Stories

Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Laura Carrillo motivates a poolee during Recruiting Station Portsmouth's annual field meet May 20. Nearly 500 poolees attended the event and slept in tents overnight to resume training the following day. - Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Laura Carrillo motivates a poolee during Recruiting Station Portsmouth's annual field meet May 20. Nearly 500 poolees attended the event and slept in tents overnight to resume training the following day.

Vic McCarley, a former U.S. Army soldier from Lattimore N.C., casts a line into Lunga Reservoir during the Quantico Rod and Gun Club’s annual Wounded Veteran Picnic May 14. Veterans at the picnic were provided fishing poles and tackle by Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, an organization dedicated to teaching and providing opportunities to fish to wounded warriors. - Vic McCarley, a former U.S. Army soldier from Lattimore N.C., casts a line into Lunga Reservoir during the Quantico Rod and Gun Club’s annual Wounded Veteran Picnic May 14. Veterans at the picnic were provided fishing poles and tackle by Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, an organization dedicated to teaching and providing opportunities to fish to wounded warriors.

To honor the Marine Corps’ first African-American officer, Marine Corps Recruiting Command offers the Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship to students attending any one of 17 participating historically black colleges and universities. A board of four MCRC officers awarded 15 four-year Branch Scholarships April 26 to highly qualified men and women attending a participating school. - To honor the Marine Corps’ first African-American officer, Marine Corps Recruiting Command offers the Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship to students attending any one of 17 participating historically black colleges and universities. A board of four MCRC officers awarded 15 four-year Branch Scholarships April 26 to highly qualified men and women attending a participating school.

Bianca Strzalkowski, her husband Gunnery Sgt. Strzalkowski and Lt. Gen. Willie J. Williams present Bianca’s Certificate of Commendation from the commandant of the Marine Corps after she had just received the 2011 Military Spouse of the Year Award at the Navy at the Reserve Officers Association May 5. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. D.R. Cotton) (released) - Bianca Strzalkowski, her husband Gunnery Sgt. Strzalkowski and Lt. Gen. Willie J. Williams present Bianca’s Certificate of Commendation from the commandant of the Marine Corps after she had just received the 2011 Military Spouse of the Year Award at the Navy at the Reserve Officers Association May 5. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. D.R. Cotton) (released)