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Sailors assist in saving Japanese contractor’s life

Story by Pfc. Kasey Peacock | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 12.19.2012

It was an unusual return flight from Iwo To on Dec. 19 for Marines and sailors with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, as the routine trip home became a medical evacuation for a Japanese contractor who suffered a heart... Read More

Corpsmen learn to save lives

Story by Lance Cpl. Mel Johnson | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 12.13.2012

Cries for help echoed through the warehouse as the corpsmen moved from one casualty to the next as quickly as they could. “Hurry up doc, you got people dying over here,” shouted an instructor as the corpsman... Read More

Silver Star recipient selected as new FMTB-West instructor

Story by Cpl. Joshua Young | I Marine Expeditionary Force | Date: 12.06.2012

Silver Star recipient Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick B. Quill, with U.S. Marine Forces, Special Operations Command, will take on a new assignment with Field Medical Training Battalion West at Camp Pendleton,... Read More

MCCS awards FMTB-West volunteers

Story by Cpl. Joshua Young | I Marine Expeditionary Force | Date: 11.30.2012

Marine Corps Community Services awarded Field Medical Training Battalion West for outstanding volunteer service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 30. Marine Corps Community Services selected Petty Officer 1st... Read More

Doc Bradley corpsman school; where blue become green

Story by Pfc. Joshua Grant | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune | Date: 11.15.2012

Six men hoisted the American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, but contrary to popular belief, not all were Marines. John Bradley, a Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, was one of the heroic men that day, and... Read More