U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Central Command, U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators with Task Force 3, and partner nation service members participate in close quarters battle, tactical combat casualty care and static live fire exercise during Exercise Bright Star 25 at Ras Al Tin Naval Base, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2025. U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin 25.3 participate in Exercise Super Garuda Shield 25 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 27, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Matthew McDonnell)
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.
