February 26, 2004 — It may seem that without "operational" units, albeit infantry or artillery, MCLB Barstow doesn't see much action. Marines from MCLB's Fleet Support Division are changing that. At about 7 a.m. Feb. 13, 13 motivated leathernecks at the MCLB Barstow Yermo Annex gathered in the brisk morning breeze at Building 551 in little more than "green on green." MORE
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February 26, 2004 — Winning the Marine of the Quarter or NCO of the Quarter titles establishes a Marine to be upholding the standards of the Marine Corps in such a way that peers and superiors have recognized them. Winning the Marine of the year is a step beyond. Holding the title of the Marine of the Year is putting a face on the commonly used term, "the best of the MORE
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February 26, 2004 — Seventy-two days of naval gunfire. Eight hundred ships. Seventy-two thousand Marines of which 6,821 died. Twenty-seven Medals of Honor. One Island.On a map, Iwo Jima is nary a speck of volcanic dirt floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. For the Marines and sailors who fought the Japanese in the dawn of the year 1945, it was a 25-day hellish MORE
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