July 08, 2011 — A new charter high school modeled in the spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps is slated to welcome its first recruits Aug. 9. The New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy will be the state’s only public high school where every student is required to participate in Marine Corps Junior ROTC. Students will take courses designed to prepare them for college MORE
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July 01, 2011 — About five years ago, the Marine Corps noticed an alarming rate of motorcycle related deaths, said Jeffery J. Peters, MarForRes director of safety and center supervisor. The number of service members injured and hospitalized in motorcycle accidents increased by more than 100 from 2007 to 2008, and deaths increased by 18 over the same period, MORE
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June 27, 2011 — Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North’s new 411,320 square-foot home on the west bank of the Mississippi River was officially dedicated during a ribbon cutting ceremony here June 27. State and local officials were on hand to commemorate the event. "This (Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans) now is the anchor...and hub, for the U.S. MORE
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June 22, 2011 — Twenty-seven Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment took their hunt for insurgents off-road as they spent the day chasing down mock bad guys through the dusty back roads and thick plains of the Shirokyi Lan Training Area June 15 as part of the final exercise scheduled for the battalion during exercise Sea Breeze 2011. MORE
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June 22, 2011 — As soon as the call comes in from the forward observer, the countdown begins. Three minutes is all the Marines from Mortars Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, have. Three minutes to plot the direction, distance and elevation of a round, apply this information to their mortar tubes, launch the round and destroy the MORE
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June 17, 2011 — Dozens of Marines gathered at the Force Theatre here June 17 for Marine Corp Mobilization Command’s deactivation ceremony. The closure of Marine Corps Mobilization Command is part of a Department of Defense effort to save taxpayer dollars by consolidating its facilities. “We save on manpower and dollars by condensing under one roof,” MORE
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June 16, 2011 — NEW ORLEANS- Wind turbines produce clean, renewable energy the world over. Their tall, spinning blades can also confuse radar systems creating difficulties for radar technicians tracking everything from aircraft to storm systems.Marine Forces Reserve Facilities has initiated a wind turbine project that has joined engineers and planners from various MORE
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June 13, 2011 — Marines from the Personnel and Retrieval Processing Company, 4th Marine Logistics Group, out of Smyrna, Ga., and Anacostia, Washington, D.C., conducted a class to teach multinational students from six countries how the United States Marine Corps processes human remains and conducts search and recovery missions June 10.The Marines came to Macedonia MORE
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June 12, 2011 — Partner nations put everything they learned about mortuary affairs from Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company, 4th Marine Logistics Group, to the test in a hands-on training event as part of 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, June 12.The PRP team from Smyrna, Ga., and Washington, D.C., have been teaching partner MORE
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June 08, 2011 — Service members from the United States, Ukraine, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova gathered for a brief ceremony June 6 here to officially begin exercise Sea Breeze 2011. Earlier in the morning, the group of multi-national service members had broken the ice with equipment and uniform displays to introduce their armed forces to the other nations. The MORE
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