THIS WEEK WE ARE SPOTLIGHTING MARINES WHO PREPARE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. WE’LL ALSO GO TO JAPAN TO SEE A MILITARY EXERCISE WHERE MARINES ARE ENHANCING THIER ABILITY TO BREACH IN URBAN AREAS.
LAST WEEK, MARINES ON CAMP PENDLETON WITH 3RD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING PREPARED UH-1Y VENOM HELICOPTERS FOR SUPPORTIVE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS FORCE OF NEARLY 500 MARINES WERE ENTRUSTED WITH INSURING SAFE TRAVEL FOR CIVILIANS, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, SEARCH AND RESCUES, AND GENERAL SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
OUR PHOTOS OF THE WEEK WERE TAKEN BY LANCE CPL. CARLOS VENEGAS, CAPTURING MARINES WITH THE 31ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT DETONATING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES DURING AN URBAN...
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.
