Line of Sight

Mud Run

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HONALULU (Feb. 20, 2010) A participant wipes mud from his face after jumping in a pond during the 16th annual Swamp Romp. More than 300 six-person teams, including Navy and Marine Corps teams, participated in the event hosted by Combat Logistics Battalion 3. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico/Released)

A word from our sponsor …

FedEx was "proud to support the events honoring the 65th anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima," as seen on posters at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Friday, February 19, 2010. VERY proud.

FedEx was "proud to support the events honoring the 65th anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima," as seen on posters at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Feb. 19 -- VERY proud.

Behind the line

A member of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon cleans the muzzle of a dropped rifle during a performance at the swearing in ceremony for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

A member of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon cleans the muzzle of a dropped rifle during a performance at the swearing in ceremony for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

The phone call home

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Staff Sgt. Levar Francois, newly stationed at Qalat, spends some time talking to wife before dinner at FOB Lagman.

DC Osprey

dc-ospreyThursday, May 28, 2009 – sometime around noon…I was on an assignment with Off Duty editor Jason Watkins in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Quite a few helicopters had already passed by, but the noise from this one was a lot different. What the heck was an Osprey doing flying over the Mall? And why didn’t anyone turn and look at it?

 

Last Saturday I was outside near the Marine Corps Memorial when I heard an airplane noise that was far different than the normal passenger jets in the area. A B-52 passed overhead, not in the normal Potomac River flight path…am I going loopy?

I DO!

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May 22, 2009: At the Naval Academy graduation, a Marine answers his commissioning oath with a boisterous “I DO!”

“At Marine bases all over the globe there are Marines that are waiting for their new lieutenant.”

Lieutenant General Richard S. Kramlich
Director, Marine Corps Staff

USNA Graduation Day

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Naval Academy Midshipmen embrace at their commissioning ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2009, in Annapolis, MD.