Story by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | 08.16.2022
After receiving their final command from the sergeant instructors at the end of graduation, the four women stood in formation to swear-in during an oath of office ceremony to become judge advocates and newly commissioned officers in the Marines....
Story by Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.20.2021
(QUANTICO, Va.) Enlisted Marines from Marine Forces Reserve participated in the Summer Officer Tour to gain insight into the journey of becoming a Marine Corps officer, Aug. 19-21, 2021. The tour included visits to Officer Candidates School (OCS), The Basic School (TBS), Marine Corps University, The National Museum of The Marine Corps, and Marine Barracks Washington to showcase significant......
Story by Lance Cpl. Piper Ballantine | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 07.10.2019
MCBQ Safety Division personnel celebrate their finish product of the Confined Space Simulator at Quantico Va., July 10, 2019. The Confined Space Simulator was built to help train firefighters and other agencies for life or death situation....
Story by Lance Cpl. Karina Lopezmata | Marine Corps Installations East | 04.17.2019
It was a bright, sunny day in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Emily Topolski, a mother of two, gave one last hug to her children before leaving for the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia....
Story by Sgt. Shaehmus Sawyer | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 10.19.2018
Lou and about 24 others from The Basic School (TBS) class, called 1st Special Basic Class, consisting of approximately 360 junior officers of the Marine Corps Reserve, traveled to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, for the 19th and final reunion, October 17-19, 68 years since they graduated the 10-week course in October 1950....
Story by Cpl. Michael McHale | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | 04.06.2018
Women have not always been a part of the United States Marine Corps. It wasn’t until August 12, 1918 that the Secretary of Navy allowed women to enroll into the Marine Corps Reserve for clerical duty. The following day, Opha May Johnson enlisted as the first female in the Marine Corps; throughout that year, roughly 300 women entered the Corps to take over stateside clerical duties in order......
Story by Frances Seybold | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.08.2018
Jeremy Beale Staff Writer Gen. Charles Trueman Lanham once said, “Fire without movement is useless, movement without fire is suicide.” After several weeks of planning, a new artillery gun position went active Feb. 7 on the west side of Marine Corps Base Quantico along Interstate 95, in order to provide The Basic School (TBS) and the Infantry Officer’s Course (IOC) indirect fire and......
Story by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 09.21.2017
The peace and quiet of a dark and humid Wednesday morning at Tulane University in New Orleans was suddenly interrupted by shouts of “aye aye, sergeant!” and “aye aye, corporal!” from Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps midshipmen as they ran to pick up main packs, ammo cans and water jugs....
