Collection: Outside the Wire: Marine Corps Blog
The Story Behind the Yellow Footprints
Every Marine's Journey Begins the Same Way
Before the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
Before the title.
Before earning the right to be called Marine.
There were the Yellow Footprints.
For generations, recruits arriving at Parris Island and San Diego took their first steps into a life that would forever change them. Those simple painted footprints became the starting point of discipline, sacrifice, and the brotherhood that unites every Marine.
Discover the history and meaning behind one of the Marine Corps' most iconic traditions—and why every Marine remembers the moment they stood on those footprints.
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Marines host mentor event for Soldiers
Soldiers get to learn some skills from Marine mentorship event
Marine Drill Instructor boards wrong bus - High school Students...
Students traumatized as Marine Drill Instructor boards wrong bus.
"Those Faces Will Never Leave My Memory": Leatherneck4Life Team Member...
As Veteran's Day approaches, Springfield, Missouri's 417 Magazine wanted to acknowledge their local veterans. Their latest issue shares the experiences of four servicemen in their own words. Featured is Jeremy "Whitty" Whitworth, a Marine veteran and a member of our Leatherneck4Life family. Here, read Whitty's account of his time as a Marine in Baghdad in [...]
Iwo Jima Veteran Dies at 91
Lt. Col. Alfred Carroll. (Photo Credit: Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press) Lt. Col. Alfred "Al" Carroll was a young Marine
when he witnessed five men lift the American flag above Iwo Jima on Feb. 23,
1945, during World War II. Carroll died Wednesday. He was 91 years old. A funeral service was held on Monday at the Leak Memorial
Chapel. [...]
