Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

Staff Sgt. Michel Leandre Jr., a Haitian American U.S. Marine with Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command is about to be promoted to Gunnery Sgt. by Col. Daniel Stoltz, the commander Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command. The United States and other international military and civilian aid agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area on Jan. 12, 2010.