Pacific Marines Stories

The USS Arizona Memorial sits atop the USS Arizona here Nov.25, which has rested at the bottom of the harbor since the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Members of the Chaplain Corps visited the memorial to pay tribute to the fallen victims. - The USS Arizona Memorial sits atop the USS Arizona here Nov.25, which has rested at the bottom of the harbor since the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Members of the Chaplain Corps visited the memorial to pay tribute to the fallen victims.

Chaplain of Marine Corps pays respect to USS Arizona’s fallen

Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben, 18th Chaplain of the Marine Corps, visited Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona Memorial here Nov. 25.Kibben was the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s distinguished guest of honor for the Remembrance Barge Tour. She, along with her family and several other senior chaplains, came to honor the fallen members of the USS Arizona. Members of

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Kumu hula(hula instructor) Makua Kalani Apana, the instructor for the Iroquois Point Elementary School, places a lei on Lt. Gen. Terry G. Robling, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, Sept. 15. The students performed a traditional hula as part of the centennial ceremony for Marine Corps Officers’ Quarters here. The three Renaissance-style, single-family homes, including the “Chesty Puller House,” were completed in 1913. - Kumu hula(hula instructor) Makua Kalani Apana, the instructor for the Iroquois Point Elementary School, places a lei on Lt. Gen. Terry G. Robling, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, Sept. 15. The students performed a traditional hula as part of the centennial ceremony for Marine Corps Officers’ Quarters here. The three Renaissance-style, single-family homes, including the “Chesty Puller House,” were completed in 1913.

Historic base housing turns 100

The former Marine Barracks Pearl Harbor Officers’ Quarters, which includes the historic home affectionately known as the “Chesty Puller House,” celebrated their centennial here, Sept. 15.The Puller House is one of the three homes on Russell Avenue constructed in 1913, and was one of the first permanent structures on Naval Base Pearl Harbor and was

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HONOLULU -- Sgt. Robert Manion, nuclear, biological and chemical chief, S-3, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, (right) gazes through the glass shielding the document that finalized the end of WWII during a professional military education on the USS Missouri at Ford Island, March 26. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer) - HONOLULU -- Sgt. Robert Manion, nuclear, biological and chemical chief, S-3, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, (right) gazes through the glass shielding the document that finalized the end of WWII during a professional military education on the USS Missouri at Ford Island, March 26. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)

MARFORPAC Marines honor service members of yesteryears who came before them

The relics of World War II symbolize an era in history, which many people don’t get the chance to see in their lives. Taking a step into history, 18 leathernecks from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, were given the opportunity to visit some of the sites and see what the war looked like while participating in a period of Professional military

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