US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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i : i SERGEANT MAJOR GARY BUCK Depot Sergeant Major, Eastern Recruiting Region Sergeant Major Buck enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1985 and entered the Delayed Entry Program. He attended recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, 8.0, in March of 1986 and was assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. After completing recruit training he attended Infantry Training School at Camp Geiger, N.C., where he was assigned the MOS of 0341. Upon completing training as a mortarman he was meritoriously promoted to private first class and received orders to Marine Barracks Guam, Mariana Islands for security force duty where he served from June 1986 until May of 1988. Then Lance Corporal Buck was transferred to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division where he served as a fire team leader and squad leader from May 1988 until January 1989. Then Corporal Buck was reassigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division where he served as a squad leader aggoplatoon sergeant from January 1989 until June Upon reenlisting then Sergeant Buck was transferred to Fleet Anti-Terrorist Security Team tFASTt Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion in Norfolk, VA. The billets he was assigned to during his tour were section leader, platoon guide, rifle platoon sergeant, and rifle platoon commander. While assigned to FAST Company he participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, and Operation Safe Return in Haiti. Upon completion of his tour in August of 1993 Staff Sergeant Buck received orders to Drill :nlstrlactngSchool, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris s an , . . After graduation he was assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment where he served as drill instructor, senior drill instructor and series gunnery sergeant until May of 1996. Upon completion of drill instructor dut he was reassigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. The billets he held during his tour were Rifle Platoon Sergeant, Weapons Platoon Sergeant, Rifle Platoon Commander, Assistant Operations Chief, and Company Gunnery Sergeant. While assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment he participated in Operations Guardian Retrieval and Noble Obelisk, and conducted noncombatant evacuation operations in Kinshasa, Zaire, Freetown and Sierra Leone. Duringhis tour of duty he was egomoted to the rank of unnery Sergeant on Dec. 1, 98. Upon completion of his duties at 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment Gunnery Sergeant Buck was assigned to the Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Camp Geiger, N.C., from January of 2000 until May of 2002 where he served as a faculty advisor and chief faculty advisor of the Advanced Course. In May of 2002 he was promoted to First Sergeant and transferred to Charlie Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. During this tour he participated in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Iraqi Freedom 22 In June of 2005 he was promoted to his current rank and transferred to Recruiting Station Harrisburg to serve as the recruiting station sergeant major. In April of 2008 Sergeant Major Buck transferred to Headquarters, First Marine Corps District and assumed the duties as the district sergeant major. In July of 2010 Sergeant Major Buck transferred to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC. where he assumed his current position as the Sergeant Major of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Islandl Eastern Recruiting Region. Sergeant Major Buckts personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars in lieu of third award, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with gold stars in lieu of fifth award, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with gold star in lieu of second award, and CombatAction Ribbon.

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mt Inivnmir z , , , wad I II N BRIGADIER GENEaRAI. LORI REYNOLDS Commanding General, Eastern Recruiting Region Brigadier General Lori Reynolds was commissioned in the Marine Corps in May 1986 after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation from The Basic School in 1987, she attended the Basic Communication Officers Course at Quantico, VA, and was assigned the 2502 M08. Her first duty assignment was with Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA. Serving initially as communications watch officer at the Base Communication Center, she later returned to the Division Communications Company where she served from May 1988 until August 1990 as Communication Center Platoon Commander, Multichannel Platoon Commander, Operations Officer and Radio Officer. In August 1990, she was reassigned to Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and was the Detachment Alpha Executive Officer and Commanding Officer. From September 1991 until June 1994, she was a Project Officer at the Marine Corps Systems Command, working primarily on item management, procurement, and research and development for Marine Corps Communications Security ICOMSECI systems. She attended the Command and Control Systems Course, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Va, from July 1994 to May 1995 and served as a Candidate Platoon Commander for Charlie Company, Officer Candidate School in Quantico following graduation. In September 1995, she returned to Camp Pendleton to serve with the Ninth Communication Battalion, 1st Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group. While there, she served as Assistant Operations Officer and Commanding Officer, Bravo Company. From June 1997 to June 2000, she commanded Recruiting Station Harrisburg, PA, 4th Marine Corps District. She attended the Naval War College from August 2000 until June 2001, and from June 2001 to May 2003, was assigned as Action Officer and Deputy Division Head for Strategic Plans Division, Command, Control, Communications and Computers IC4I Department, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington DC. She assumed command of Ninth Communication Battalion, I MEF on 8 June 2003 and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II in Fallujah, Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005. She was selected to attend the Army War College in Carlisle Pennsylvania and graduated with the Class of 2006. From 2006 to 2008 she was assigned to the Joint Staff, J6 in Washington DC. She served as a Desk Officer in Current Operations Division and as a Division Chief. In March 2009, she assumed command of the I MEF Headquarters Group at Camp Pendleton, CA. She deployed the Group to Camp Leatherneck Afghanistan from March 2010 to March 2011, where the group supported the efforts of I MEF FWDlRegional Command Southwest in Helmand Province.

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,4 : I u I :5, I A l ,1. :I H! III a. 'II II :1 .- 1H COLONEL ROBERT W. JONES Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Regiment Colonel Jones graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and attended The Basic School and the Infantry Officers Course. In April of 1990, he was assigned to 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Division as a rifle platoon commander, He deployed with Battalion Landing Team 218, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and participated in Operation Desert Shield and Provide Comfort. He was then assigned as the Heavy Machinegun Platoon Commander and deployed with the Battalion to Okinawa and Korea. In January of 1993, he transferred to The Basic School and served as a Tactics Instructor and then as a Staff Platoon Commander for two lieutenant training companies. In 1997, he attended the Amphibious Warfare School, and upon graduation assumed command of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. His battalion was assigned as the Battalion Landing Team for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and deployed to the Persian Gulf and Pacific Command area of responsibility. Following this deployment, he was assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer, and subsequently, the Operations Officer for 1st Marine Regiment. During this tour he completed the non-resident Command and Staff College curriculum. In June of 2000, he transferred to the staff of the Commander, Sixth Fleet, Gaeta, Italy as the Expeditionary Operations and Exercise Officer. In 2002, he was selected to attend the School of Advanced Warfighting. Upon graduation, he transferred to MAGTF Staff Training Program serving as the Ground Combat Element Section Head and the head of the MAGTF Branch. He augmented the 1st Marine Division staff during Operation Iraqi Freedom II at Camp Blue Diamond, Ramadi, Iraq from February to June of 2004. Colonel Jones took command of 3d Recruit Training Battalion in July of 2006, and relinquished command in June of 2008. He was subsequently assigned as a student at the National War College and graduated with a MS in National Security Strategy. In June of 2009, Colonel Jones assumed duties as the Assistant for Land Domains in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Homeland Defense and Americas, Security Affairs. Colonel Jones' personal awards include: Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Gold Star.