Glenn's Marine Corps Page

Last Updated 20 July 2003

• This is the United States Marine Corps site (MarineLink). This site has Marine Corps news and top stories, history, recruiting information, public events, USMC fact files, AlMars/MarAdmins, and links to Other Marine Web Sites as well as links to other service home pages.
• This is the Headquarters Marine Corps page. A few of the various Headquarters sections (Office of the Commandant, PA, M&RA, I&L, C4I, SD...) have links here.
• Marine Barracks, Washington DC: 8th and I; get all the information about the Friday Evening Parade, the Tuesday Sunset Parade, the Silent Drill Platoon, The Drum & Bugle Corps, and the Marine Corps Color Guard.
• The US Marine Band: The President's Own. They have played for every US President since John Adams. Look here for their appearance schedule.
• The Marine Corps Institute: maintains the correspondence course school house for the Corps.
• The Marine Corps University: The Command & Staff College and AWS pages have detailed information.
• This is a short-cut to the Marine Corps Selection Board page.
• This is the Naval Post-Graduate School's Marine Home Page. You can view a roster of officers currently enrolled, send them e-mail, or see if they have a home page.
• This is a link to the Marines at the US Naval Academy.
• Military City On-Line: check the weekly Times newspaper or get the daily headlines from the Early Bird. They also have a search engine to find active duty members. Or, go straight to the Marine Corps Edition of Navy Times.
• Marine Corps Marathon: The People's Marathon is held in late-October each year. This site has all the information you'll need.
• Are you looking for information on Space Available Flights? Check out AMC's homepage for answers to FAQs and a listing of AMC terminals. Or, go straight to the 60th Air Mobility Wing's (Travis AFB, CA) page for specific west coast flight opportunities to Hawaii and beyond. Dover AFB, DE also has a detailed web page for east coast opportunities to Europe.
• NFCU: the credit union now has a web site.
• The Voting Assistance Guide can now be found on-line.

• I was commissioned through the NROTC program at Penn State in May 1982.
• 1983-1985: As an infantry officer, my first tour of duty was with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines based at Kaneohe, Hawaii. I did 2 six-month deployments to the Western Pacific (and points west) that took me through most of the Far East, into Somolia, Kenya, and Beirut Lebanon. I served as a platoon commander for a rifle platoon and a weapons platoon. I also served as the Security Officer for Marine Air Group 24 in Hawaii.
• 1985-1988: I had an assignment at Marine Barracks Washington DC (8th & I) where I participated in countless ceremonies in and around Washington. I served as a platoon commander, company Executive Officer, and Assistant Operations Officer. I also served as a Social Aide at the White House during the Reagan Administration.
• 1988-1992: After attending the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, I was assigned as the Commanding Officer, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines based at Camp Pendleton, California. We trained as the Ground Combat Element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and deployed to Desert Shield/Storm as part of 5th MEB. The MEU remained on station in the Arabian Gulf during the draw-down of Desert Storm forces. I was the Commanding Officer of Troops aboard the USS Peoria (LST-1183) during the nine-month deployment. After the unit's return to CONUS, I had a six-month assignment as the Commanding Officer for Weapons Company 3/1.
• 1992-1994: I spent two years in Chicago, Illinois as the Assistant Inspector-Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines. The I-I Staff also supported three other Reserve units in Chicago.
• 1994-1996: I completed the 27-month Information Technology Management curriculum at The Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, in September 1996 and received my Masters Degree.
• 1996-1998: I served 19 months at HQMC as a Systems Analyst in the Manpower Information Systems (MIS) branch of the MI division. As a payback tour from my Monterey schooling, I worked on systems that supported the Human Affairs Division of HQMC.
• 1998-2000: In May 1998, my branch was transferred to the Marine Corps Systems Command where I served as a Project Officer for Manpower Information Systems.
• May 2000 - present: In May 2000, I transferred to the Marine Corps Institute, at Marine Barracks Washington DC where I served as the Deputy Director of the Institute and the Commanding Officer for MCI Company. I retired in April 2003 after 21 years of service.

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