The Marine Corp Semper Fi

10/30/2025

Step father? No. A father that stepped up!

Marine turned Navy dad.

10/30/2025

If you know, you know!

10/30/2025

“Our new !”

10/30/2025

Working to earn the title!

10/27/2025

Always remembered…

10/27/2025

“Once a Marine, Always a Marine. The body may age, but the spirit stays forever Semper Fi. 🇺🇸🦅

10/23/2025

10/23/2025

“It is with a heavy heart to inform everyone, Jessie Browning, my sister through blood and Corps has past away this morning while battling colorectal cancer. Though the picture is old, she served as Master Seargent and was scheduled to retire 12/1/2025. She graduated SERE school and served her country proudly through multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with VMU-1. Jessie was the toughest and most determined individual I have ever known. I will miss her greatly, as I know many others will. Please keep her daughters, husband and family in your thoughts and prayers. Semper Fidelis!” -JPM

USMC Marine& RIP

10/23/2025

“One of the proudest moments a father can have.. congratulations son on becoming a .” -CC

10/23/2025

On Dec. 18, 1965, then-1stLt. Harvey Barnum was serving as an artillery forward observer with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines in Vietnam. The company suddenly became pinned down by a hail of accurate enemy fire and separated from the remainder of the battalion by over 500 meters of open and fire-swept ground. Casualties mounted rapidly. Barnum quickly made a hazardous reconnaissance of the area, seeking targets for his artillery.

Finding the rifle company commander mortally wounded and the radio operator killed, he, with complete disregard for his own safety, gave aid to the dying commander, then removed the radio from the dead operator and strapped it to himself. He immediately assumed command of the rifle company, and moving at once into the midst of heavy fire, rallying and giving encouragement to all units, reorganized them to replace the loss of key personnel and led their attack on enemy positions from which deadly fire continued to come.

His sound and swift decisions and his obvious calm served to stabilize the badly decimated units, and his gallant example as he stood repeatedly exposed to point out targets served as an inspiration to all. Provided with two armed helicopters, he moved fearlessly through enemy fire to control the air attack against the firmly entrenched enemy while skillfully directing one platoon in a successful counterattack in the key enemy positions. Having thus cleared a small area, he requested and directed the landing of two transport helicopters for the evacuation of the dead and wounded. He then assisted in the mopping up and final seizure of the battalion’s objective.

For his gallant initiative and heroic conduct, Barnum received the Medal of Honor. After 27 years of service, he retired as a Colonel.

10/23/2025

“Staff Sergeant Timothy S. Williams sprinted 60 meters under fire through open terrain to provide TCCC to his team leader after he received enemy fire that shattered his femur and sent him tumbling into a canal full of water. SSgt Williams scooped him up, stabilized his leg, and then carried the Marine 3 football fields to a medevac chopper. He then took charge of a combined U.S. and Afghani team who executed an attack over two miles of mountainous terrain toward friendly forces, killing Taliban the entire way. For his courage, he was awarded the Silver Star.”

10/23/2025

We are saddened to announce the passing of MajGen Michael “Lancer” Sullivan. Lancer passed away on Tuesday, October 21st.

MajGen Sullivan flew over 400 combat missions, to include tours in Vietnam with VMFA-531 (F-4) in 1965 and VMFA-314 (F-4) in 1968-1969.

In a career spanning 39 years, Lancer flew almost every Type/Model/Series of aircraft, spending over 35 years of his Marine Corps career in aviation. By the end of his career, MajGen Sullivan had 8,700 total flight hours: 7,850 jet hours, 700 propeller hours, and 150 helicopter hours.

Lancer will be greatly missed by all who knew him.