Courtesy Story | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 04.07.2026
The Service Component Operational Logistics Augmentation Cell (SCOLAC), a specialized unit with 4th Marine Logistics Group under Marine Forces Reserve, recently demonstrated its pivotal role in supporting Service Component G-4 operations during large-scale exercises. The team’s mission is to monitor, coordinate, and advocate for service, theater, and national-strategic sustainment support to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Ethan LeBlanc | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 04.03.2026
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Gunnery Sgt. Bobby G. Philips Jr., a Marine in the Reserve previously honored for his civilian heroism, was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in a ceremony on April 2, 2026. The event was held at the Beirut Memorial, in front of the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor statue....
Story by 2nd Lt. Aaron Xing | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 03.12.2026
FORT GREELY, Alaska — At minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit, even fuel begins to freeze. During Arctic Edge 2026, the extreme cold caused the JP-8 fuel inside several Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement vehicles to thicken into a jelly-like consistency, threatening to halt operations in the motor pool. For Christopher Duran, an automotive maintenance technician with Combat Logistics Regiment 453,......
Story by Lance Cpl. Jazmin Sierra | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 02.05.2026
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Justin A. Napier, a trombone instrumentalist with the Marine Forces Reserve Band, was recognized and awarded as the 2025 Marine Corps Musician of the Year....
Story by Sgt. Eduardo Delatorre | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 01.12.2026
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 23, 4th Marine Logistics Group conducted a Winter Field Exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, from Jan. 9 to Jan. 11, focusing on small-unit tactics, fieldcraft and sustainment operations in austere conditions....
Story by Lance Cpl. Priscilla Flores | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 01.11.2026
U.S. Marine Corps food service specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 472 conducted field kitchen operations while competing for the Major General William Pendleton Thompson Hill Food Service Award....
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 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......
