U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alim Hicks, a native of Istanbul, Turkey, and a supply officer with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III MEF Information Group, shares his experience with leadership and family at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 19, 2026. Hicks coaches his daughter’s soccer team and fosters a sense of family within his section, reinforcing the importance of balance between service and home life. The video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Soft Background for Interview performed by Meditation Time/stock.adobe.com and Beautiful Story performed by Lynne Publishing/stock.adobe.com (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Cardoza)
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan β From the birth of the United States Navy on October 13, 1775, and the birth of the U.S. Marine Corps on November 10, 1775, command and control (C2) has been the foundation of power. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG) continue this heritage by enabling III MEF to fight and win in the Indo-Pacific.
