It appeared like an ordinary ending to an ordinary mission Sept. 11 as the commanding officer and executive officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, brought their UC-35D Cessna Citation Encore to a stop on...
Lt. Col. Roger Standfield’s order evolved into a training event that took MWCS-18 Marines and sailors out of their comfort zone and into the field for a scheduled five-day training regimen called Warrior Week. The training evolution included live-fi...
During the SMEE, 40 Nepal Army military policemen engaged with four Marine Corps Base Camp Butler military police Marines and investigators with the Criminal Investigative Division. Simultaneously, 35 commanders from various units throughout Nepal a...
The occasion presented itself during a day off from the subject matter expert exchange between the Nepal Army and U.S. Marine Corps.
Three military police Marines from the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Pro...
The Navy Cross will be awarded to Sgt. Raphael Peralta posthumously for valor during combat operations conducted November 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq, the Secretary of the Navy announced Sept. 17.
Peralta, 25, based o...
Marines and sailors of Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, have been returning to the Combat Center from Iraq all this week.
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The Combat Center’s American Red Cross Chapter helps keep service members informed when they are stationed away from home in the event of a birth, death or a serious or critical illness in their immediate family.
On the morning of Aug. 27 the Temecula Valley Young Marines of Temecula, Calif., braved early morning hours and cool temperatures at the Combat Center’s Unit Marshaling Area to show their support for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine ...
The Lifestyle Insights Networking Knowledge Skills program, normally offered to families of Marines, is now offered to Marines to learn about how their career, deployments and changes affect not only them but their families.
L.I.N.K.S. is...
One of the leading causes of death for service members in Operation Iraqi freedom has been vehicle roll-overs, and new simulators at the Combat Center are being put to work to give drivers more practice without putting them in harm’s way.
In remembrance of the events of the Sept. 11, 2001, the Quantico Marine Corps Band participated in the New York Police Department Pipes and Drums Memorial Concert as well as with several other events in New York City Sept. during a three-day period ...
When two Marines were traveling home from Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 2, they saw a woman jump a curb, hit a pole and flip her vehicle. Doing what anyone would expect of a pair of Mari...
Second Marine Logistics Group hosted the first annual Motorcycle Club Beach Bash, here, Sept. 19, to provide information on motorcycle safety and to help promote responsible riding.
The event was organized by the 2nd MLG’s safet...
The Marine Corps amplified its tattoo policy Sept. 4 by excluding Marines with sleeve tattoos from recruiting and Marine Security Guard duty.
This change comes a year and a half after Marine Administrative Message 198⁄07 announced that all Mari...
As the Marine Corps’ only forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), the Marines and sailors of the 31st MEU concluded MEU Exercise (MEUEX) 08-2 with plenty of success and lessons learned, Sept. 11....
The Marines of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 assumed control of an area of operations previously held by 3rd Bn., 4th Marines and will continue to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.
With their scheduled deployment to Iraq drawing near, the Marines of II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) recently took advantage of sage advice and guidance from two Marine general officers recently returned from the Middle East.
“We ...
Corpsmen from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 performed a mass-casualty exercise Sept. 15 at Camp Hit, Iraq.
The training exercise put Marines and corpsmen through real-life sce...
The last group of more than 700 Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, returned home, Sept. 15, after a combat deployment to Iraq.
The dictionary defines competition as the act of striving for an objective, but for one Marine here competition envelops every aspect of life.
Local Afghans recently flocked to a renovated boys’ school here seeking help for a variety of ailments.
Providing care to more than 180 patients, Marines and sailors assigned to Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine D...
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 performed an aerial delivery operation in support of Mojave Viper, a month-long pre-deployment training evolution, here Sept 15.
VMGR-234, a reserve Marine KC-130 squadron based out of Nav...
“Communications Company, this is base, over.”
“Roger ba...
HADITHA, Iraq – Marines from the Haditha Dam Forward Logistics Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 1st Marine Logistics Group delivered a Mobile Post Exchange to the Marines and Sailors of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Divisio...
