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The Japanese officially surrendered to the Allies on board the battleship MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay. With General Holland Smith transferred home in July 1945, the senior Marine Corps representative at the historic ceremony was LtGen Roy S. Geiger, who had succeeded Smith as Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. 5 September 1956: Eleven Marines from the 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division, stationed near Naha, Okinawa, drowned while swimming, from an undercurrent caused by Typhoon Emma. The violent storm, with 140 mph winds, struck the Philippine Islands, Okinawa, Korea, and Japan, causing some 55 deaths and millions of dollars in property damage. 6 September 1983: Two Marines were killed and two were wounded when rockets hit their compound in Beirut, Lebanon. Heavy fighting continued for the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit peacekeeping force in the area near their positions around the Beirut International Airport. 8 September 1942: On Guadalcanal, the 1st Raider Battalion and the 1st Parachute Battalion, supported by planes of MAG-23 and two destroyer transports, landed east of Tasimboko, advanced west into the rear of Japanese positions, and carried out a successful raid on a Japanese supply base. 11 September 1992: Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai in Hawaii in one of the worst storms the islands had seen in over a century. Marines of the 1st Marine Brigade based at Kaneohe Bay, spearheaded Operation Garden Sweep, the massive cleanup effort. 15 September 1950: The 3d Battalion, 5th Marines landed on Wolmi-do Island in Inchon Harbor and secured it prior to the main landing. The 1st Marine Division under the command of Major General Oliver P. Smith landed at Inchon and began the Inchon-Seoul campaign. 16 September 1814: A detachment of Marines under Major Daniel Carmick from the Naval Station at New Orleans, together with an Army detachment, destroyed a pirate stronghold at Barataria, on the Island of Grande Terre, near New Orleans. 18 September 1990: A new 40-acre training facility for Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) was dedicated at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, by General Alfred M. Gray, Commandant of the Marine Corps. 20 September 1950: Marines of the 1st Marine Division crossed the Han River along a six-mile beachhead, eight miles northwest of Seoul, Korea. Five days later, the 1st and 5th Marines would attack Seoul and the city would be captured by 27 September. 24 September 1873: One hundred and ninety Marines and seamen from the USS PENSACOLA and BENICIA landed at the Bay of Panama, Columbia, to protect the railroad and American lives and property during the revolution. 27 September 1944: The American flag was raised over Peleliu, Palau Islands, at the 1st Marine Division Command Post. Although the flag raising symbolized that the island was secured, pockets of determined Japanese defenders continued to fight on. As late as 21 April 1947, 27 Japanese holdouts finally surrendered to the American naval commander on the scene. 30 September 1945: Marines of III Amphibious Corps, commanded by Major General Keller E. Rockey, began landing in North China to assist the Chinese Nationalist government in accepting the surrender of Japanese forces and repatriating Japanese soldiers and civilians. |
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| MarSOC marks its 3rd anniversary | |
| | By Trista Talton - Staff writer Posted : Monday Mar 2, 2009 17:37:32 EST CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — When Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command becomes fully operational capable in two years, “the sky’s the limit,” its commander, Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson, said Monday. The command, which marked its third anniversary during a morning at Camp Lejeune, saw about a 30-percent increase in its number of deployments in the past year, Robeson said. That’s proof, he said, that MarSOC is living up to the expectations of U.S. Special Operations Command. “All the things they’re trained to do, Marine Special Operations Command has done it,” Robeson said. “The standard that’s been set has been set by Marines.” Sixty Marines going through MarSOC’s first Individual Training Course, launched in October 2008, have completed about three-quarters of the course. MarSOC officials spent about a year designing the seven-month-long course, which standardizes the basic capabilities expected of Special Operations Marines. Currently, MarSOC stands at approximately 2,100 Marines and sailors, just 400 shy of its goal.  Posted by admin on Monday 02 March 2009 - 17:55:32 | LAN_THEME_20 | |
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| Marine Corps School of Infantry | |
