USMC Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Warren Burton, a combat correspondent, fires the 60mm mortar system during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008. Burton is with the command element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
This has been an incredible year of first-time accomplishments for Marines in the communication field. First, Sgt Matthew Callahan shocked the community by securing both the DoD Videographer and Photographer of the year titles and Read more…
Please join me in congratulating CC Col. Annita Lane Best on her retirement this week following 30 years of service. Elsewhere on FB news pages her ceremony at Camp Lejeune is pictured. Anita is a Read more…
10 November 2014 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS In his birthday greeting 70 years ago, General Alexander Vandegrift, our 18th Commandant, noted that, “A birthday is a fitting time to peer Read more…