{"id":56362,"date":"2023-02-27T22:07:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/27\/58-marines-reenlist-early-on-iwo-jima-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:12:42","slug":"58-marines-reenlist-early-on-iwo-jima-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/58-marines-reenlist-early-on-iwo-jima-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"58 Marines reenlist early, on Iwo Jima anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARLINGTON, Virginia \u2014 Sgt. Daisy Swiney, 21, said she enlisted in the Marine Corps to give herself a better future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kennesaw, Georgia, native worked hard in her role as a food service specialist, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst one in, last one out, just staying focused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now she\u2019s the legal chief and national color bearer \u2014 tasked with carrying the American flag and calling commands for the color guard \u2014 for Combat Logistics Regiment 27, part of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/home\/2023\/02\/14\/being-a-marine-is-enough-of-a-bonus-no-2-marine-corps-general-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Eric-Smith-DN-Conf-22-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Being a Marine is enough of a bonus, No. 2 Marine Corps general says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;Your bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on Thursday, she reenlisted, in a ceremony that was unusual for a few reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For starters, it took place 78 years after the raising of the flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, below the sculpture in Arlington that immortalized that moment in bronze. Gen. Eric Smith, the assistant Marine commandant, led the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiney was one of 58 Marines from 2nd Marine Logistics Group to reenlist, according to Marine spokeswoman 1st Lt. Nicole McDougall. And all of them were reenlisting early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re young,\u201d Smith told the rows of Marines assembled at the foot of the Marine Corps War Memorial. \u201cYou could have done anything, but you decided to be a Marine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assistant commandant highlighted the bonuses the Marines were getting for reenlisting, though he stressed, \u201cIt\u2019s not about the money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/home\/2023\/02\/14\/being-a-marine-is-enough-of-a-bonus-no-2-marine-corps-general-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">said at a conference earlier i<\/a>n February, in the context of enlistment bonuses, \u201cYour bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine\u201d \u2014 which didn\u2019t go over well with many Marines who posted on social media about their own frustrations with pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith has since emphasized that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/02\/16\/do-recruits-need-bonuses-no-2-marine-expands-on-viral-remark\/\">he wants people who already are Marines to get bonuses<\/a>, but he thinks recruits need to earn the title of Marine first. He reiterated that distinction at the reenlistment ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the assistant commandant\u2019s top priorities has been the Corps\u2019 personnel overhaul, known as Talent Management 2030. A main goal of the overhaul is to boost retention, in part by making the reenlistment process easier and more attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early reenlistment program lets Marines who are a few years into their first contracts sign up now (and receive reenlistment bonuses now) for four more years of service, plus the remaining time in their first contracts. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/Messages\/Messages-Display\/Article\/3218350\/fiscal-year-2024-early-reenlistment-authority-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">qualify for t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/Messages\/Messages-Display\/Article\/3218350\/fiscal-year-2024-early-reenlistment-authority-program\/\">he program<\/a>, Marines need positive recommendations from their commanding officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith told Marine Corps Times after the ceremony that it was the first time he had reenlisted that many Marines at once, and the first time he had reenlisted Marines through the early reenlistment program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before leading the Marines through the oath of enlistment, Smith instructed them to raise their right hands at 90-degree angles and shout their responses loudly enough to be heard in the apartment buildings nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, the dozens of reenlisted Marines and the general formed a huddle by the base of the monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me, that was fun,\u201d Smith told Marine Corps Times about the ceremony. \u201cI\u2019m fired up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The temperature was in the high 70s \u2014 unusually balmy for February in northern Virginia. Though 2nd Marine Logistics Group is part of II Marine Expeditionary Force and headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the reenlisting Marines were in the area for a three-day educational field trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiney told Marine Corps Times that she is planning to reenlist again once her next enlistment is up, but she is taking it day by day. Before then, in July 2024, Swiney will report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/02\/24\/marines-scramble-to-recruit-female-drill-instructors-after-covid-slump\/\">to drill instructor school<\/a>, something she has wanted to do for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s just something about being a Marine, but making them \u2014 that\u2019s just a whole nother level,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She first considered enlisting when, as a ninth grader in junior ROTC, she had a naval science instructor who is a retired Marine first sergeant. 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