December 17, 2005 — During Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 in January 2003, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, provided artillery support crucial in allowing I Marine Expeditionary Force to penetrate deep into Iraqi territory and bring down Saddam Hussein’s regime in 21 days of major combat operations, according to the 3/11 Web site.Right after the fall of Baghdad, the MORE
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December 17, 2005 — The wind cut right through the windbreaker of Don Kelly, an Army veteran from Colorado Springs, Colo., but this didn’t stop him from doing what he loves. “I’ve golfed in the snow,” said Kelly, who has golfed for the past 20 years. “If I could golf through snow, I can golf through anything.” Kelly, among 16 other stubborn golfers, went up against MORE
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December 16, 2005 — Marine Corps life is not for everyone. For the few and proud who graduate recruit training, some find the Marine Corps is not exactly how their recruiters described it. Many finish their initial contracts and return to the civilian world. A few will try another enlistment term just to be sure. Some will continue on to complete 20 years of the MORE
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December 16, 2005 — The Marines and Sailors of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, gathered behind their command post Dec. 16 to recognize Cpl. Joseph R. Avila, a 21-year-old machine gunner with the Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 1/7, as the commanding officer of the battalion awarded him the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V.” Avila, a Zion, Ill., native, MORE
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December 16, 2005 — With the winter holidays just around the corner, Combat Center residents celebrated through the Commanding General’s Holiday Concert, various Christmas parties all across the base, and Santa Claus making appearances at the Home Store and Main Exchange. MORE
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December 15, 2005 — Fun, food and family was the name of the game as more than 200 Marines, Sailors and their families gathered for the Headquarters Company’s, 7th Marine Regiment, family night Dec. 15 at Victory Field. The carnival-like atmosphere was not only meant as a social gathering for service members and their spouses, but also a night to entertain children of MORE
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December 14, 2005 — Firefighters train regularly to synchronize the many hidden details of effectively fighting fires, and an opportunity to train in actual house fires for local fire departments on Combat Center grounds created a chance to perfect the inside operations of a fire rescue. For two days firefighters from the Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, San MORE
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December 14, 2005 — The spotlight clicks on, the microphone is hot and all eyes are on you. Now be funny. Not many people have the talent to entertain as a standup comedian; where crowds are always different, tours can be rough and your wits must be sharply honed. For the two comedians who toured clubs around the Combat Center Dec. 14, they showed getting in front of MORE
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December 13, 2005 — The cannoneers of Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, are scheduled to deploy to Okinawa, Japan, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, to demonstrate their presence in the Pacific Ocean and the Western Hemisphere.The battery has been training and preparing for this upcoming deployment using their old weapons system — the M198 Towed MORE
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December 10, 2005 — The second annual Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run for the Morongo Basin area took place Dec. 10 with more than 250 riders leaving the starting point at Hutchins Motor Sports store in Yucca Valley, Calif. More than 300 toys and $1,300 were donated by participants, along with a $2,500 check from the Cactus Bar in Twentynine Palms, Calif., said MORE
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