Staff Sgt. Andre Babineaux, a Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, is a prior active duty Marine who is now part of the Marine Corps Reserves. - Staff Sgt. Andre Babineaux, a Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, is a prior active duty Marine who is now part of the Marine Corps Reserves. Babineaux now works a civilian job in Virginia, and supervises 20-30 flight equipment Marines in Beaufort, South Carolina during his periodic drill weekends.
Future Marine recruit Teia Chutaro from Recruiting Sub-Station Honolulu, Recruiting Station San Diego, poses for a photo prior to shipping to recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 5, 2021. Lima Company will be the first integrated company at MCRD San Diego in Marine Corps history. Historically all females who enter the Marine Corps are trained at MCRD Parris Island in South Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Tessa Watts) - Future Marine recruit Teia Chutaro from Recruiting Sub-Station Honolulu, Recruiting Station San Diego, poses for a photo prior to shipping to recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 5, 2021. Lima Company will be the first integrated company at MCRD San Diego in Marine Corps history. Historically all females who enter the Marine Corps are trained at MCRD Parris Island in South Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Tessa Watts)
Lt. Col. Sally Ann Falco holds photos of two of her female Marine mentors, retired Sgt. Maj. Tammy Fodey and retired Sgt. Maj. Sarah Thornton, the first woman Marine to retire after 30 consecutive years of active service. Falco served as an enlisted Marine for 14 years before her acceptance to the Meritorious Commissioning Program. She commissioned in August 2001 and will soon retire after 34 fruitful years in the Marine Corps. “I’ve just been privileged to be allowed to be a Marine,” Falco said. “I still love it as much as the day I came in, and I would stay in forever, but I want to make room for others to climb the ladder and at the same time, contribute to society in another capacity.” (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Naomi May) - Lt. Col. Sally Ann Falco holds photos of two of her female Marine mentors, retired Sgt. Maj. Tammy Fodey and retired Sgt. Maj. Sarah Thornton, the first woman Marine to retire after 30 consecutive years of active service. Falco served as an enlisted Marine for 14 years before her acceptance to the Meritorious Commissioning Program. She commissioned in August 2001 and will soon retire after 34 fruitful years in the Marine Corps. “I’ve just been privileged to be allowed to be a Marine,” Falco said. “I still love it as much as the day I came in, and I would stay in forever, but I want to make room for others to climb the ladder and at the same time, contribute to society in another capacity.” (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Naomi May)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jason Oliver, a recruiter with Recruiting Station Frederick and 4th Marine Corps District recruiter of the quarter, completes a hike during a monthly pool function for Recruiting Substation Martinsburg in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 16, 2021. The monthly pool functions are preformed to both build rapport between poolees and recruiters and to prepare them mentally and physically for the rigors of Marine Corps recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ryan Sammet) - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jason Oliver, a recruiter with Recruiting Station Frederick and 4th Marine Corps District recruiter of the quarter, completes a hike during a monthly pool function for Recruiting Substation Martinsburg in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 16, 2021. The monthly pool functions are preformed to both build rapport between poolees and recruiters and to prepare them mentally and physically for the rigors of Marine Corps recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ryan Sammet)
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gabra A. Bailey, a supply officer with 12th Marine Corps District, poses in his office at the district headquarters located at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on March 4, 2021. Bailey was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica before immigrating to the United States and becoming a Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tessa D. Watts) - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gabra A. Bailey, a supply officer with 12th Marine Corps District, poses in his office at the district headquarters located at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on March 4, 2021. Bailey was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica before immigrating to the United States and becoming a Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tessa D. Watts)