January 31, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - The First Lady of the Marine Corps, Bonnie Amos, met with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar spouses during an after-action review of her visit to Afghanistan. Over shared laughter, anxiety, and even a few tears, Amos was able to report her experience of what deployed servicemembers endure from the MORE
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January 30, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – High school can be the starting point in any person’s career, and many look to teachers and counselors for help in choosing the fate of their futures.As a commandant of the Marine Corps directive, the Educators Workshop Program brings educators from around the country together to experience different MORE
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January 29, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s leaders kicked off 2013 by launching the Committed and Engaged Leadership Campaign that aims to improve its operational tempo.“The [campaign] is for leaders at all levels to understand their responsibility to the institution and to those they lead,” said Maj. Gen. Steven MORE
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January 23, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – In May 1942, retired Lt. Cmdr. Robert Gale, then a young seaman, fought in the Battle of Coral Sea aboard the USS Lexington. Now at the age of 91, Gale can still remember every moment of that battle. Gale shared his stories with Marines and sailors during a Warriors of the Faith event at the base chapel MORE
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January 22, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. –At 6 a.m. in the morning with the cold San Diego breeze making them shiver, volunteers with the Officers’ Wives’ Club hosted Second Annual Flight Line Dash aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 12.Approximately 500 members of the San Diego community ran to support and raise money for the MORE
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January 22, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – With the average cost of public four-year college tuition costing approximately $22,000, wallets and change purses become skinnier.The commissary offers a $1,500 scholarship to military children in hopes of easing the burden of tuition expenses.“As a parent with a child in college and a child who is a MORE
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January 21, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – On a winding narrow back road, a woman cries for help and through the rain she sees a glimpse of hope. “I was going to my friend’s house up in Temecula on Christmas Eve, driving up a road which has a cliff to the side,” said 1st Sgt. William Cuellar, the utilities chief with Marine Tactical Air Command MORE
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January 14, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Driving while distracted now takes the lead over driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and breaking the laws of the road for leading cause of fatal car accidents in the United States. The most deadly distraction from driving is one that many would not believe; texting.Fortunately, campaigns MORE
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January 10, 2013 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – It is the responsibility of every unit to ensure the commander has all the information he or she needs to lead effectively. When one 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing unit began using new weaponry, they wanted to demonstrate their new capabilities.Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding general of I Marine MORE
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January 04, 2013 — Aircraft navigate the skies above San Diego on an almost daily basis performing training missions, test flights and providing aerial support to Marine Corps ground units throughout California. Groups of Marines called maintainers are responsible for ensuring these flights can occur safely, and in a timely manner. “Without the Marines who maintain MORE
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