August 28, 2004 — In an effort to reduce the divorce rate and strengthen the institution of marriage, the Religious Ministries Directorate here offers the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, a three-day course that focuses on prevention of marital problems including violence and divorce and promotes relationship enhancement.According to the designers of MORE
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August 25, 2004 — Members of the Russian-American community in New York City gathered in Brooklyn yesterday to honor Russian-American service members. The Be Proud Foundation, in conjunction with the American War Veterans of Russian Decent Committee (RAS), hosted the event at Brooklyn Borough Hall yesterday evening. They honored more than a dozen soldiers and MORE
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August 25, 2004 — Sergeant John Fergerson and his wife Rachel celebrated their first wedding anniversary two months ago. Now, like many other Marine Corps families, they will spend half of their second year of marriage away from each other."This is the first time he's leaving since we've been married," said 20-year-old Rachel. "But I'm proud of him," she said with MORE
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August 23, 2004 — The sports world is awash with war analogies, and today the Marine Corps' top officer turned the tables by applying a sports term to war. The Marines are looking for a big win in Iraq or, as Gen. Michael W. Hagee told an audience at the National Press Club here, a "Big W". "We don't want a 'Little W,'" he said. "There is no one in Iraq who does MORE
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August 20, 2004 — What first began as an oasis far, far away from everything else, has blossomed into the grounds for the largest Marine Corps training base in the world. After 52 years, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center celebrated its illustrious history with a birthday celebration at the base flag pole Aug. 20. After the morning call for colors, Marines, MORE
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August 20, 2004 — “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready,we shall never begin.”—Russian Novelist Ivan Turgener MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.—Getting Ready With that in mind Marine Corps Community Services hosts Reunion Briefs for families in the weeks before their Marines and Sailors are scheduled MORE
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August 20, 2004 — Three-year-old Avery Crespin is enjoying his summer at the Family Pool. In the course of two weeks he learned to jump into the pool and the basics of swimming and safety. Avery, along with 585 other children, spends his mornings cooling down at the American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program sponsored by the Combat Center's Marine Corps Community MORE
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August 18, 2004 — Members of America's 9/11 Ride Foundation, Inc. will honor Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a presentation in New York City Saturday.America's 9/11 Ride Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports those who put their lives on the line daily as emergency workers. Based in Leesburg, Va., the foundation annually hosts the largest MORE
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August 18, 2004 — Singers, rappers, dancers, poets and musicians—-it was enough talent to take on the likes of Star Search when really it was the African-American Heritage Committee’s Open Mic Talent Show at Victory Field Aug. 18. More than 20 local artists from the base and Twentynine Palms performed their best routines on-stage and competed for the grand prize and MORE
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August 16, 2004 — Though he's earned fame and fortune portraying rough and tough military figures on television and in feature films, R. Lee Ermey has a soft spot when it comes to caring for troops. Ermey, popular host of the History Channel's "Mail Call," in which he answers questions about military technology, has put together the R. Lee Emery Celebrity MORE
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