Stories - Tag MARFORRES

L.I.N.K.S., lifestyles, insights, networking, knowledge, and skills, is an official Marine Corps program that provides Marines and their families with the connections and resources essential to managing life in the Corps. A volunteer-based program, L.I.N.K.S. provides Marine families with available resources, such as deployment support, information on Marine Corps traditions, career planners and more. (Courtesy Photo) - L.I.N.K.S., lifestyles, insights, networking, knowledge, and skills, is an official Marine Corps program that provides Marines and their families with the connections and resources essential to managing life in the Corps. A volunteer-based program, L.I.N.K.S. provides Marine families with available resources, such as deployment support, information on Marine Corps traditions, career planners and more. (Courtesy Photo)

Essential L.I.N.K.S. for Marines

L.I.N.K.S., lifestyles, insights, networking, knowledge, and skills, is an official Marine Corps program that provides Marines and their families with the connections and resources essential to managing life in the Corps. A volunteer-based program, L.I.N.K.S. provides Marine families with available resources, such as deployment support, information on Marine Corps traditions, career planners and more.

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Marine Forces Reserve’s Toys for Tots celebrates 70th anniversary season

Marine Forces Reserve is now celebrating the 70th anniversary season of the Toys for Tots foundation. The Toys for Tots program aims to assist and guide young children, helping them grow into responsible, productive citizens through the message of hope that comes with a new toy.

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Rudolph joins Marine Corps Band New Orleans on stage at Saenger Theater in New Orleans on Dec. 11, 2015. - Rudolph joins Marine Corps Band New Orleans on stage at Saenger Theater in New Orleans on Dec. 11, 2015. The band conducted their holiday performance “Santa Meets Sousa.” The performance was part of their yearly Toys for Tots tour, where they accepted new, unwrapped toys from audience members to give to less fortunate children during the holiday season.

Marine Corps Band New Orleans to perform concert series for Toys for Tots program

The Marine Corps Band New Orleans is scheduled to perform “Santa Meets Sousa,” a series of holiday concerts in multiple locations and dates throughout Dec. 2017. Last year, the New Orleans community donated over 69,700 toys to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program to be distributed to local families in the area in time for Christmas.

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U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Academy Preparatory School admission requirements

Marine Administrative Message 631/17 explains the admission requirements for all active duty and Reserve Marines wanting to apply for the U.S. Naval Academy’s class of 2022, in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Early Release Policy during Holiday Period

Marine Administrative Message 618/17 explains the criteria for the early release of active and Reserve Marines whose term of active service will expire during the holiday periods.

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Sgt. Maj. Bryan Fuller (left), Inspector Instructor Sgt. Maj. of Combat Logistics Group 453, and Brig. Gen. Michael Martin (center), Deputy Commanding General of Marine Corps Forces Command, present Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato (right), with the Silver Star award in Montrose, Colorado, Nov. 18, 2017. - Sgt. Maj. Bryan Fuller (left), Inspector Instructor Sgt. Maj. of Combat Logistics Battalion 453, and Brig. Gen. Michael Martin (center), Deputy Commanding General of Marine Corps Forces Command, present Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato (right), with the Silver Star award in Montrose, Colorado, Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Nov. 15, 2004. The Silver Star is the United States third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/Released)

Silver Star award-upgrade presented to Marine Corps veteran for heroic actions

“As a squad leader, Cpl. Lovato was in charge of 13 Marines,” said Brig. Gen. Michael Martin, deputy commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Command. “He was assigned a sector to clear that was loaded with enemies in houses, rooms, closets, on roof tops and probably in sewage systems. It was some of the worst types of fighting you can absolutely imagine.”

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A screenshot of the Reserve and Independent Duty Administration Course on the Naval Post Graduate website. - A screenshot of the Reserve and Independent Duty Administration Course on the Naval Post Graduate website. RIDAC is an online course designed to standardize administrative processes and offer administrators a formal education to administrators on reserve or independent duty. (Courtesy photo)

MARFORRES launches a new online Reserve and Independent Duty Administration Course and Functional Administrative Support Tool

The Marine Forces Reserve, Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 directorate, announced the release of a new web-based Reserve and Independent Duty Administration Course—known as RIDAC—along with an update to the MARFORRES Standard Operating Procedures for Personnel Administration, Force Order 1001.5a, which now directs the use of the Functional Administrative Support Tool.

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Brig. Gen. Bradley James, the commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, reads the names on bricks that were laid to memorialize the lives of the 15 Marines and one sailor who died in a C-130 plane crash in July 2017, in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. James attended the memorial event that not only paid tribute to the fallen service members, but to also celebrate the 200th birthday of the state of Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Brig. Gen. Bradley James, the commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, reads the names on bricks that were laid to memorialize the lives of the 15 Marines and one sailor who died in a C-130 plane crash in July 2017, in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. James attended the memorial event that not only paid tribute to the fallen service members, but to also celebrate the 200th birthday of the state of Mississippi. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

MARFORRES 4th MAW leaders attend memorial for C-130 crash

Brig. Gen. Bradley James, the commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, and senior leaders with 4th MAW, attended a memorial service for the 15 Marines and one sailor who perished in a C-130 airplane crash in July 2017, in Moorhead, Mississippi, Oct. 19, 2017.

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Cpl. Eric Gore, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist training non-commissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, stands outside of Marine Corps Support Facility in New Orleans, Oct. 16, 2017. - Cpl. Eric Gore, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist training non-commissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, stands outside of Marine Corps Support Facility in New Orleans, Oct. 16, 2017. Gore took leave to travel to Beaumont, Texas, to assist in relief efforts in wake of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in southeast Texas on Aug. 25, 2017; flooding thousands of homes and displacing more than 30,000 people. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Faces of the Force: Cpl. Eric Gore

When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeast Texas on Aug. 25, 2017, it flooded thousands of homes and displaced more than 30,000 people. In response to the devastation, thousands of citizens from across the country rushed to Texas to assist in relief efforts, taking time away from their homes and work to help others out.

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Photo of the USS Constitution provided by Associated Press. - Photo of the USS Constitution provided by Associated Press.

Marines participate in USS Constitution demonstration

Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, helped commemorate the birthday of the U.S. Navy by setting sail on the USS Constitution from the Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Oct. 20, 2017.

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