Melvin G. Carter gets pinned to the rank of brigadier general by Brig. Gen. Dimitri Henry and Maj. Gen. Michael Groen during a ceremony in which he was promoted to brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 9, 2019. Carter grew up in York, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He was awarded a NROTC Scholarship to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps upon graduating in 1992. During most of his 34 years of service, Carter has served as a Marine Air Ground Task Force Intelligence Officer and has completed multiple tours overseas in combat zones to include Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, Operations Balkan Justice and Restore Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He will now serve as the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mitchell Collyer)
Date Taken: | 08.09.2019 |
Date Posted: | 08.09.2019 23:52 |
Photo ID: | 5656773 |
VIRIN: | 190809-M-ZS893-046 |
Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
Size: | 2.03 MB |
Location: | TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA, US |
Hometown: | YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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