My First Marathon
Posted in: WMAPart 3 Read Part 1 and Part 2 By Melissa Peek Burton As I come in full view of the Capitol, I notice three things: first the two school buses being escorted by a police car, the strong odor of human excrement, and trash cans are overflowing onto the ground. WOW! I’m just stunned. I’m
My First Marathon
Posted in: WMAPart 3 Read Part 1 and Part 2 By Melissa Peek Burton As I come in full view of the Capitol, I notice three things: first the two school buses being escorted by a police car, the strong odor of human excrement, and trash cans are overflowing onto the ground. WOW! I’m just stunned. I’m
My First Marathon
Posted in: WMAPart 3 Read Part 1 and Part 2 By Melissa Peek Burton As I come in full view of the Capitol, I notice three things: first the two school buses being escorted by a police car, the strong odor of human excrement, and trash cans are overflowing onto the ground. WOW! I’m just stunned. I’m
Motown City Girl Doing Agriculture in Helmand Valley
Posted in: Afghanistan, Conflicts, Military, WMABy Capt Dina Poma-Barnes Agriculture Officer, Regional Command Southwest United States Marine Corps Reserve No, I am not a farmer, and I did not study agriculture at Michigan State University, but I am the Agriculture Officer for Regional Command Southwest (RC (SW)) in Helmand Province. You may call it being in the right place at
M-249 SAW Training
Posted in: WMAPhoto by LCpl John M. Raufmann LCpl Celia Davis, 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit Marine Corps integrated maintenance management systems clerk and Lee’s Summit, Mo., native, reassembles a weapon during an M-249 squad automatic weapon class aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sep. 10, 2010. The M-249 SAW class was designed to reeducate the MEU command element Marines
Pepperell Marine teaches martial arts in Guatemala
Posted in: WMABy Cpl. Alicia R. Giron, Correspondent Posted: 09/24/2010 07:32:49 AM EDT PUERTO SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA NAVAL BASE, Guatemala – As sweat drips down their faces, Guatemalan Marines keep their eyes and ears open, ready to learn the next Marine Corps martial-arts technique. For six days, U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise
WWII Marine Betty Ellison
Posted in: WMAFrom KETC’s YOUR STORIES – ST. LOUIS REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II project, veteran Betty Ellison shares her story of enlisting in the Lady Marines to serve in World War II, and how young people back then were different than young people today. http://www.youtube.com/v/_oCNW19fg3E&hl=en&fs=1
For Female Marines, Tea Comes With Bullets | NYTimes.com
Posted in: Afghanistan, Conflicts, Female Engagement Teams, USMC, WMACpl. Christina Oliver, center, and other female Marines attached to a male battalion patrolled recently in Helmand Province. Lynsey Addario for The New York Times By ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: October 2, 2010 MARJA, Afghanistan — They expected tea, not firefights. But the three female Marines and their patrol were shot at late on a recent
Women recruits with 4th Recruit Training Battalion on Parris Island, South Carolina go through the Rappel Tower training event
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Patrol and explosive dog handler
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page Cpl. Ashley A. Entrikin, patrol and explosive dog handler, Military Police, I Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), bonds with her dog, Hugo, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Entrikin and Hugo have been together for a year and make up the only military working
Col Julia E. Hamblet, USMC (Ret.), Director, Women Marines
Posted in: WMACol Julia E. Hamblet, USMC (Ret.), Director, Women Marines, May 1, 1953-March 2, 1959. “For some time, I had mixed feelings about the appropriateness of women serving in the regular Marine Corps. All Marines, officers and enlisted, were trained to fight, … an assignment legally prohibited to servicewomen. At that time, I was absolutely convinced
Female Marines jump rope with Afghan children
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Justine Roberts, public affairs officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), shows the children how to use a jump-rope, May 15, during a village medical outreach outside Naw-Abad. Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude