Archive for the ‘Highlights’ Category
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Marine runs, rides her way through recovery
Mom. Marine. Survivor. Gunnery Sgt. Barbra Brown joined the Marine Corps in 1994. She spent the next 16 years dedicating her life to her family and the Corps. What she didn’t know was those experiences [Read more...]
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Combat shooting team brings new dimension to marksmanship
One shot, one kill. Every Marine strives to live by this creed while in combat, but the past ten years of war in the Middle East have challenged this mantra. The number of rounds per [Read more...]
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Marine Corps shooting teams: Competition breeds excellence
A Marine stares through the rifle combat optic of his weapon at a target just 200 yards away. His finger rests lightly on the trigger as he breathes in slowly and steadily. As the Marine [Read more...]
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Wounded Marines still in the fight
As the battlefield settled and the medevac carried Cpl. Brad Fite to Germany, medical personnel didn’t think he would survive. The damage was so extensive, Fite had to be resuscitated three times before landing. “They [Read more...]
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Airborne! Taking a leap for a more capable Corps
Although today’s combat doesn’t require mass paratrooper jumps to enter the battle, learning how to get from the sky to the enemy by parachuting continues to be a valuable skill for the military, including Marines. [Read more...]
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Marines in blue
“The feeling of flying at high speeds is incredible,” said Marine Capt. Brandon Cordill, number three pilot for the United States Navy Demonstration Squadron in Pensacola, Fla. “Take the scariest roller coaster you have ever [Read more...]
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Future of Garmsir in Afghan Hands
America’s Battalion Completes Final Helmand Tour GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan — In the fall of 2004, the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment began a challenging journey that took them to the Middle [Read more...]
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Operation Tageer Shamal
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The heart of Garmsir district is safe. For the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River [Read more...]
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Bringing History to Life: Marine Week Cleveland 2012
A domestic beach invasion does not happen every day on American shores. However, for the second time in history, residents here will witness the unusual occurrence. Marines will return to Ohio during Marine Week Cleveland [Read more...]
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Dedication and Sacrifice
The Marine Corps is full of extraordinary people who are willing to do whatever it takes in the name of freedom and the ones they love. In 2004, one Marine, Sgt. Kenneth Conde, Jr., demonstrated [Read more...]
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Getting promoted is just that simple
“I talk to Marines all the time who wait until they lose a promotion spot the first time around before they start doing what they need to do to get promoted,” said Sgt. Omar A. [Read more...]
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Follow the leader
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Someone always has to go first. In Afghanistan, the Marine who goes first is the point man. He is the first to jump across a canal, enter a farm [Read more...]
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Personal Stories of Some Special Marines in World War II
Requests for copies of records relating to military service come into the National Archives every day. Some people are trying to fill in family history; others are looking for documentation of their own service. Those [Read more...]
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A Marine’s run to honor brethren
“Last year on Thanksgiving, I found out a friend of mine, Sgt. Jason Smith, was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device,” said Capt. Jason W. “Duke” Dequenne, the assistant logistics officer at The Basic School, [Read more...]
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The ethical, fighting warrior
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.– The morning dew was still heavy on the ground as students in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor trainer course at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., set out for [Read more...]