U.S. MARINES WITH 4TH AMPHIBIOUS BATTALION, 4TH MARINE DIVISION, PARTICIPATED IN THE SWIM QUALIFICATION PORTION OF THE COLOMBIAN FLUVIAL OPERATIONS COURSE ON JULY 16TH AT C-I-E-F, APARTADO, COLOMBIA. OUR PHOTO OF THE WEEK WAS TAKEN BY GUNNERY SERGEANT ANTONIO CAMPBELL. IT FEATURES U.S. MARINES WITH THE 15TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT DURING CLOSE AIR SUPPORT TRAINING AT POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAII ON JULY 19TH. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Samantha Pollich)
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black was in the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC) in high school. Black shared with me a little bit of his prequel, one that predates his time in the Marine Corps, but would come to define it and his life as a whole.
The Navy and Marine Corps welcome their newest naval Aviator, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., May 27, 2021.