I joined the Marine Corps because junior college didn’t take. A semester and a half of C-minus ambition told me I needed something louder, something sharper. My first duty station was Cornwall, England—a Royal Air Force base with nuclear weapons and barely enough Americans to form a football team. Apparently, a below-average GPA was all […]
Mark Jones
Mark Jones is a former U.S. Marine and former deputy chief of police, with a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Southern California. His writing and speeches examine grief, accountability, and the moral residue of service.
