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New Marine's battle with childhood cancer prepared him for a new fight By David Martin, CBS | March 12, 2019 Read full story here MORE

PFT/CFT Update By Lance Cpl. Marcos Alvarado | September 25, 2018 Marine Corps MARADMIN 539/18 announced three major changes to MCO 6100.3A affecting the standard Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness Tests, beginning January 1, 2019 for the PFT and July 1, 2019 for the CFT to increase the Corps’ overall physical fitness and combat effectiveness. MORE

Marine Corps creates new division to head up fitness By Jeremy Beale/Staff Writer | April 17, 2017 After a shift in the dynamic of Marine Corps fitness in 2016, and a physical fitness system that has been spread throughout different commands, the Marine Corps has taken steps to strengthen the physical fitness program by putting all aspects of physical fitness under the newly created Force Fitness Division (FFD) that will operate under the Training and Education Command (TECOM), based out of Marine Corps Base Quantico. MORE

President Trump Nominates Next Commandant of the Marine Corps By Capt Christopher Harrison | March 27, 2019 President Donald J. Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. David H. Berger to serve as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced today. This appointment is pending Senate confirmation. MORE

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts By LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP | February 20, 2019 The exercise is designed to train troops for the next war — one the U.S. believes will be against a more capable, high-tech enemy like Russia, North Korea or China. The weather conditions on the mountain mimic the kind of frigid fight that forces could face in one of those future hotspots. MORE

Military.com: First Woman Graduates from Marines’ Winter Mountain Leader Course By Military.com | January 15, 2019 U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Tara-Lyn Baker, from Benton, Pennsylvania, talks about reaching her limits as a Marine during the Winter Mountain Leader Course aboard Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, Calif. MORE

MCSC: NETWORKING ON THE MOVE (NOTM) FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) By Concepts and Programs | December 13, 2018 Description NOTM FoS is a Satellite Communications (SATCOM)-based on-the-move command and control MORE

MC Times: This is how the Corps is overhauling its enlisted military education to boost lethality and college accreditation By Shawn Snow, Marine Corps Times | October 31, 2018 MC Times: This is how the Corps is overhauling its enlisted military education to boost lethality and college accreditation MORE

AWIBC Keynote Remarks: LtGen Berger By | February 7, 2019 Thank you for inviting me to speak. Some Industry partners are here that I have worked with and MORE

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