instructor (DI) in 2016. To help contribute to the training of recruits, he participated in a month-long Instructor Course for DI’s on MCRD San Diego. After going through a month of battle after battle, workout after workout, he obtained the title......
Story by Lance Cpl. Jack Chen | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 05.24.2022
U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Jonathan T. Howard, a legal services specialist with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, conducts a Marine Corps Martial Art Program course at Camp Elmore, Virginia, April 7, 2022. Legal services specialists generate general legal correspondence, including wills and powers of attorney and documents related to quasi-legal......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nickolas Falk | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 | 03.02.2022
Seabees from NMCB-3 have begun training in martial arts through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which involves hand to hand combat techniques, weapon retention, combat conditioning, warrior case studies, and military oriented tie-ins....
Story by Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 02.28.2022
Security Battalion leads Marines from all over Marine Corps Base Quantico in a 100 student MCMAP class.
Story by Cpl. Mitchell Austin and Staff Sgt. Jessika Alarcon | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 12.17.2021
Each morning during the winter holiday season, before the sun peaked through the mountainous horizon, the air filled with the sounds of Marines trotting along a seaward road during their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program belt advancement course....
Story by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 12.03.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James A. Hunt poses for a photo at Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, 5 November, 2021. Hunt is an avionics technician with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Oceana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado)...
