U.S. Marines with the Ground Combat Element, Marine Expeditionary Units conduct integrated operations across land, air, and sea to enhance readiness and rapid response capabilities. As forward-deployed sea-based crisis response forces, MEUs project power ashore, conduct amphibious operations, and enable joint objectives across a range of environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Steven Wells)
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.
