U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct boat patrols during a littoral movement as part of MEU Exercise III on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 11, 2023. BLT 1/6 continues to enhance rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) readiness through conducting on and off and shore to shore drills prior to … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines pose for a photo with the 2023 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition East pistol match trophy at the Base Theater on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 17, 2023. The winners of this year’s pistol match were Marine Corps Security Forces Training Company Team 1. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson) MARCH 30, 2023 - In an organization … [Read more...]

MARCH 28, 2023 – This time last year two women walked on grounds that separated them by 7,346 miles. Today they execute the same mission donned with their respective countries eight-point cover, here. The eight-point cover is an utility cap worn on the heads of Marines worldwide. The yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., and yellow name tags at … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joe Williams, right, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the color guard with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, passes off a folded U.S. flag to retired Col. Willard Buhl as part of a memorial service for retired Lt. Col. Clark Henry on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, … [Read more...]

Mark Blake, Quantico Fire & Emergency Services, conducts controlled burns at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 9, 2023. According to the NREA, the purpose of the burns is to reduce fuel litter, minimize the potential of wildfires, and promote wildlife habitat. Fuel litter is dead and trodden woody debris that could be used as fuel for wildfires or other potential … [Read more...]