Videos

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Stefawn Payne, a weapons platoon commander with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, shares his experience as a father at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 7, 2021. Payne is a second-generation Marine and the father of two children. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Frank Webb)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Travon Wade, a logistics noncommissioned officer with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, shares the influence his grandfather and uncle had on him as father figures at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 7, 2021. Wade was raised by his grandfather, who is also a Marine, for the first seven years of his life. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Frank Webb)

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Steve Payne shares his experience as a father during his time in the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 7, 2021. Payne served 30 years and now has a son and grandson serving in the 1st Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Frank Webb)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, reflect on service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice for Memorial Day 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Connor Hancock)

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. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jeremy Jones, a combat engineer officer with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gives an interview after an Anzac Day parade in Darwin, NT, Australia, April 25, 2021. Anzac Day originally commemorated the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps forces from World War I, but now also recognizes the men and women who served in the Australian and New Zealand armed services in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. U.S. Marine Corps community engagements in the Northern Territory and throughout the country add depth to our relationship with Australia and highlight the shared values between our nations. With the Northern Territory remaining free of COVID transmission within the community, Marines were able to participate in today’s events to show respects to their fallen, former, and active members. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)