Story by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 10.28.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Paul, an administration specialist with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment (MCSFR), discusses the importance of leadership and character during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer (MAIT) course at Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, October 28, 2021. Paul is a second-degree black belt MAIT for MCSFR. MAITs are qualified to instruct......
Story by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 10.28.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Paul, an administration specialist with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment (MCSFR), discusses the importance of leadership and character during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer (MAIT) course at Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, October 28, 2021. Paul is a second-degree black belt MAIT for MCSFR. MAITs are qualified to instruct......
Story by Lance Cpl. Julian Elliott-Drouin | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 08.30.2021
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) was adopted in the early 2000’s and replaced the Linear Infighting Neural Override Engagement system. Recruits are trained in the basics of unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques throughout recruit training. MCMAP consists of three components: mental discipline, character discipline, and physical......
Story by Lance Cpl. Grace Barneveld | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.14.2021
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program is a combination of Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Thai Boxing, Jujitsu, and Judo, as well as bayonet and knife-fighting techniques. The program was introduced within the Marine Corps in 2003 and has been a tool in developing confidence, the ability to overcome physical and mental challenges and strengthening Esprit De Corps. Marines are taught these basic......
Story by Lance Cpl. Colton Nicks | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.02.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Levi Wolf, a Martial Arts Instructor (MAI) with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares his story of becoming an MAI. An MAI teaches Marines hand-to-hand combat techniques to defend against or incapacitate the enemy in combat situations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance......
Story by Cpl. Karis Mattingly | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.12.2021
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – The Marine Corps Installations Pacific Noncommissioned Officer of the Year is described by the Marines that know him best as a role model and mentor. Others describe him as the definition of discipline and Marine Corps values....
Story by Lance Cpl. Samuel Fletcher | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 12.18.2020
Gunnery Sgt. Lamar S. McNeal-Smith grew up an athlete. He played football and soccer his first two years in high school and wrestled his junior and senior year before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in 2007....
Story by Lance Cpl. Karina Lopezmata | Marine Corps Installations East | 09.13.2019
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is a combat system developed by the U.S. Marine Corps to teach Marines the fundamentals of hand-to-hand, weapons-based and close-quarters combat techniques. From an outsider’s perspective, combat skills are the only skills learned through the program. However, MCMAP gives intangibles that enhance self-confidence and leadership abilities....
