Sgt. Maj. Joy Kitashima, now the senior enlisted leader of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, was selected on Nov. 22 to be the sergeant major of III Marine Expeditionary Force, the Pacific-focused ...

Marine Sgt. Maj. Joy Kitashima, the III Marine Expeditionary Force's new sergeant major, speaks during a relief-and-appointment ceremony at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, March 7, 2023.

Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine ...

No woman has become the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, but that glass ceiling was shattered in the Air Force on Aug. 14. That's when Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass became ...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Sgt. Maj. Octaviano Gallegos, Jr. relinquished the duties of sergeant major of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to Sgt. Maj. Lanette Wright aboard Marine ...

Marine Col. Scott Benedict, the 24th MEU’s CO, said that the Marine Corps is a merit-based establishment and the rank of sergeant major is a coveted rank reserved for the best and brightest leaders.

Retired Marine Corps Sergeant Major Grace Carle was the last living sergeant major of the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve. In this 2018 interview, she reflects on her pioneering journey and the ...

Sergeant Major Christine Henning says she'll miss the one entity run almost entirely by women. ... Women make up roughly 9% of the Marine Corps, the lowest percentage of any service.