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Updated: 35 weeks 4 days ago
Love in War
When you’ve practically lost yourself to a wartime attack, been set on fire, clawed yourself free of wreckage without all your limbs intact, your face, arms, legs, even your eyelids are burned away, and you have no idea how you lived through all thi
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USO, Sesame Street show tour teaches kids how to handle military moves
Not even a rainstorm and unexpected power outage could stop the Sesame Street / USO Experience for Military Families tour from bringing their message of hope and friendship to Combat Center kids Wednesday and Aug. 23, 2012.
The free-of-charge sh
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Following the scent: Explosive detector dog, handler protect Marines
Riding in an armored truck over Afghanistan’s rutted dirt roads is scarcely a smooth or comfortable experience.
Each bump is felt as leaf springs groan and creak under the weight of the mine resistant, ambush-protected vehicle. The air conditione
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U.S. Marines conduct live-fire training aboard USS Iwo Jima
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted a multiple target, live-fire training on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima, Aug 19, 2012.
Marines are constantly training whether on l
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Mentorship key to Marine’s success
He plays a cat and mouse game with explosives for a living, but accepting credit for his achievements makes him shift uneasily in his seat.
Staff Sgt. Christopher P. Lukas, an explosive ordnance disposal team leader with 2nd EOD Company, 2nd Mari
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MALS 39 makes a difference
Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39 volunteer to assist with a cultivation project near Camp Pendleton’s Wire Mountain Housing area, Aug. 22.
The goal was for MALS 39 to assemble a team of volunteers to target certain areas on ba
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Marines take to the water for once-in-a-decade training
The Marine Corps is no stranger to making history, and the Marines and sailors of Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion have made their mark in their unit’s lineage, with a once-in-a-decade training exercise.
Bridge Company worked with c
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1st Marine Division returns home from Afghanistan
Hours before sunrise, Amanda Saul waited at the barracks for her husband to return from Afghanistan. She had been awake for four days with excitement-- the deployment was ending early.
Amanda, a 22-year-old native of Grand Junction, Colo., moved
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The fastest way to be safe: Autocross returns to Cherry Point
The Cherry Point autocross began with an inconvenient delay due to rain and lightning strikes within five miles. After 45 minutes of waiting, the rain and lightning cleared, letting the racers commence to skidding their cars along the wet windy trac
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“Sailor of the Sands” provides care in Afghanistan
With a deep-rooted family history of service in the Navy, Hospitalman Zachary D. Greenberg chose to continue to follow that tradition.
The 21-year-old from Woodenville, Wash., made his decision to join a year ago.
My brother was in Afghanistan
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Amphibious assault reflects US Marine Corps roots, unity among partners
An amphibious assault defines Marines worldwide. The transition from sea to land; the explosions of sand as Marines aggressively force their way to the objective; imposing fear into the enemy; fearless in their actions. In this same way, Marines cap
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Football returns! Samurai share M.C. Perryfield, Japanese team comes aboard station
For the first time since 2004, the Matthew C. Perry High School Samurai football team suited up in pads, jerseys and helmets. American football, a long-missed sport aboard the station has finally made its return.
With only six days of practice u
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Marine Light Attack Hellicopter Squadron 269 transition to new helicopter
Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 gained proficiency in the new UH-1Y “Venom” Hueys by practicing flying and landing in confined areas aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Aug. 9.
The UH-1Y is the newest model of the Huey
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Corporals Leadership Course: Setting the Standard Week 1: History, Tradition
At 23, serving as a squad leader during a fight against enemy forces in Iraq 2004, Cpl. Jason Dunham led his squad into an engagement, then stopped to search seven Iraqi vehicles attempting to depart the area. As Dunham walked toward the vehicles, a
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U.S. Marines show off amphibious expertise in Djibouti
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted an amphibious training raid at Arta Beach in Djibouti Aug. 15.
The raid, executed by Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, was similar to several such r
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First Time, First Firefight – Marine stays focused during combat
It’s a moment of truth for many Marines – the first time they are in combat and their training is put to the test.
When his squad took enemy contact during a recent patrol through Trek Nawa, Pfc. Timothy Workman found his moment.
“I could hea
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Defense Department, ‘America’s Battalion’ Marines conduct non-lethal weapons training
Though Lance Cpl. Tory Martin couldn’t understand the shouts of the role-player, he could tell the man was agitated.
Crouched behind a tree stump, the rifleman kept his weapon pointed on the man slinging rocks in his direction. As the assailant p
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U.S., Spanish Marines Wrap-Up Training Exercise
U.S. and Spanish Marines assigned to Naval Station Rota, Spain concluded a combined 10-day training exercise, here Tuesday.
Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST) Company Europe and Spanish Marines from Tercio del Sur, Brigada d
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Marine Barracks Washington hosts 2012 BGSOC parade honoring Corps’ newest general officers
Eight brigadier generals and brigadier general-selects, and six general officer-equivalent civilians were honored here during a ceremony commencing the 2012 Brigadier General Select Orientation Course Aug. 20.
BGSOC is a week-long course held in
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‘Seps, Taps’ makeover
The Marine Corps is making sure its members are more ready than ever to transition from the military into a civilian life with a revamped version of its former transition assistance program.
The Transition Readiness Seminar is a three-part progr
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