U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Christopher Smith, career counselor for Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to Marines attending the first sergeants symposium at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, April 24, 2026. The three-day symposium is conducted to increase knowledge of administrative processes, as well as understanding their responsibilities while creating a peer community for first sergeants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre)
U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, Marine Forces South, host a relief and appointment ceremony, Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, April 24, 2026. During the ceremony, Sgt. Maj. Kabiru Labaran relinquished his duties to Sgt. Maj. Roberto Sim, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, Marine Forces South. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas, Cpl. Carlina Holland and Lance Cpl. Owen Long)
The Service Component Operational Logistics Augmentation Cell (SCOLAC), a specialized unit with 4th Marine Logistics Group under Marine Forces Reserve, recently demonstrated its pivotal role in supporting Service Component G-4 operations during large-scale exercises. The team’s mission is to monitor, coordinate, and advocate for service, theater, and national-strategic sustainment support to enable rapid buildup, employment, sustainment,...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Gunnery Sgt. Bobby G. Philips Jr., a Marine in the Reserve previously honored for his civilian heroism, was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in a ceremony on April 2, 2026. The event was held at the Beirut Memorial, in front of the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor statue.
60 years after his aircraft was shot down over the South China Sea during the Vietnam War, Maj. Everett McPherson was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in aerial flight. McPherson, a North Carolina native and Marine aviator with Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron One (VMCJ-1), died in 1966 when his EF-10B Skyknight was struck by a missile during an electronic warfare mission. His brothers and sisters...
