Videos

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band, tour France, May 23, 2019. The 1st Marine Division Band held a series of concerts commemorating the 101st anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz and Sgt. Miguel A. Rosales)

U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. Joseph Lucero and Capt. Kevin Fleischer, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 Reinforced, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), talk about the importance of carrier qualifications aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), while underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 4, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU conducted Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final exercise before the units' upcoming deployment. This exercise validates the ARG/MEU team's ability to adapt and execute missions in ever-changing, unknown environments. Upon completion of COMPTUEX, the 13th MEU and Essex ARG will be certified as the nation's premier forward-deployed, crisis response force, capable of executing missions across the broad spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr.)

Lance Cpl. Socheata Chan, an administration clerk with the Command Element, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), talks about the purpose of a female engagement team aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), while underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 4, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU are conducted Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final exercise before the units' upcoming deployment. This exercise validates the ARG/MEU team's ability to adapt and execute missions in ever-changing, unknown environments. Upon completion of COMPTUEX, the 13th MEU and Essex ARG will be certified as the nation's premier forward-deployed, crisis response force, capable of executing missions across the broad spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr.)

Check back tomorrow at 10 a.m. (PST) to witness the live streaming of the passing of the 7th Marine Regiment Colors as Col. William H. Vivian relinquishes command to Col. Kyle B. Ellison.

Lt. Gen. L. A. Craparotta, Maj. Gen E. M. Smith, and...

Sgt. Justine Woodend, a corporals course instructor with 1st Marine Logistics Group, has been swimming competitively since she was 4 years-old, along with her twin sister. Woodend is a native of Saratoga, N.Y. and majored in biology at Hartwick.