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U.S. Marines with Recruiting Station Lansing and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 give tours of a MV-22 Osprey at the Drew Kostic Memorial 5K near Traverse City, Michigan on August 13, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps provided static displays, tours, and demonstrations of aircraft to allow the familiarization with the equipment and opportunities the Marine Corps offers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesse Carter-Powell)

Drew Kostic Memorial 5K Osprey Display

The United States Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment performed at Cary High School in Cary, North Carolina, August 1, 2022. The Battle Color Detachment consists of U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, Silent Drill Platoon, and Marine Corps Color Guard. (United States Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cheng Chang)

The United States Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment at Cary High School

United States Navy Blue Angels perform their aerobatics demonstration during an air show, at Dayton, Ohio, July 31, 2022. The Dayton Airshow is an annual event held at the Dayton International Airport for aerobatics demonstrations and static displays of aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Leo Amaro)

Dayton Airshow 2022

Athletes and coaches participated in a wrestling clinic hosted by Johnson's Athletic Camps and sponsored by the United States Marine Corps at Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, July 25, 2022. The clinic provided the opportunity to learn wrestling techniques and leadership development from former All-Marine and University of North Carolina at Pembroke wrestlers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Pacheco)

Fayetteville Wrestling Clinic

RS Cleveland Operation Semper Fi: Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Rosenberg

Operation Semper Fi: Tech for Troops

Unit News

From Teachers to Students: Educators Workshop By | June 2, 2022 For four days, high school educators are given the unique opportunity to experience Marine Corps recruit training firsthand. They attend Educators Workshop (EWS) - a program that takes place at either Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island or Recruit Depot San Diego. EWS enables educators to better inform their students and communities about Marine Corps career opportunities. MORE

Operation Semper Fi: Maj. Phillips By | June 2, 2022 Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Marada Phillips, former company commander of The Basic School, now a senior Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) instructor at Eastern View High School in Culpepper, Virginia, continues to wear the uniform and pass on his stories and lessons he learned while serving in the Corps to younger generations for years to come. MORE

From Appomattox County to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island By | June 2, 2022 APPOMATTOX, Va. -- Nothing could prepare Stacy Purcell, a life coach and volunteer for young adults from Appomattox County, for the adrenaline rush she felt as she was rushed off of a bus by a Marine drill instructor shouting commands in rapid succession, before the sun had fully risen in the sky. She quickly grabbed her bags and stepped onto the famous painted yellow footprints in front of the welcoming center on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, August 6, 2021. As she waited for Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Evelyn Espinal’s next command, she noticed the front doors that would mark the beginning of an experience of a lifetime. The silver doors stood out from the rest of the brick building, and they shined bright even in the darkness of the early morning. MORE

Col Borovies worked as the project officer for Theater Medical Information Technology Systems while assigned to Marine Corps Systems Command. He also completed a successful tour as the Commanding Officer for Recruiting Station Houston. He served as a liaison officer with Combined-Joint Task Force 7 and later Multi-National Corps Iraq while forward deployed. He has experience as an operational planner with I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Forces Central Command (Forward) based in Bahrain. While assigned to CENTCOM J5 Plans, he served as a strategic planner and branch chief for the Levant and Violent Extremist Organization Branches. Borovies also served as the military aide for Ambassador James Jeffrey, Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Envoy to the Defeat-ISIS Coalition. In July 2020, Borovies assumed duties as director of Headquarters Marine Corps' Strategic Initiatives Group and subsequently Strategy Branch Head, PP&O. In December 2021, Col Borovies assumed command of 4th Marine Corps District.

A Distinguished Naval Graduate of The Citadel, Col Borovies holds an MA in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University. He was the honor graduate of his classes at the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, the Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting, and the US Naval War College. He speaks Iraqi Arabic at level two competency and is a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal with two gold stars. His younger brother Drew is a Naval Surface Warfare Officer.

Colonel Jason A. Borovies
Commanding Officer, 4th Marine Corps District
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Sergeant Major Kenneth L. Kuss enlisted in the Marine Corps in Kentucky and attended recruit training at MCRD Parris Island where
he graduated a PFC in November 1997. In December 1997, PFC Kuss transferred to Camp Johnson, NC to attend Financial
Management Resource Analyst school. Upon graduation in February 1998, he was assigned to the Comptroller's Office at U.S. Marine
Forces Atlantic in Norfolk, VA. In January 2001, he was reassigned as the Fiscal Chief of MARFORLANT's Headquarters & Service
Company.

Sergeant Major Kenneth L. Kuss
Sergeant Major, 4th Marine Corps District
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