| | Whether through classroom instruction, or in the conduct of live-fire exercises, the focus at SOI is on training warriors. SOI requires the best and most professional leaders in the Marine Corps to accomplish this mission. Our Marine Combat Instructors form the bedrock of our success and ensure the conduct of realistic, aggressive, and safe training. The Marine Combat Instructor provides continuity and consistency in the continuum of training and mentoring our entry-level Marines. At the School of Infantry, Marines who receive the infantry military specialty are trained at Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), and all non-infantry Marine's are trained in basic infantry/Marine common skills at Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT). SOI marks a transition in the professional training of entry-level students from basically trained Marines to Marine warriors. The Marine Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment taught to recruits at Boot Camp are a key component to student's personal and professional development at SOI. The Marine warrior ethos forged in places like Belleau Wood, Okinawa, the Chosin Resevoir, Khe Sanh, Beirut, and today in Afghanistan and Iraq is instilled in Marines at SOI. Graduates are prepared mentally, physically, and morally for the challenges of 21st Century warfare.  | |
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| History of the Women Marines | |
| | Since 1918, women have answered the call to serve proudly in the United States Marines and the role of women in the Marines has evolved and expanded. All Women Marines can look forward to the future proudly, while never forgetting the women who made this future possible. In 1918, the Secretary of Navy allowed women to enroll for clerical duty in the Marine Corps. Officially, Opha Mae Johnson is credited as the first woman Marine. Johnson enrolled for service on August 13, 1918; during that year some 300 women first entered the Marine Corps to take over stateside clerical duties from battle-ready Marines who were needed overseas. The Marine Corps Women's Reserve was established in February 1943. June 12th, 1948, Congress passed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act and made women a permanent part of the regular Marine Corps. In 1950, the Women Reserves were mobilized for the Korean War and 2,787 women served proudly. By the height of the Vietnam War, there were about 2,700 women Marines served both stateside and overseas. By 1975, the Corps approved the assignment of women to all occupational fields except infantry, artillery, armor and pilot/air crew. Over 1,000 women Marines were deployed in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991. Private Minnie Spotted-Wolf of Heart Butte, Montana, enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in July 1943. She was the first female American Indian to enroll in the Corps. Minnie had worked on her father's ranch doing such chores as cutting fence posts, driving a two-ton truck, and breaking horses. Her comment on Marine boot camp "Hard but not too hard."  Women Marine Milestones 1918 --Pvt. Opha Mae Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve 1943 --Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter first Director of Women Marine Reservists 1943 --Captain Anne Lentz, first commissioned officer 1943 --Private Lucille McClarren first enlisted woman 1945 --first detachment of women marines arrives in Hawaii for duty 1948 --Colonel. Katherine A. Towle first Director of Women Marines 1961 --The first woman Marine is promoted to Sergeant Major (E-9). 1965 --The Marine Corps assigns the first woman to attachu duty. Later, she is the first woman Marine to serve under hostile fire. 1978 --Colonel Margaret A. Brewer was the first woman Marine general officer 1979 --The Marine Corps assigns women as embassy guards. 1985 --Colonel Gail M. Reals, the first woman selected by a board of general officers to be advanced to brigadier general 1992 --Brigadier General Carol A. Mutter assumed command of the 3d Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, the first woman to command a Fleet Marine Force unit at the flag level 1993 --2d Lieutenant Sarah Deal became the first woman Marine selected for Naval aviation training 1993 --The Marine Corps opens pilot positions to women. 1994 --Brigadier General Mutter became the first woman major general in the Marine Corps and the senior woman on active duty in the armed services 1995 --The first female Marine pilot pins on Naval flight wings. 1996 --Lieutenant General Mutter became the first woman Marine and the second woman in the history of the armed services to wear three stars Today --Women serve in 93 percent of all occupational fields and 62 percent of all billets. Women constitute 6.2 percent of the Corps end strength and are an integral part of the Marine Corps. | |
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Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff  20, of Tunnel Hill, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 19 in Ramadi, Iraq, while conducting combat operations. |
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