U.S. Marines with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, carried out external lift training at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. The SLTE 4-25 is shaped to be a realistic training environment producing combat-ready forces proficient in operating as an integrated marine air ground task force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jazlyn Baker and 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.
