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Marine master sergeant redesignated to first sergeant in pilot program

Master Sgt. Joseph B. Stoker is the first to change rank from master sergeant to first sergeant as part of the new E-8 pilot ...
Military.com

Master Sergeant to First Sergeant: Marine Corps Revives Decades-Lost Flexibility

The Marine Corps has launched a pilot program allowing master sergeants to apply for redesignation as first sergeants, ...
Stars and Stripes

Marines’ pilot program redesignates initial crop of master sergeants to first sergeant

Master Sgt. Joseph Stoker poses for a photo at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans on Dec. 18, 2025. A member of the ...
Odessa American

Voices of Veterans: Staff Sergeant John Latta shares story of service in the US Marine Corps

AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program ...
Military Times

Recruit to gunny: 1st Marine graduates from talent acquisition program

Recruit Justin Kelley sets security during the Crucible on MCRD Parris Island, Dec. 5, 2024. (Staff Sgt Brendan Custer/Marine Corps) When Justin Kelley left the Air Force in 2015, he was an E-5 – a ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Local U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant receives donated home in Fallbrook

The Gary Sinise Foundation is building a specially adapted home for Marine Jason Pacheco and his family. Stars and Stripes were on display: Red, white and blue American flags adorned the outside of a ...