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Oct

2012

Kilo Company completes mechanized raid training exercise

Cpl. Michael S. Lockett, CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.

Marines and sailors with Company K, with Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the first phase of its training to become certified at performing a mechanized raid Oct. 19, 2012. Under the eyes of Special Operations Training Group instructors and evaluators from the II Marine Expeditionary Force, the company’s Marines




19

Oct

2012

Weapons Company flies with Fighting Griffons

Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels, CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th MEU, conducted a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Oct. 17.“Our simulated TRAP mission was to recover a downed




19

Oct

2012

11th MEU trains in gas chamber

Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.

Many Marines may remember their first trip to the gas chamber back during recruit training. The chamber itself invokes memories of burning eyes, runny noses and an unforgettable sense of fear that every recruit felt when faced with a task that they were unfamiliar with. Approximately 60 Marines and sailors from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit




19

Oct

2012

Marine rotation finishes tour in Eastern Europe, resets for next year

Staff Sgt. Nate Hauser, NEW ORLEANS

The 350 Marines and sailors of BSRF 12 returned home Aug. 22, following a deployment that took them from the snow-capped mountains of Georgia to the picturesque Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania.




19

Oct

2012

Del Mar gate to close for construction

Lance Cpl. Trevon S. Peracca, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.

The Del Mar gate is scheduled to remain closed Saturday, Oct. 20, due to construction. The gate will reopen at regular operating hours Sunday, Oct. 21, at 6:00 a.m. Officials ask that motorists use the Main Gate as an alternate route until the gate reopens.




19

Oct

2012

Power plant to test sirens

Lance Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz, Camp Pendleton

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station community alert siren system will be tested Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon.During this annual test, sirens will be heard in San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, State Parks, Camp Pendleton and the unincorporated areas of Orange County. All sirens will be sounded several times for approximately three




19

Oct

2012

Obama Nominates Rodriguez as Next Africa Command Chief

Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service, WASHINGTON

President Obama has nominated Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez to succeed Army Gen. Carter F. Ham as the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.U.S. Africa Command is the newest combatant command, and its headquarters is in Stuttgart, Germany. The command encompasses all of Africa and its adjacent waters




19

Oct

2012

MCSC informs Pentagon leadership about Expeditionary Energy

Wayne Briggs, PENTAGON, ARLINGTON, Va.

Major Jesse Hardin, Marine Corps Systems Command's (MCSC) Energy Systems Branch Head, talks with a visitor at MCSC's Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy display in the Pentagon Courtyard during the Pentagon Energy Security Event in early October.




19

Oct

2012

Alleged Assault Results in Curfew for U.S. Forces in Japan

American Forces Press Service, WASHINGTON

An alleged assault of a female Japanese citizen in Okinawa by two U.S. service members Oct. 16 has drawn an apology from the commander of U.S. forces in Japan and imposition of a curfew throughout the country."I want to personally apologize for the grief and trauma the victim has endured and the anger it has caused among people in Okinawa," Air




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Oct

2012

DOD Teams Up With Financial Bureau to Address Student Loan Problems

Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service, WASHINGTON

The Defense Department will work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ensure the financial health of service members and their families, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.Panetta and Holly Petraeus, the bureau's assistant director for service members' concerns, spoke specifically about the financial burden of student





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