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Alaskan recruit finds family, brotherhood in Corps' ranks

Each year thousands of new Marines are born on the fabled parade grounds of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and MCRD Parris Island, S. C., thus becoming members of one of the tightest-knit families in the world. Becoming a part of that family has been a dream for Greg Wolf Berkley since the third grade. Berkley knows about families ? good and

Predictions of war: American citizens seem divided on willingness to strike

The majority of prospects in our target market were too young to remember, understand or feel the impact of Desert Storm. With the prediction of war looming on the horizon, it?s only natural to reflect on the last time U.S. forces were called up to fight in the deserts of Iraq. Today?s military buildup in the Middle East is the largest movement

Support granted is support received

I believe the old adage holds true, that when you lend support it always comes full circle ten fold. Upon receiving orders to the Beehive state, I immediately began having a queasy feeling just as I did when I received orders to Yuma, Ariz. The feelings surrounded around the usual unknown of a new environment. Was there a nightlife? What was work

RS LA balances excellence in 2002;Station awarded for quality applicants;

The results are in from Western Recruiting Region for 2002 and after a year of hard work and a teams commitment to finding America?s finest young warriors, Recruiting Station Los Angeles earned the title ?Quality Recruiting Station of the Year.? Announced at the commanding officer?s recent conference, the news reinforced the commanding officer?s

Band of Brothers

The Marine Corps is known as a band of brothers. For the Malfavon family of Escondido, Calif., that phrase has taken on a whole new meaning. Arturo was the first to join and spent eight years as an LAV crewman. Juan has been in for 13 years and is currently a gunnery sergeant and the NCOIC of RSS Jersey City. Jerardo spent four years as a Sea/Air

Hawaii recruit follows recruiter path back home

In January 1995, an eager young Hawaiian native walked into the local Marine Corps recruiting substation with the desire to become a Marine. He sat at the desk of a newly assigned canvassing recruiter who nervously talked to him about the benefits of becoming a Marine. The sergeant's hands shook as he laid out the benefit tags in front of his

USMC wins more creative awards

The Marine Corps' advertising team recently received accolades from the advertising industry for excellence in advertising. The Marine Corps' marketing partner, J. Walter Thompson, picked up three awards in the Southeast regional competition of the 2003 ADDY Awards. The team received a Gold ADDY for the revised website Marines.com, a Silver ADDY

Educators witness, take challenge

Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia embarked on a life-changing journey recently when they accepted the challenge of viewing, first-hand, Marine Corps recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. More than 70 educators, which included school district superintendents, high school principals, and senior class

From Gucci to government-issue

Many Americans have heard the theory that America's upper-class shun military service because they have the luxury to do so given their financial stability. With today's average military recruit coming from America's middle-class, many people might agree with this theory. However, one of today's newest Marines would probably be one of the first

Perseverance pays off for chosen few

On the 25th day of June in the year 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 8802 which states "... all departments of the government, including the Armed Forces, shall lead the way in erasing discrimination over color or race." Peering closely into the deep stare on battle worn and sun scorned faces, the men of Montford

Marine Corps Recruiting Command