NROTC New Student Indoctrination Graduation of the more than 300 freshmen midshipmen attending the nearly 3-week training, August 13, 2019. Transcript Good morning families and friends and welcome to Naval Station Great Lakes in the New Student Indoctrination Cycle 2 Graduation. I would also like to welcome those families and friends that are joining us […]

On August 16, 1949, Army Gen. Omar N. Bradley was sworn in as the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by then Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson in Washington, D.C. This followed an amendment to the National Security Act, signed by President Harry Truman Aug. 10, 1949, which officially created the position […]

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 […]