Bryan Parker

USMC Purple Heart Recipient 📍 Earth 🌏 Life is always changing. I’m simply myself no labels. An amazing dad to a raccoon, dogs, and a turtle 🦝🐶🐢.

[Bryan Parker @bryanparkrrr]

Semper Fi, always faithful.
#usmc

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

President Donald J. Trump awards the #MedalofHonor to #MarineCorps Maj. James Capers Jr. (Retired), and posthumously to Marine Corps Col. John W. Ripley (Retired) during a ceremony at the @WhiteHouse.

Capers received the nation’s highest military decoration after being upgraded from a Silver Star for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War in 1967, and Ripley received the award after being upgraded from a Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War in 1972.

#USMC #MedalofHonor #WhiteHouse #SemperFidelis

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a dry fire range in the hangar bay aboard @USNavy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the South China Sea.

The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is a persistent, combat credible force contributing to deterrence and crisis response in the @US7thFleet area of operations.

U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific.

#USMC #Range #Pistol

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines perform during the @NASCAR Coca-Cola 600, a NASCAR race held during Memorial Day weekend, at the @CLTMotorSpdwy in Concord, North Carolina.

The #MarineCorps supported the event with static displays of military aircraft and vehicles and participation in ceremonies.

#USMC #NASCAR #SemperFI

[Charlotte Motor Speedway @CLTMotorSpdwy]

Silence and respect. 🇺🇸

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

We all have a list.

Say their names.

Their memories will never fade.

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

All Gave Some, Some Gave All

Today, we honor and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice wearing the uniform while defending our rights, freedoms and our great nation.

We will always remember and uphold their legacy.

✍️ (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales)

#Marines #USMC #SemperFidelis

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

Thank you to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense for hosting the @USNavyCNO, @CMC_MarineCorps, and me.

It is always an honor to have the opportunity to champion the amazing men and women of the @USNavy and @USMC.

Sailors and Marines are the true foundation of the Golden Fleet—our fleet of the future.

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with @3d_Marine_Div operate the Neros Archer Strike Variant drone system at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan.

The Neros Archer Attack Drone Team Concept is a training event designed to demonstrate battery charging fundamentals, navigation, obstacle maneuvering, and foundational flight operations using the Neros Archer Strike Variant Drone.

#MarineCorps #USMC #SemperFi

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take part in helicopter support team sling load training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The training focused on the technical execution of external lift procedures to transport heavy equipment, validating the team’s tactical proficiency and ensuring the unit remains ready to sustain forces in austere, expeditionary environments.

#USMC #Training #SemperFidelis

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines assigned to 3rd Littoral Combat Team, @3d_Marine_Div, take part in a weapons training class with Philippine Marines assigned to 10th Marine Brigade during Exercise Balikatan 2026 at Batan, Batanes Islands, Philippines.

Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity.

#USMC #SemperFidelis #Training

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

Shipbuilding Plan Delivered.

Let's get to work!

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

Amateurs talk tactics, professionals invest in logistics.

Today, we funded another critical fleet replenishment oiler to be built at General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation in San Diego.

The Department of the Navy continues to deliver a modern Combat Logistics Force, reinforcing the global reach and sustained lethality of our Sailors and Marines at sea.

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with @1stMLG and @USNavy Sailors execute LCAC operations during a field exercise on @MCIWPendletonCA.

The FEX focused on rehearsing maintenance operations and preparing Marines and Sailors to execute LCAC operations in an expeditionary environment.

#USMC #SemperFi #Training

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, @1stMEF Information Group take part in an expeditionary field exercise at @MCIWPendletonCA.

The exercise sets realistic conditions for 9th Comm Bn. to validate essential capabilities, requiring detachments to quickly deploy, maintain and defend communications networks and critical infrastructure in a simulated expeditionary environment.

#USMC #SemperFi #Training

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, @1stMAW_Marines take part in routine flight operations and ordnance loading at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Marines with MAG-12 performed the training to maintain mission readiness and unit proficiency to ensure stability in the region.

#USMC #Marines #Aviation

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with 1st Marine Division take part in Exercise Garnet Rattler at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho.

Garnet Rattler is a joint exercise between Marines and @usairforce Airmen to train joint terminal attack controllers to increase efficiency, lethality and interoperability in a realistic training environment.

#MarineCorps #USMC #SemperFi

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and Salvadoran marines with the 1st Marine Brigade of El Salvador take part in personnel recovery training at CENTAM Guardian 2026 in La Union, El Salvador.

CG 26, an annual, multinational exercise, brings together military and security personnel from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize, the Dominican Republic, and the United States, ensuring seamless interoperability in times of crisis and contingency response while also demonstrating a united front against shared regional security challenges.

#MarineCorps #USMC #CENTAM

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with @3d_Marine_Div take part in a flyaway drill at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

The training focuses on rapid insertion and extraction of ground forces, sharpening their ability to transition from an aircraft to an objective point with speed and lethality.

#MarineCorps #USMC #SemperFi

[Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao @SECNAV]

To all the mothers out there, for what you do every day and for loving your children, Happy Mother’s Day!