U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare MV-22B Ospreys for Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 16, 2024. MRF-D is a deployment held in Australia that enhances capabilities and readiness of both the United States Marine Corps and the Australian Defence Force and continues to help strengthen the alliance between the two nations. The photo of the week was taken by Pfc. Micah Thompson featuring spouses and family members of Marines and Sailors with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division participate in the annual "In Their Boots" day on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 18, 2024. "In Their...
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.