Videos

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sharon Gentz, an administrative specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, speaks about being a mother in the Marine Corps during a Mothers Day video production at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 3, 2021. Gentz is a military spouse, the mother of one and also serves active duty in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Sabrina Candiaflores)

In honor of Mother’s Day, U. S. Marine Corps Sgt. Margarita Santos, a supply administration specialist with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, and Australian Army LCPL Rachel Cook, sat down and discussed motherhood in the military, in Darwin, NT, Australia, April 30, 2021. Both the United States and Australia celebrate Mother's Day annually on the second Sunday in May. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett and Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin wish their mother figures a happy Mother's Day at Larrakeyah Barracks in Darwin, NT, Australia, May 8, 2020. The MRF-D Marines are deployed to Australia to maintain an on-going partnership with the Australian Defence Force. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Nowell and Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin wish a Happy Mother's Day to moms worldwide from Darwin, Australia. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Gilbert)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, participate in a simulated air assault and decontamination during Steel Knight 2019 (SK19) on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 05, 2018. SK19 is an annual training exercise and assesses the 1st Marine Division’s ability to conduct ground combat operations against a peer or near-peer adversary. The exercise challenges the division’s commanders, staff, and units in a dynamic scenario against a reactive and opposing force to refine the units’ command and control, interoperability, and fundamental warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Zachery Laning)

This is a interview of Maj. Cindy Lord, commanding officer of 71 Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit and her son Lance Cpl. James Hill, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd marine Regiment. Hill was flown in from southern Helmand province to see his mother’s promotion to Major. The two have not seen each other in the two years after Hill had graduated from Marine basic training. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines has been deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan for six months. Hill and Lord are from Oklahoma City. Hill is stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Lord is stationed at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia. Also available in high definition.