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6MCD hosted the Educators Workshop on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, between Jan. 28 2020 to Jan. 31, 2020. These educators traveled from Recruiting Station Baton Rouge and Fort Lauderdale to experience the Educators Workshop. The workshop allows educators to have an inside look at educational benefits and career opportunities in the Marine Corps.

Recruiting Station Baton Rouge and Fort Lauderdale 2020 Educator

Mekayla Frazier (second from left), a junior at Gulliver Preparatory Academy, Pinecrest, Florida, formally accepts an invitation to participate in the Marine Corps' Semper Fidelis All-American Program from Gunnery Sgt. Isaac Cordeiro (left), the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of Recruiting Substation South Dade, and Staff Sgt. Victor Buendia (right), the assistant SNCOIC of RSS South Dade, at her high school, May 10, 2019. By accepting the Marine Corps' invitation, Frazier, a 17-year-old native of Pinecrest, will get the opportunity to attend the Battles Won Academy, a four-day leadership and development workshop in Washington, D.C., along with 95 other students from across the nation. During the academy, they will participate in daily physical training with Marines, receive leadership instruction, participate in community service projects, listen to keynote speakers and engage in a variety of other activities that familiarize them with Marine Corps values and leadership principles.

Marine Corps selects Florida native for Battles Won Academy

Staff Sgt. Adalberto Dominguez, the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of Marine Recruiting Station Miami, and his wife, Ashley Dominguez, pose for a photo during Marine Corps Recruiting Stations Fort Lauderdale’s 244th Marine Corps Birthday Ball celebration Nov. 9, 2019. (Courtesy photo by Staff Sgt. Adalberto Dominguez)

Hollywood, FL native to spend Holidays with family after completing USMC Boot Camp

Attendees of the Educators Workshop participate in the Leadership Reaction Course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Jan. 31, 2019. These educators traveled from Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale to experience the Educators Workshop. The workshop allows educators to have an inside look at educational benefits and career opportunities in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)

2019 Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale Educator's Workshop

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Parker, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense chief with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, demonstrates gas chamber procedures to attendees of the Educators Workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Jan. 31, 2019. These educators traveled from Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale to experience the Educators Workshop. The workshop allows educators to have an inside look at educational benefits and career opportunities in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)

2019 Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale Educator's Workshop

Attendees of the Educators Workshop arrive to the yellow footprints aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Jan. 30, 2019. These educators traveled from Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale to experience the Educators Workshop. The workshop allows educators to have an inside look at educational benefits and career opportunities in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)

Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale Attends the 2019 Educators Workshop

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Marines pay tribute to 9/11 By Sgt. Christian Cachola | September 12, 2020 Today does not need an intro. For nineteen years, Sept. 11 has become more than just another date on the calendar – it’s a day that has affected every American’s life in some way, shape, or form. ‘Never Forget,’ became a phrase strongly associated with the day and quite frankly, we have not. Marines from the 12th Marine Corps District showed a form of remembrance this morning at the San Diego Convention Center in an effort to pay homage to those we lost on that tragic day. MORE

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