April 27, 2001 — Gen. James Jones, Commandant of the Marine Corps, received a plaque from J. Alan Liotta, Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, April 27th in a small ceremony at the Pentagon. Mr. Liotta presented the plaque, containing sand and water from the Chosin Reservoir, in honor of the return to the Chosin Reservoir by Americans. MORE
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April 23, 2001 — FORT MEYER, VA - For 13 years the insurance company GEICO has been recognizing noncommissioned and petty officers at the Military Service Awards Program for devotion to their service and local civilian community. This year, Gunnery Sgt. Steven Shaheen, safety chief, Marine Corps Ground Combat Safety Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., was among the MORE
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April 20, 2001 — The MAGTF TC, Twentynine Palms, volleyball team defeated Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, to claim the West Coast Regional Volleyball Championship April 12 at the West Gym. The Combat Center's squad needed all three games to secure the best-of-three match after a slow start cost them the first game, 16-25. The teams then traded sides of the MORE
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April 20, 2001 — Petty Officer 1st Class Major F. Warren, Leading Petty Officer of the Preventive Services Department at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, has been named the Marine Forces Pacific Sailor of the Year. In competition with all Sailors at Marine shore commands in the Pacific theater, Petty Officer Warren's outstanding military performance and MORE
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April 20, 2001 — A fundamental change is on the horizon concerning how the Marine Corps sends and receives electronic messages, and that change begins right here aboard MCAGCC. The Corps is phasing in the Department of Defense-mandated Defense Messaging System to replace the current Automatic Digital Network. The Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School MORE
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April 20, 2001 — In the near future, the Marine Corps could save millions by adopting now-experimental fuel cells to replace the batteries currently powering electronic field equipment. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently donated two hydrogen-powered fuel cells for use by students at the Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School. The MORE
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April 13, 2001 — It's all been confirmed through the proper channels: Bill Gates is not going to send you and your friends to Disney World, a deadly virus with an unknown cure is not being sent randomly through the mail and the U.S. Postal Service is certainly not going to start charging people 25 cents for each email they send. You all know what I'm talking MORE
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April 13, 2001 — Packing for vacation can be a minor hassle. Packing for war is major work. From April 2-6, 7th Marines conducted Strategic Mobility Exercise 2001, in which every unit in the regiment prepared for an emergency deployment. From start to finish, Marines took every step they would take in the event of a real-life deployment, from initial notification MORE
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April 06, 2001 — Bruce Meyers developed and commanded the Marine Corps' first Force Reconnaissance company. Now he has written a book, "Fortune Favors The Brave: The Story of First Force Recon," that chronicles the development of this distinguished part of the Marine Corps. When he retired as a colonel in 1970 - after 28 years of service - he had served as a MORE
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April 04, 2001 — Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, officially announced Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune as the Corps? winner of the 2001 Commander In Chief?s Annual Award for Installational Excellence, March 23. The CINC award recognizes the excellence and innovation of the people who operate and maintain military installations across the Department of MORE
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