Hastings will command the Silent Drill Platoon for the 2023 parade season. She previously served as a marching platoon commander in 2021 and a marching company executive officer in 2022.

Capt. Kelsey Hastings will take command of the Marine Corps’ Silent Drill Platoon on Nov. 21, 2022, becoming the first female member of the unit and its first female commander.

The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon perform at Cary High School in Cary, North Carolina, August 1, 2022. (United States Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cheng Chang) ...

When the Marine Corps’ elite Silent Drill Platoon begins its busy parade season in late spring 2023, a woman will be in charge for the first time.

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Seattle Marine Corps' Silent Drill Platoon, led by the returning first female Silent Drill Platoon Commander, Captain Kelsey Hastings, is performing at Whitworth College as part ...

The Marine Corps’ prestigious Silent Drill Platoon will be commanded by a woman for the first time starting Monday. Capt. Kelsey M. Hastings will assume leadership of the 24 Marines in the ...

elly Walters, of Lindale, said she shed tears of joy on Wednesday as she read old emails from her oldest son Seth Capps. Cpl. Capps, 23, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2009. "I was a member of ...

Lebanon High School hosted the United States Marine Corps’ Silent Drill Platoon in a special performance as part of the USMC’s 250th anniversary. The platoon, known for choreographed marching ...