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Marines Corps Crew Team Competes at Occoquan Regatta

Story and photos by Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Washington

The Henderson Hall Marine Corps crew team surged through the Occoquan Reservoir Nov. 4 and completed their first rowing season at the Head of the Occoquan Regatta in Fairfax, Va.

Book Review: Iwo Jima: United States Marines in the Pacific

Review by Sgt. Mel Lopez, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Washington

“Hammel makes every detail of the battle come to life, including the lines of Leathernecks on the beaches...”

Film Review: Ears, Open, Eyeballs, Click.

By Lance Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Washington

Filmed in the squad bays of San Diego and Camp Pendleton, “Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click.” follows Platoon 1141 on its transformation from nasty civilians to locked-and-cocked leaders of Marines.