September 23, 2005 — Eruptions took place deep in the Mojave Desert from September 13 to the 23rd. The Earth shook and peace in the desolate region was no longer existent. There were trails left behind from demolishing mobs of nomads that caused the raucous – trails of dust, smoke and markings of fire. The legions that created such havoc came from Camp Pendleton, MORE
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September 23, 2005 — There are countless threatening missions and operations taking place daily in Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of which are convoy operations. Improvised explosive devices and ambushes from insurgents are the main threat to convoys. An artilleryman from 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, returned home in March after surviving an unfortunate convoy MORE
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September 23, 2005 — Thousands of onlookers cheered and applauded as the sides of streets were packed shoulder-to-shoulder during a parade held in honor of returning Gulf War veterans in San Bernardino, Calif. People walked down the path waving as marching music blared behind them. Then, dressed sharply in their blue dress uniforms, a Marine Corps band halted. All eyes MORE
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September 21, 2005 — Seventy-seven Marines and Sailors scheduled to leave Sept. 21 for a stint in Iraq, were performing last minute checkout procedures at about 9:30 a.m. when they heard the news of an earlier flight for Sept. 20. The men of Bravo Company, 1st Tank Batallion were released to take care of their own personal items and were told to return in an hour to MORE
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September 21, 2005 — Hundreds of people flowed through aisles of the semi-annual job fair held at the Community Center Sept. 21 as employers and opportunities came knocking for Combat Center service members and their families. The more than 430 attendees were greeted with a roar of voices inside as they meandered around to the 56 vendors at the Marine Corps Community MORE
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September 19, 2005 — As a 68-ton of steel, tracked M1A1 main battle tank rolls down a street, either patrolling or fighting in a highly threatening urban terrain, the crew must use their machine guns to take out insurgents on foot. It’s either the mounted M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun or the mounted and coaxial M240G medium machine gun that will pick off individual MORE
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September 17, 2005 — Saturday morning members of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society gathered at the Village Center anticipating a 1,200-pound donation of goods to the families of the Combat Center from an organization called Military Support Headquarters. David Dunn, one of the founders of MSHQ, contacted Rebecca Snoke, a relief society assistant, in May to offer his MORE
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September 16, 2005 — Flaring trails of smoke streaked through the sky Sept. 16 in the Combat Center’s training area and led to a ground-shaking impact, west of Hidalgo Mountain. These streaks roared through the sky in several volleys, trailing a round that was shot out of a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, from south of Hidalgo Mountain. Members from the HIMARS MORE
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September 16, 2005 — A study conducted by the California Department of Health shows that all U.S. service members are likely to smoke more than civilians, and one in four Marines smokes - the highest rate in the military. Considering the Marines reign with the most smokers and in an effort to help Marines, Sailors and family members kick back the habit, tobacco MORE
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September 16, 2005 — Combat Center Marines, sailors and their spouses may seek help with substance abuse problems anonymously through a weekly open-door counseling program here Monday nights. The program, headed by David Roman, the base drug demand reduction coordinator, helps service members and family members alike gain knowledge as well as identify a problem and MORE
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