U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia and service members with Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia, or the Indonesian Marine Corps, participate in Jungle Survival Training during Keris Marine Exercise 2024 in Batam, Indonesia, Nov. 9, 2024. U.S. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve and Jordanian Armed Forces participate in an all-female marksmanship subject matter expert exchange during Intrepid Maven 25.1 in Al-Quwayrah, Jordan, Oct. 29, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joseph DeMarcus)
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.