AT-TAQADDUM, Iraq – 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 22nd Naval Construction Regiment, received control of its area of operations from 7th ESB during a transfer of authority ceremony here Sept. 15.
“7th ESB did a great job while they were...
Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment arrived here during the second week of September to conduct missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The USS San Antonio ported at Naples, Italy, for a little rest and relaxation after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, but for some of the Marines and Sailors aboard, their time in Italy was not all spent in the scenic streets, cafes and shops during t...
The sound of thunder echoed through the desert as mortars impacted the ground here Sept. 14.
Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, engaged in a mortar s...
Marines with Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5 are accustomed to performing their non-infantry jobs well, but sometimes the needs of the Marine Corps require them to get back to the basic rifleman mindset.
Seven Marines have become the foundation of vehicle maintenance for a battalion and other units in western al-Anbar province.
The seven mechanics with Motor Transportation Platoon, Headquarters and...
In March 2007, Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, stated in an all Marine message that he was concerned about the appearance on the M...
The depot School Liaison office hosted an information fair and presentation titled Fall in 2 Success at the recreation center August 28.
Effective at midnight, Nov. 29, Bank of America charge cards will no longer be the card used for the Travel Card program. CitiBank will be the financial institution handling the program.
The program inc...
When families and friends come to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to witness America’s newest Marines graduate on the parade deck, they will find that there is more to the depot than meets the eye.
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Marines, drop your packs and double time to the Lifelong Learning Center at Building 111 here—you have only two days left to cash in your tuition assistance for fiscal year 2008.
Since he was a young child, Recruit Michael Gams was fascinated with flight and dreamed of becoming a pilot.
“He really loved airplanes and space shuttl...
The Marines of Company A have been through 12 rigorous weeks of recruit training to earn the title of Marine. During their final week at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, they began their transition into the M...
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit grew in numbers and capabilities Friday as the Aviation Combat Element, Ground Combat Element and Logistics Combat Element were officially attached to the unit. Marines and sailors celebrated the day with an imm...
Beginning the first Friday of October, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines are scheduled to participate in a five-day combat fitness test readiness program.
Mandated by the training section for Headquarters...
Coalition forces continue to scour the desert to assist the Iraqi Security Forces in making Iraq safe.
Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, are searching for groups or individua...
The names of all 184 victims who perished at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, were read aloud yesterday during the official Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony.
The memorial, on a two-acre plot with dozens of ...
The counterintelligence and human intelligence military occupational specialty has opened to female Marines.
The MOS was formerly closed to females because CI/HUMINT specialists were embedded directly with combat units, but chan...
Approximately one hundred Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Combat Logistics Battalion 7 reunited with friends and family at the Combat Center’s Victory Field Sept. 5 after a seven-month deployment to Iraq.
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For those in search of Marines who like to let loose and have a good time, look no further than the Combat Center Band, which offers a more casual form of musical entertainment in its Party Band Ensemble.
Warrant Officer 2 Stephen B. Giov...
The cool mountain air and local community of Estes Park, Colo., played host to the Combat Center Band Sept. 4 through Sunday for the town’s annual Long’s Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival.
Fans braved chilly nights, with the help ...
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 officially became the newest unit in the Marine Corps Friday during an activation ceremony at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field.
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Col. James B. Seaton III, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Commanding Officer, along with hundreds of residents and supporters from around the Simi Valley community, gathered to honor the men, women and children who lost their lives; the he...
The Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, "Coyotes", flew into history after almost 20 years in service that included three deployments in support of combat operations, multiple Joint Task Force missions and training suppor...
The generation gap separating some of the residents of the Fairwinds–Ivey Ranch retirement community and some of Camp Pendleton’s younger Marines was brought closer after sharing memories over dinner, Aug. 27.
Ten Marin...
During a time when service members and their families continue to make sacrifices in the Global War on Terrorism, they must also have a watchful eye on a different enemy.
E-mail scams, telephone scams, identity theft an...
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