Marine is Top of her Class
Posted in: WMABy HUEY FREEMAN – H&R Staff Writer Herald-Review.com | Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:01 am DECATUR – Carmen Hatton didn’t mind when her classmates elected her homecoming and prom queen during her senior year at Maroa-Forsyth High School. But those were two honors she concealed from her fellow recruits during her 13 weeks at
Marine linguist breaks through language barrier for troops in Afghanistan
Posted in: WMAInternational Security Assistance Force Commander Gen. Petraeus said in his counterinsurgency guidance, we must earn the Afghan people’s trust and confidence. Marine Corporal Mandy Castillo tells us how one Marine is helping U.S. troops achieve that goal. [youtube=https://youtu.be/x4IHtG9PO1A]
Tun Tavern
Posted in: WMATun Tavern, Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines, copyright 2001 Marion F. Sturkey) Ask any Marine. Just ask. He will tell you that the Marine Corps was born in Tun Tavern on 10 November 1775. But, beyond that the Marine’s recollection for detail will probably get fuzzy. So, here is the straight scoop: In the
USMCWR Inspection
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of Sarah Thornton Col Katherine A. Towle, second director of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, inspects WRs wearing winter service green at MCRD, Parris Island, in 1945.
Our Marines On–What’s My Line
Posted in: WMAThey love stumping the panel when asking out our Marines. Col Julia Hamblet Miss Julia Hamblet (Colonel Julia E. Hamblet) – “”Commandant of Women’s Marine Corps”” (salaried; she donated her winnings to the Navy relief fund in honor of Armed Services Week; she held her post from May 1, 1953 to March 1, 1959; from
Women Marines create history through years
Posted in: WMA3/25/2010 By Lance Cpl. Stefanie C. Pupkiewicz, Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan — “Opha Mae Johnson, 1918, ma’am,” is the response taught to all female recruits going through Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., to the question, “First female Marine?” Johnson may have been the first female Marine, but she went through
Pain in the bun: hair troubles of the female Marine
Posted in: WMABy Lance Cpl. Michelle S. Mattei, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — When thinking of the phrase “rise and shine,” the sounds of birds chirping, a cool breeze blowing through the window and waking up to that beautiful morning-rise is what comes to mind. However, in the world of
Female Marines talk with Afghan children
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page Marines and sailors from the female engagement team with Bravo Battery, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, conduct a medical outreach for residents in the village of Habib Abad, Afghanistan, July 3. Residents were given the opportunity to receive care for minor injuries and illnesses
Female Drill Instructor
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of Jose Mediavilla © Jose O. Mediavilla 2009, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, No rights granted unless in writing by Jose O. Mediavilla Drill Instructors Oath: Theses recruits are intrusted to my care. I will develop them to be smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines. Thoroughly indoctrinated, in love of Corps and Country. I
Honoring the fallen heroes of 1st Marine Division lost while in support of the Operation Enduring Freedom
Posted in: WMAOfficial Marine Corps photo, Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe, 1st Marine Division Sgt. Theresa Pavelek, with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), renders honors to the Afghan flag during a Colors and Memorial Dedication ceremony held aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2010. The memorial ceremony was held in honor of the fallen heroes of
Packing party, WMA style
Posted in: WMAMembers of WMA’s MI-2 Motor City Chapter packing boxes of much needed feminine items for our female troops in Afghanistan
Marine plays hand game with children in Costa Rica
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Bridget L. Ajinga, the intelligence operations officer with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, plays a hand game with a Westfalia School student during a visit to the school in