Colonel Stacey L. Taylor, assistant chief of staff, manpower, Marine Forces Pacific, talks about Melvin G. Carter during his promotion ceremony to brigadier general at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 9, 2019. Carter grew up in York, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He was awarded […]

Colonel Dave Burton, program manager for intelligence systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, talks about Melvin G. Carter during his promotion ceremony to brigadier general at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 9, 2019. Carter grew up in York, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He was […]

Master Gunnery Sgt. Carroll Braxton (Ret.), a Montford Point Marine, talks about pinning Melvin G. Carter to the rank of brigadier general during a promotion ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 9, 2019. Carter grew up in York, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He […]

Melvin G. Carter talks about his promotion to brigadier general at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 9, 2019. Carter grew up in York, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He was awarded a NROTC Scholarship to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and was commissioned as […]

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, conduct a medevac for a patient who was reportedly experiencing severe abdominal pain aboard a cruise ship 143 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, August 9, 2019. The patient’s wife and a ship’s doctor were transported with him to Norfolk Sentara […]