marine corps
The Marine Corps - the military arm of the US Navy. A country's fate and freedom lies in the hands of this band of brothers and sisters.
Marine Corps Stories: The Contributing Factor
The screen showed the truth. Fifty-two years had passed since the actions in jungles thousands of miles away from the United States. Everything said Medal of Honor. The fight, not the sacrifice or selflessness of the recipients, was what prompted then Marine Second Lieutenant Azar Sam to sit up even straighter in her seat to read the story.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: Fit
The baby cooed. The mother named him Ares. They’d just met each other three months ago. Mother, Gunnery Sergeant Adelyn Reine picked up a thirty pound kettlebell. Ares gasped and clapped his hands. Abigail did six sets of ten repetitions of kettlebell lifting, like a suitcase in front of her face.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: For the Love of the Gun
The wreath surrounding her rifle badge shone like fresh nickels from the mint. Her pistol badge told the same story, but only when she wore her service or dress uniforms. On the range, in her beloved cammies, Staff Sergeant Ruth Hazelton held the pistol in her hands. Sweat gathered at her temples while she aimed the weapon on the target and fired. The shots struck the target, each one in the center of the black.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: PRASP
The newly minted Marines expected to be treated like less than nothing by anyone outside their family and friends. With all the graduation celebrations of the last few days, the heady sense had to level off in some way. The two privates of...other privates, Vernon Pattinson and Derio Sales, felt the heights of having endured thirteen weeks on Parris (Paradise) Island, and transformed into hardened killing machines. Instead, they acknowledged the sobering reality that they’d achieved the status of being virtually worthless, powerless, and the lowest of the low. They didn’t even have any chevrons on their sleeves.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: The Ad Option
Colonel Martha Saint, the director of marketing and communications with Marine Corps Recruiting Command, donned her mask and went into the meeting. Upon her arrival, the Marines in the room stood at attention. The other Marines rose to their feet.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: Leadership
A Yuma Arizona barracks room smelled like noodles. Two junior Marines were waiting for their meals to finish cooking in the microwave. Their meals, two bowls of pasta, were bubbling away in ceramic bowls of water when they both decided to speak their minds.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: Keep Your Uniform
At one hundred eleven, the Marine Corps’ oldest veteran, Bella Gorkin, needed no surprises. What she did like, though, was for Sergeant Ray McHenry and his crew to travel with his Combat Camera crew to capture her historical moment.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
Marine Corps Stories: Land Navigation
Major Donna Coe studied her land navigation routes in an office hastily constructed. Expertly, she planned the routes for her junior Marines to traverse some rough territory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She plotted every point of their journey with the help of satellites.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Serve
