March 25, 2010 — “Opha Mae Johnson, 1918, ma’am,” is the response taught to all female recruits going through Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., to the question, “First female Marine?”Johnson may have been the first female Marine, but she went through a very different Corps in 1918.In the heat of World War I, women were first allowed to serve in the MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, completed the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course March 12 at the III MEF Medical Simulations Training Facility here.The course refreshes corpsmen’s combat medical support skills in a simulated combat situation. Though corpsmen’s main objective is MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Marines participating in Exercise Key Resolve 2010 on Camp Mujuk visited the Republic of Korea Marine Corps Museum to see the history that formed the ROK Marine Corps into what it is today.U.S. Marines were ushered into a movie theater at the beginning of the tour and shown a video describing how ROK Marines operate their basic training, conduct MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. troops paid their respects to the World War II fallen warriors of Cabanatuan prison camp during a wreath laying ceremony March 18 at Cabanatuan POW Camp Memorial.The memorial, 85 miles north of Manila, was built at the site of the Japanese prison camp in which an estimated 3,000 died from executions, MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Engineer units from all over Okinawa went head to head during the St. Patty’s Engineer Field Meet hosted by 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, at the parade field on Camp Hansen March 17.The event brought together five engineer units, including the Air Force unit Detachment 1, 554th Red Horse MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Marines participating in Exercise Key Resolve 2010 woke up to heavy snowfall at Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea March 9.Overnight, the camp received more than six inches of powder that continued into the morning.But the Marines from sub-tropical Okinawa, Japan, had prepared themselves for the weather and took action.The Marines immediately put on MORE
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March 25, 2010 — It is not often people are presented with opportunities to connect deeply with their roots.Sgt. Matthew R. Biggs, a data analyst with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, had such a chance to connect with the grandfather he never met.Biggs was in the Philippines wih Balikatan 2010, an annual MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Marines put on their game faces March 13 at the Camp Foster Field House as they prepared to hit the hoops to prove who was best on the court. The Marines of 3rd Maintenance Battalion are taking the battle to the basketball court as part of a battalion-wide, double-elimination tournament to raise awareness about Marine Corps Community Services MORE
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March 25, 2010 — Balikatan 2010 ended with a closing ceremony at the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Commissioned Officers’ Club on Camp Aguinaldo March 19. Balikatan 2010 is an annual bilateral training exercise designed to increase interoperability between the AFP and U.S. military and the two nations’ ability to operate together fluidly when responding to MORE
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March 18, 2010 — Among the hustle and bustle of Exercise Key Resolve 2010, a Korean-American Marine helps interpret between the people from his homeland and the land he grew up in. Cpl. Haesaul "Jay" Yoon, data networking specialist, Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, now deployed as an interpreter. "Yoon has MORE
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