Logistics NCO setting example for fellow women warriors
Posted in: WMACAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.- Cpl. Amy Gentry, a military policeman with Military Police Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, stands in the company’s vehicle compound aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11, 2010. Gentry won the second place in the Individual Pistol portion of the Camp Lejeune 2010 Intramural Small-Arms Competition held in early
The Women of War – CLB-3’s Female Engagement Team trains with ‘The Professionals’
Posted in: WMAMARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -Lance Cpl. Katherine Venezia, motor transport operator, Motor Transport Company B, CLB-3, and native of Leesburg, Va., scans the area during a patrol exercise Sunday at the Combat Center here. Venezia and approximately 30 other Marines volunteered to join CLB-3’s Female Engagement Team., Cpl. Danny H. Woodall,
Female Engagement Team visits Afghan students, delivers school supplies
Posted in: WMATwo Female Engagement Team Marines (wearing a teal green and red head scarf) sit with students July 28 at a school in Urayan village, Herat province, Afghanistan. Coalition forces dropped off school supplies to the school and spoke to the children about the importance of an education. The students were thankful for the supplies and
Life of a Lioness – Cpl Jennifer Parcell
Posted in: WMACPL Jennifer Parcell, 20, of Bel Air, Md.; assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Feb. 7 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Cpl. Jennifer Marie Parcell. She was a Marine and by all accounts a damn good Marine at that. Like many
They were called Lady Leathernecks
Posted in: WMAThe Walton Tribune Published May 30, 2010 The Marine Corp wasn’t hunting for female heroes in 1943. They needed women to replace battle-ready men who were desperately needed in the field. This was a time for men and women to step up, to make a sacrifice for their country. She was called a Lady Leatherneck,
Reflections on DI Duty
Posted in: WMA6/16/2010 Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jeremy Ross Staff Sgt. Petall Ward, operations chief, Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment-27, showcases memorabilia from her days as a drill instructor. Ward served a 3-year tour at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. “I’ve always liked the whole discipline aspect of the Marine Corps,”
Blast from the Past: When duty called / Female Marines in World War II paved the way for a new generation of soldiers
Posted in: WMAApril 13, 2003 By Carolyne Zinko, Pati Poblete, Chronicle Staff Writers Inga Ferris is silent when asked how she felt seeing images of prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch on a stretcher after being rescued from an Iraqi hospital. “Relief, fear . . . peace,” she musters. But, above all, “disbelief” that women in the
Charleroi woman stands tall in service to Marines
Posted in: WMALance Cpl. Deana L. Martorella escorts her niece, Kayleigh Jewell, and nephew, Derek Jewell, across the ceremonial grounds following graduation from Marine Combat Training at Camp Geiger near Jacksonville, N.C. The 2006 graduate of Charleroi Area High School has decided to make the Marines her career. By Ron Paglia TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE Sunday, August 1,
Female Marine Makes Progress Where Men Cannot
Posted in: WMARegimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs Story by Cpl. Megan Sindelar Date: 07.08.2010 Posted: 07.15.2010 10:30 COMBAT OUTPOST COUTOU, Afghanistan – Originally from the Philadelphia suburb of Coatesville, Pa., Lance Cpl. Kathryn L. Mannion finds herself in the hot deserts of Helmand province, Afghanistan. Mannion, assigned to the female engagement team with 3rd
Krusa-Dossin bids farewell
Posted in: WMA7/22/2010 By Pfc. Garry J. Welch, Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan — Maj. Gen. Mary Ann Krusa-Dossin, commanding general of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler will relinquish command to Maj. Gen. (select) Peter J. Talleri, during a change of command ceremony tonight at 6 p.m. Krusa-Dossin, who entered the Marine Corps
Woman Marine Tribute
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MARINES: A Few Good Women
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