DECEMBER 27, 2024 – U.S. Marines and master labor contractors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Postal increased working hours to distribute mail to service members and civilian personnel on Camp Foster from November to December 2024. To match the inrush of gifts for the holiday season for all post offices, the Postal Operations Center and … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Opens New Leadership School
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Maj Jacqueline Townsel, sergeant major, Marine and Family Programs Division, gives a speech during the Career School at the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 23, 2024. The SNCO Academy educates and develops enlisted Marines to be ethical, moral and professional leaders capable of making sound decisions … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Lessons in Orbit
DECEMBER 18, 2024 — “Our Astronaut Corps prides ourselves on our expeditionary mindset,” said Lt. Col. Jasmin Moghbeli to a crowded ballroom at the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367 249th Marine Corps Birthday Ball. “But who does expeditionary better than the United States Marine Corps?” Her path to space began in the cockpit of an AH-1W Super Cobra. In … [Read more...]
Black Knights Return from Combat Deployment
Family and friends gather to welcome home U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Dec. 14, 2024. VMFA-314 completed a five-month deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) to the U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleet areas of operation, conducting combat and … [Read more...]
California Grants $50 Million to 2 Bases
DECEMBER 12, 2024 - The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved two grants totaling $50 Million for Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) projects at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego at a meeting in San Francisco, Dec. 11. The grants, part of a long-standing memorandum of understanding to advance LDES solutions, support the State of California's … [Read more...]