Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 5, May 2024
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 5, May 2024 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 4, April 2024
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 4, April 2024 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 3, March 2024
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 3, March 2024 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Navy Corpsmen at Iwo Jima
At the website of the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, one finds an article titled “Beyond Heroism: Hospital Corpsmen and the Battle for Iwo…
Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 2, February 2024
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 2, February 2024 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Col Peter Ortiz
A recent issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture contains an article by historian and Marine Corps veteran Roger McGrath titled “The Marine Corps’ Answer to…
Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2024
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 1, January 2024 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Wilbur Bestwick: First Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
The first Marine to be appointed Sergeant Major is Archibald Sommers, who enlisted in the Corps in June of 1799. He was promoted to the…
From Continental to U.S. Marines
On November 10, 1775 the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, published the following resolution. Resolved, That two Battalions of marines be raised, consisting of one…
Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2023
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 12, December 2023 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy of Carolina Marines and…
Marine Corps Principles and Traits of Leadership, Part 1
The Marine Corps recognizes eleven principles of leadership and fourteen traits of leaders. In this and coming editions of “Front and Center,” we will present…
Marine Corps Principles and Traits of Leadership, Part 2
Last month, we considered the first principle of leadership recognized by the Marine Corps: Know yourself and seek self-improvement. We considered also the first trait of a leader: Justice….
