U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct forward arming and refueling operations during a helicopter outlying landing field training event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6 and 7, 2025. U.S. Marines and Sailors engage with the local community during the 2025 Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay Air Show, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jazlyn Baker and Lance Cpl. Jadica Heinz)
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.
