When Capt. Kelsey Hastings takes command of the Marine Corps’ revered Silent Drill Platoon later this month, she will become the unit’s first female leader — and its first-ever female member.

the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon will be led by a female commander. The Marine Corps announced Tuesday that Capt. Kelsey A. Hastings, an artillery officer, has been selected to lead the ...

Among those performing that weekend was the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, a team of Marines ... Hastings said that she "fell madly in love" with artillery after seeing a shoot early in ...

The Seattle Marine Corps' Silent Drill Platoon, led by the returning first ... and upon graduation from the Marine Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, she reported to 1st ...

After training as an artillery officer, she served as a platoon commander, fire direction officer and battery executive officer with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Marines training to go on the second deployment of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) told Janes the new equipment drives and ...

Stars and Stripes is not publishing any photographs identifying the platoon leader. CON THIEN, Vietnam — U.S. air strikes and artillery opened a path Tuesday to embattled Marines who were pinned ...

Second Lieutenant Jacob Kanak is a rifle platoon leader in the company ... CSIS analyst Mark Cancian is himself a retired Marine artillery colonel. He supports some of the changes, but among ...

When the ACVs come ashore, the armor protects against gunfire, artillery and mines ... Morgan said he is thrilled with how his platoon is making a mark on Marine Corps history as part of ...