March 11, 2005 — Pfc. Noah Ramos was smack-dab in the middle of boot camp when they told him his younger brother died in a crash. Lance Cpl. Hector Ramos was one of 31 service members killed in a helicopter crash Jan. 26 in Iraq. Noah, a 21-year-old recruit in his second phase of training with Company K, was laying in a prone firing position on the rifle range MORE
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March 04, 2005 — Two former poolees now Marines from Recruiting Sub-station Louisville North graduated boot camp March 4 with a little extra weight on their sleeves. Neither one had any referrals. They received their promotion the hard way. Pfcs. Donald Shaw and Damon Starks, both 2004 graduates of Central High School started boot camp together on the buddy MORE
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March 04, 2005 — Training men into America's most elite fighting force in seven 13-week cycles, Staff Sgt. Brian D. Bland, 26, made quite an impression on Company I drill instructors before he returned to the infantry. Today, those DIs lament his loss. A mortarman with Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Bland, MORE
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