Archive for November, 2011
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Killing Time (Fighting Through the Wringer)
This is the third installment in a series on U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. After laboring through training in the [Read more...]
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Setting Up a Marine Corps Blog
Setting Up a Marine Corps Blog
If your unit, organization or command decides to establish a blog, you may be eligible to set up a blog
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Vietnam-era holiday message rings true today
We were nearing our first wedding anniversary and were the proud parents of a newborn daughter. Stationed with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N.C., we could not go home for Thanksgiving. At first we [Read more...]
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Download Marines Magazine for iPad
Download the latest issue of MARINES for the iPad From the Editor I AM LEGEND Future heroes are born every day. Many of them will go unnoticed; many of their stories of sacrifice and bravery will [Read more...]
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Marine Father, Son-in-Law Return Simultaneously from Deployment
KANEOHE, Hawaii – Staff Sgt. Eric Smack and 1st Sgt. Shay Henry have a lot in common. They share a birthday, a family, a seven-month Afghanistan deployment — and a plane ride back to Marine [Read more...]
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My Marine Corps Birthday Ball with Justin Timberlake
Words can’t even describe the feelings I have after attending the Marine Corps Ball in Richmond this past weekend. I am so thankful to Justin Timberlake for accompanying me to the Ball and for his [Read more...]
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Marines strengthen Aussie alliance
Marines have been known for their prowess on land, air and sea, but now Marines are going ‘down under’. President Barack Obama announced that the United States would begin deploying Marines to Australia in 2012. [Read more...]
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Why Do We Celebrate Today?
It’s likely been happening all day that some of my friends on Facebook have looked at my page and become confused. It’s not his birthday, is it? Dario’s born in December right? Christmas isn’t it? [Read more...]
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From Alaska to Afghanistan
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – One Marine’s decision to enlist took him from an icy landscape above the Arctic Circle to the dust-covered deserts of Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Lawrence Jones, a native of Noatak, Alaska, is [Read more...]