(Marine Corps) When the Marine Corps’ elite Silent Drill Platoon begins its busy parade season in late spring 2023, a woman will be in charge for the first time. Capt. Kelsey M. Hastings assumed ...

When Capt. Kelsey Hastings takes command of the Marine Corps’ revered Silent Drill Platoon later this month, she will become the unit’s first female leader — and its first-ever female member.

The Silent Drill Platoon’s celebrity status has made ... “I think we can eradicate it from our ranks,” Hackett told Marine Corps Times. The sergeant major says he teaches a required annual ...

Among those performing that weekend was the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, a team of Marines that executes incredibly precise routines full of spins and tosses of their hand-polished M1 Garand ...

The United States Marine Corps will visit Lebanon High School June 3 to celebrate its history with the Silent Drill Platoon performance beginning at 2 p.m.

The Marine Corps’ oldest active post ... t hear that is arguably the greatest draw of the evening. The Silent Drill Platoon’s 24-man team displays the discipline and pride of the Corps ...

U.S. Marines with the Silent Drill Platoon executed a drill sequence during the Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules flyover at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., on Tuesday.

In 2023, Capt. Kelsey Hastings became the Platoon Commander for the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, the first female to hold that role. Under her leadership, the unit exemplified the ...

To exemplify the Marine Corps' overwhelming standards, the Silent Drill Platoon was formed in 1948. Composed of a 24-man rifle platoon, the Silent Drill Platoon perform at various venues across ...

Both are members of the prestigious United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon in Marine Barracks, Washington DC. Gerald (Trey) Wells III is a 2020 graduate of Picayune Memorial High School.