Story by Cpl. William Perkins | 1st Marine Division | 12.13.2015
“Gas! Gas! Gas!,” rang throughout the Regimental Combat Team 5’s combat operations center aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 13, 2015....
Story by Lance Cpl. April Price | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.03.2015
In 1994, Gary Thompson enlisted in the Marine Corps and stepped on the infamous yellow footprints on Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, not knowing just how far he would go....
Story by Lance Cpl. April Price | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.02.2015
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have a long history of working together in a maritime environment and training and improving their ability to respond to crises globally while enhancing regional security and stability. Such training is enhanced when coalition partners can also participate....
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 06.05.2013
Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, added the Afghanistan Campaign streamer and rededicated their streamers from previous campaigns to the regiment’s battle colors during a rededication ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, June 5....
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 05.07.2013
Marines are known for adapting their training and strategies to overcome the challenges of war throughout their 237 years of existence...
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 04.30.2013
The Lt. Col. William G. Leftwich Jr. Trophy for Outstanding Leadership is an honor annually awarded to an outstanding Marine officer serving with a ground combat unit. Leftwich, a Navy Cross recipient, died in 1970 when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam, where he was commanding the Marines and sailors of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion....
Story by Lance Cpl. James Gulliver | 1st Marine Division | 03.08.2013
As the sun rose over the Camp Las Flores parade deck here, March 8, Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a fire team leader serving with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, stood in front of his fellow infantrymen ready to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions in Helmand province, Afghanistan....
Story by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 12.14.2012
As Marines return to their expeditionary roots, training the way they fight, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, supported Exercise Steel Knight with supplies to keep Marines in the fight against the notional enemy....
