by Jeanne McKinney | May 4, 2021 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps
SAN DIEGO: For the first time in its 100-year history the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego graduates a gender-integrated Company including 53 female Marines. On May 6, 2021, these women join with 344 male counterparts to celebrate the completion of 13 weeks...
by Jeanne McKinney | May 23, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
IRAQ, 2017. A U.S. Marine Corps sniper deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment demonstrates firing techniques during advanced marksmanship training at Camp Manion,...
by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 26, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
KENYA, Feb. 12, 2020. U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, addresses U.S. military service members at Camp Simba. Townsend’s command visit was to personally assess the security situation at the Kenyan Defense Force installation at Manda...
by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 11, 2020 | All, Articles, History, Military, U.S. Marine Corps
WASHINGTON DC – AUGUST 20: Iwo Jima statue in Washington DC on August 20, 2012. The statue honors the Marines who have died defending the US since 1775. At the beginning of the American Revolution, the fractured colonies were up against the British Empire like a...
by Jeanne McKinney | Feb 8, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
HAWAII, February 5, 2020. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Patterson, an aviation operations specialist, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division re-enlists for 4 years of additional military service. Patterson is a native of Belle...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 7, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
IRAQ, 2003. Iraqi girls playing in a street being patrolled by the United States military. Photo United States Department of State SAN DIEGO. The killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iran’s covert Quds force, created a global firestorm for President Trump....
