Sergeant Justin Dyer wearily shakes off an abbreviated night’s sleep as a new week dawns over the eastern Camp Horno hills in Southern California. While most Marines wrapped up their weekend liberty enjoying the sights and sounds of San Clemente...
Australia MRF-D Marines Employ sUAS Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 26 used multiple organic drone assets for the first time to enhance logistical reach and lethality during exercise Predators Run 26 from July 20 to 27. The exercise took...
If assignments leadership could share only one piece of advice with enlisted Marines, it would be: Communicate with your monitor early and often.Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments (MMEA) branch head Colonel Matthew Markham said communication is necessary for everything his organization...
This article was originally published in the November 2014 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. Between its recognizable melody and iconic lyrics, "The Marines' Hymn" is arguably the most well-known of the U.S. military songs. For Marines both past and present, the...
There is a distinct gravity that commands the air around a U.S. Marine Corps memorial.Time seems to slow its heavy march. Voices drop to a murmur, and strangers fall into a kind of synchronized silence. Some stand still before the...
By: LtCol Brad Anderson, USMC (Ret) and Katie Cashwell
While locked at the position of attention, the Crucible completed, standing in formation sweaty, sandy, exhausted and hungry yet beaming with pride, few Marines can forget the first time they sang “The Marines’ Hymn.” After weeks enduring hard training, long...
In October 2021, brothers Gerry and Rudy Gonzalez stood watching in rapt attention the men surrounding them. Many years younger than the rest, the brothers captured the moment on film as the Vietnam War veterans solemnly performed a ceremony of...
Australia MRF-D Marines Employ sUAS Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 26 used multiple organic drone assets for the first time to enhance logistical reach...