DECEMBER 3, 2019 - The day before Thanksgiving is a time many people spend with family and friends. This year, Marines and Sailors of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division decided to spend their time giving back to the local community. Approximately 200 Marines and Sailors with 2nd Recon and their families participated in a charity ruck march Nov. 27, 2019. The … [Read more...]
Families Adopt a Marine for the Thanksgiving Holiday
NOVEMBER 29, 2019 - At Thanksgiving, families come together from all over to start celebrating the holiday season. Many Marines will travel home to see their families, but some Marines are not afforded that luxury because they are in the middle of training at the School of Infantry-West on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association … [Read more...]
Friendsgiving, a Marines Family Away from Family
NOVEMBER 29, 2019 - The smell of turkey, mac and cheese, various veggies and mashed potatoes wafts through the air of the small warm duplex home. A corgi jumps excitedly from person to person, greeting and begging for a taste from any plate he can manage to get his nose near. Marines from different backgrounds and professions occupy the living room space as they laugh and … [Read more...]
11th MEU: First, Last Unit to Celebrate 244th Marine Corps Birthday
NOVEMBER 12, 2019 - Have you ever woken up and thought that today is a lot like the day before? Like you’re in that movie Groundhog Day? This is a common refrain from many a Marine on deployment, but it has taken on new meaning for the Marines and Sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Today, on the second November 10th of the year, the only Marine Corps … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Birthday Run Begins Week of Celebrations
NOVEMBER 7, 2019 - Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black led a motivational run on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Nov. 5. The run was held in celebration of the Marine Corps’ upcoming 244th birthday. The Marines ran from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to the Marine Corps War Memorial where Berger and Black … [Read more...]