September 30, 2010 — The CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter has been part of the Marine Corps’ air arsenal since 1964, when it was first introduced to meet the Corps’ medium-lift requirements. The CH-46, or Phrog, has served in all of the Corps’ combat and peacetime environments since the helicopter’s inception and continues to serve to this day. One explanation of how it MORE
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September 30, 2010 — Kadena Air Base recently released that all active-duty service members, family members, Master Labor Contractors, Indirect Hire Employees, local national contractors and retirees are required to register with the Defense Biometric Identification System in order to access the air base. Personnel attempting to access the air base can expect their MORE
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September 30, 2010 — Marines and sailors of 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, trained with M67 fragmentation grenades at Range 3 here, Sept. 27.For many of the sailors this was their first experience throwing grenades, and for the Marines, their first time since Marine Combat Training.“I MORE
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September 30, 2010 — Marines here were invited to participate with Uruma City’s Kawasaki Senior Community Group, police chief and Drive Safe Association chairman to hand out safety charms to motorists on the streets of Uruma as part of the 2010 Okinawa Drive Safe Campaign, Sept. 24.The purpose of the event was to promote driver safety in Uruma City, said Ichiro MORE
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September 30, 2010 — The match began when the announcer came across the speaker system in the arena and energetically introduced the first contestant. The crowd grows wild with cheers and high pitch whistles. They prepare for the beastly mammal to barge through the entrance with his trainer, also known as a “seko,” towards the center of the ring where they position MORE
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September 30, 2010 — In the spirit of friendship and a shared appreciation of music, an audience of more than 250 local community members, service members, civilians and their families turned out for the 15th Annual Combined Band Concert at the Okinawa Convention Center, Ginowan City, Okinawa, Sept. 18.The III Marine Expeditionary Force Band partnered with the 15th MORE
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September 23, 2010 — Corpsmen and Marines from the 3rd Medical Battalion participated in joint casualty evacuation training with combat medics from the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Sept. 13.Landing support specialists from Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, assisted in MORE
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September 23, 2010 — The Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Range Detachment has recently upgraded its equipment and capabilities available to Marines.John Peters, range safety specialist with range control here, says the detachment now offers an upgraded information kiosk that maintains information about the range."We're about much more than just weapon qualifications," MORE
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September 23, 2010 — "Rack the bolt back to the rear and let it slingshot home," yelled Sgt. Jason Maulsby, an artillery technician, with more than 40 Marines from Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, who recently conducted live-fire training with crew-served weapons during the Artillery MORE
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September 23, 2010 — Marines from 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and soldiers from the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, trained together during urban breaching and operations training and a demolition range, Sept. 16-19 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Republic of Korea.The training was broken MORE
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