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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tristan Taylor, a drill instructor with Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, inspects recruits during a practical...
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, reassemble M16-A4 service rifles during a practical application exam...
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Jesse Camarena with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, bandages a simulated wound during a combat care exam at...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tristan Taylor, a drill instructor with Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, inspects a recruits M16-A4 service rifle...
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Cole Johnson with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, bandages a simulated wound during a combat care exam at...
Britney Moyeda is no stranger to adversity. As she donned her U.S. Marine Corps dress uniform in her recruiting office, she recalled the journey life has brought her thus far.
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For today’s youth, charting a course through life becomes exponentially tedious when there is no one to provide guidance along the journey. Once high school is over, exams completed and going away parties had, what’s to do then?
It’s rare to find a Marine Corps recruit that has combat experience prior to commencing recruit training, but for one new Marine, war was a reality long before stepping on the yellow footprints to embark on a new journey of becoming a U.S. Marine.
On a sunny October afternoon, Dustin and Terry Bringham watched in quiet reflection as Marines of India Company marched across the parade deck, preparing for their upcoming graduation. For the first time, they were walking the same ground where their grandfather and father, Capt. Gary L. Bringham, had once trained recruits nearly 70 years ago as a Drill Instructor. This visit held special weight for them; only six months earlier, Capt. Bringham had passed away at the age of 89.
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band, the Marine Corps’ premier musical unit, captivated audiences in Utah and Idaho this week with stirring performances. In collaboration with representatives from Recruiting Station Salt Lake City, 8th Marine Corps District, the band toured Weber State University, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Idaho State University, and concluded its tour at Capital High School in Boise, Idaho.
The Fifth Marine Division was activated on November 11, 1943, for service in World War II. The ground combat element first saw action in the Battle of Iwo Jima, known infamously as the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history. Shortly following their victory at the top of Mount Suribachi, Japanese forces surrendered, effectively ending the war. 5th MARDIV deactivated on February 5, 1946, and reactivated on March 1, 1966, as a force in readiness during the Vietnam War. Though not intended to deploy overseas, the rising conflict caused the need for reinforcements, and they sent troops to South Vietnam. They were the first unit to return following the end of the war and formally deactivated on November 26, 1969.