MARCH 14, 2023 - For the first time in over two decades, Marine Barracks Washington is touring the Pacific Northwest. The barracks’ two-week tour included performances in Alaska, Oregon and Washington. This unit consists of The Silent Drill Platoon, The Commandant’s Own Drum & Bugle Corps and the official Marine Corps Color Guard. Marines of The Silent Drill … [Read more...]

MARCH 13, 2023 - The Marine Corps established the Marine Corps Software Factory to create a world-class Marine-led software development capability on March 10, 2023. The future operating environment will require Marines to scope and implement software-based solutions at the edges of the battlefield without connectivity or assistance from centralized or contracted … [Read more...]

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, and Marine Forces Reserve, right, and Master Sgt. Sergio Macias, theater security cooperation branch chief, left, welcome Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines evacuate a simulated casualty while on an urban patrol exercise during a joint Corporals course, class 1-23, hosted by Headquarters Battalion, Training and Education Command, and Security Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2023. The Small Unit Leadership Evaluation event’s purpose is to test the students on material covered during the … [Read more...]

MARCH 6, 2023 – Marines across III Marine Expeditionary Force rehearsed and refined operating as a Stand-In-Force while working alongside joint partners at Jungle Warfare Exercise 23 across the island of Okinawa, Feb. 12-17, 2023. JWX 23 is large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen … [Read more...]