Drew F. Lawrence

Drew F. Lawrence is a reporter for Military.com, specializing in covering the Marine Corps while hosting, writing and producing the publication's flagship podcast, Fire Watch. An Army veteran who served as a cavalry officer, he joined Military.com from a Military Veterans in Journalism (MVJ) fellowship at CNN, where he covered defense stories.

Drew won MVJ’s Top 10 Veterans in Journalism award in 2022 and -- along with a team of Military.com reporters -- received the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation award for distinguished reporting on national defense.

He is a graduate of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, where he studied journalism. He hails from Massachusetts and is a proud New England sports fan.

Email: Drew.Lawrence@Military.com

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New contracted barracks managers across Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune attend a training session on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

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Traffic drives past the entrance sign of Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va.

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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

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Squad live fire exercise at Schofield Barracks

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Pete Hegseth shakes hands with Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance

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A U.S. airman assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio, wears a voting sticker on Election Day 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes)

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U.S. Marine recruits stand in line to do pullups

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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Charles Del Pizzo III

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Ttransmission lines from the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona

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Jordan Duncan, 29, and formerly assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was the final member of a five-man group sentenced...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Charlie H. Clawson

Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart

Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in...

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