Los Angeles Marines

US Marine and Cookie, IED dog by AN HONORABLE GERMAN on Flickr.

Marines hike 14 1/2 miles training for deployment by United States Marine Corps Official Page on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Pfc. Kevin Herron, 19, a scout grenadier for Company A, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, suppresses the enemy for Republic of Korea Marines as they storm into a building at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, ROK, March 8. ROK and U.S. Marines cleared a Mobile Operations in Urban Terrain complex as a part of Operation Foal Eagle. Foal Eagle is an annual bilateral training exercise focused on flexing the Marine Corps combined arms and strengthening international bonds. (U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. GP Ingersoll)

We are thrilled to see more and more organizations, foundations, and museums jumping into digital media, and executing their outreach thoughtfully. This effort, in particular, stands out as a home run. Hopefully this is just the beginning for a field that desperately needs to create points of connections with new generations!

‘Secret Santa’ storms through Sandy-battered New York handing $100 bills to strangers A wealthy Missouri man posing as “Secret Santa” stunned New Yorkers, handing $100 bills to many in Staten Island who had lost everything to Superstorm Sandy. The Kansas City businessman is giving away $100,000 this holiday season, and spent the day in New Jersey and New York giving away thousands. But he says money is not the issue. “The money is not the point at all,” said the anonymous benefactor on Thursday as he walked up to surprised Staten Island residents and thrust crisp bills into their hands. “It’s about the random acts of kindness. I’m just setting an example, and if 10 per cent of the people who see me emulate what I’m doing, anybody can be a Secret Santa!” (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Suicide Rations: March 1945. “Tuskegee Airmen series. ‘Escape kits’ (cyanide) being distributed to fighter pilots at air base in Ramitelli, Italy.” Theodore G. Lumpkin Jr., seated, with (L-R): Joseph L. “Joe” Chineworth, Memphis, Class 44-E; Robert C. Robinson, Asheville, Class 44-G; Driskell B. Ponder, Chicago, 43-I; Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, Iowa, 44-E. Gelatin silver print by Toni Frissell.