Bill Peters, a retired Marine major and docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, talks with noncommissioned officers from Headquarters and Service Battalion, who met at The Clubs at Quantico April 15 for a professional military education event about the Vietnam, which stretched from 1955 to 1973. - Bill Peters, a retired Marine major and docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, talks with noncommissioned officers from Headquarters and Service Battalion, who met at The Clubs at Quantico April 15 for a professional military education event about the Vietnam, which stretched from 1955 to 1973.
Marine veterans from 1st Raider Battalion, known as Edson's Raiders, gathered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico for their final reunion April 16-18. The youngest veteran was 89, and the group lost 10 members in the last year. The veterans toured the Marine Corps Museum and Raider Hall and gathered together for several meals, including a closing banquet attended by the Col. David Edson, grandson of their first commanding officer, then-Col. Merritt Edson. - Marine veterans from 1st Raider Battalion, known as Edson's Raiders, gathered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico for their final reunion April 16-18. The youngest veteran was 89, and the group lost 10 members in the last year. The veterans toured the Marine Corps Museum and Raider Hall and gathered together for several meals, including a closing banquet attended by the Col. David Edson, grandson of their first commanding officer, then-Col. Merritt Edson.
“You have the power” is the tagline for the Marine Corps’ new energy ethos campaign and Unit Energy Manager program. A MARADMIN announcing the effort was released March 9 by Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics Lt. Gen. William M. Faulkner. - “You have the power” is the tagline for the Marine Corps’ new energy ethos campaign and Unit Energy Manager program. A MARADMIN announcing the effort was released March 9 by Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics Lt. Gen. William M. Faulkner.
Retired Marine Col. Barry Colassard, a docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, presents sand from Iwo Jima and shows pictures of Mount Suribachi to Duke Leopold-Engelbert de Arenberg, center, and Count Bernard de Grunne of Belgium. Arenberg supports Azalea Charities, a veteran and community support organization based in Dumfries, and toured the museum April 15. - Retired Marine Col. Barry Colassard, a docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, presents sand from Iwo Jima and shows pictures of Mount Suribachi to Duke Leopold-Engelbert de Arenberg, center, and Count Bernard de Grunne of Belgium. Arenberg supports Azalea Charities, a veteran and community support organization based in Dumfries, and toured the museum April 15.
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Dark Frames, an independent film production and distribution company, is making a movie about the Montford Point Marines. Because the military was still segregated at the time, the first African-American Marines were forced to endure their boot camp training at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, rather than alongside their white counterparts at Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego. - Dark Frames, an independent film production and distribution company, is making a movie about the Montford Point Marines. Because the military was still segregated at the time, the first African-American Marines were forced to endure their boot camp training at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, rather than alongside their white counterparts at Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego.
SCAN Executive Director Sonia Quinonez, left, Kristiana Poole and ABC7’s Leon Harris at the Stop Child Abuse Now of Northern Virginia’s Allies in Prevention Awards Luncheon March 25. - SCAN Executive Director Sonia Quinonez, left, Kristiana Poole and ABC7’s Leon Harris at the Stop Child Abuse Now of Northern Virginia’s Allies in Prevention Awards Luncheon March 25.
The teams and individual winners coming in first and second in the Semper Fit Slimpossible fitness challenge pose for a group photo with their prize packs at the awards ceremony on March 26. - The teams and individual winners coming in first and second in the Semper Fit Slimpossible fitness challenge pose for a group photo with their prize packs at the awards ceremony on March 26.
Marine students at the Methods of Entry School use a torch to breach a steel hatch during an exercise at the Goettge Demolition Range. - Marine students at the Methods of Entry School use a torch to breach a steel hatch during an exercise at the Goettge Demolition Range.