Pacific Marines Stories

Athletes from the Wounded Warrior Regiment and staff celebrate the beggining of a two-week training camp April 27 at the Colorado Inn. The Olympic caliber, high-altitude training prepares the athletes for the Warrior Games May 10, against the other branches of service. - Athletes from the Wounded Warrior Regiment and staff celebrate the beggining of a two-week training camp April 27 at the Colorado Inn. The Olympic caliber, high-altitude training prepares the athletes for the Warrior Games May 10, against the other branches of service.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific's Color Guard posts the colors April 25 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) Hawaii, during the 95th Annual Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Day Commemoration. ANZAC Day is observed in memory of the ANZAC's who have served and died in all wars. - U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific's Color Guard posts the colors April 25 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) Hawaii, during the 95th Annual Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Day Commemoration. ANZAC Day is observed in memory of the ANZAC's who have served and died in all wars.

100423-M-9161A-006 CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii - Officials with the Aloha Council invited service members to the Boy Scouts of America's 57th Annual Eagle Scout Recognition Banquet April 23 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel - Waikiki, Hawaii. (From left to right) Navy Cmdr. Michael Ballou, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald J. Williams, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Turpin, Army Maj. John Crews, Hawaii Air National Guard Col. Michael B. Compton and Col. Walter R. Watson earned the title of Eagle Scout as teenagers. The Aloha Council invited them to inspire the younger Eagle Scouts to continue community service throughout their lives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso)(Released) - 100423-M-9161A-006 CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii - Officials with the Aloha Council invited service members to the Boy Scouts of America's 57th Annual Eagle Scout Recognition Banquet April 23 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel - Waikiki, Hawaii. (From left to right) Navy Cmdr. Michael Ballou, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald J. Williams, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Turpin, Army Maj. John Crews, Hawaii Air National Guard Col. Michael B. Compton and Col. Walter R. Watson earned the title of Eagle Scout as teenagers. The Aloha Council invited them to inspire the younger Eagle Scouts to continue community service throughout their lives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso)(Released)

Lance Cpl. Penitila Leapaga III, a personnel and audits clerk with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va., and a Waianae, Hawaii, native, recognizes the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 22, 2010. Marines worldwide participated in events focused on the importance of energy conservation, water intensity reduction and waste reduction. - Lance Cpl. Penitila Leapaga III, a personnel and audits clerk with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va., and a Waianae, Hawaii, native, recognizes the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 22, 2010. Marines worldwide participated in events focused on the importance of energy conservation, water intensity reduction and waste reduction.

(From left to right) Sergeants Major Scott M. Smith and James Roberts Jr., the incoming and outgoing sergeants major for Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, respectively, report to Col. Alan L. Thoma, H&S Bn. commander, during a post and relief ceremony April 16 at Bordelon Field, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. The noncommissioned officer's sword Roberts holds symbolizes his position as the unit's senior enlisted advisor and was ceremoniously passed to Smith during the ceremony. - (From left to right) Sergeants Major Scott M. Smith and James Roberts Jr., the incoming and outgoing sergeants major for Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, respectively, report to Col. Alan L. Thoma, H&S Bn. commander, during a post and relief ceremony April 16 at Bordelon Field, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. The noncommissioned officer's sword Roberts holds symbolizes his position as the unit's senior enlisted advisor and was ceremoniously passed to Smith during the ceremony.

Sgt. Robert J. Porras, Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor, demonstrates a counter to the rear hand punch on Sgt. Joseph M Benezette, MCMAP instructor trainer, during green belt training April 11 at Bordelon Field, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Porras and Benezette have taken the challenging of training 80 percent of Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, to green belt before August. - Sgt. Robert J. Porras, Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor, demonstrates a counter to the rear hand punch on Sgt. Joseph M Benezette, MCMAP instructor trainer, during green belt training April 11 at Bordelon Field, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Porras and Benezette have taken the challenging of training 80 percent of Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, to green belt before August.