Painesville native Mark Ryan Mlachak, son of Mark and Donna Mlachak and a 2001 graduate of Thomas W. Harvey High School, was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major (USMC) on April 1, and has assumed ...

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It's not uncommon for transitioning military members to feel stripped of much of what they relied on in the military to assert their voices. One of my recent clients was a highly decorated military ...

The Marine Corps broke a long-standing senior enlisted career divide this week by redesignating master sergeants to the rank of first sergeant under a new pilot program. Master Sgt. Joseph Stoker, an ...

The Marine Corps has announced a new pilot program that will allow some signals and cyber recruits to enter the service at high enlisted ranks, including up to gunnery sergeant. The Marine Corps ...

The Marine Corps just took a step that many senior enlisted leaders have long thought impossible. On 1 January 2026, the first group of nine master sergeants transitioned to first sergeant under a new ...

Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz faced his first meeting with a group of reporters this week since the Marine Corps selected him to be its top enlisted leader in June. Reporters peppered Ruiz with questions ...

A U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve member is the first to change rank from master sergeant to first sergeant this month as part of the new E-8 pilot redesignation initiative. Master Sgt. Joseph B.