Archive for November, 2011

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  Killing Time (Fighting Through the Wringer)

  Features, Marines Uncovered  //  November 29th, 2011  //  By Cpl. Reece Lodder

  This is the third installment in a series on U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. After laboring through training in the  [Read more...]

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  Setting Up a Marine Corps Blog

  Corps Connections  //  November 29th, 2011  //  By Marine Corps Production Directorate

  Setting Up a Marine Corps Blog
  If your unit, organization or command decides to establish a blog, you may be eligible to set up a blog
  site on the Department of Defense blog platform (DoDLive) through the Defense Media Activity.

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  Vietnam-era holiday message rings true today

  Corps Connections, Features  //  November 24th, 2011  //  By Jean Lohr

  We were nearing our first wedding anniversary and were the proud parents of a newborn daughter.  Stationed with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N.C., we could not go home for Thanksgiving. At first we  [Read more...]

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  Download Marines Magazine for iPad

  Features  //  November 19th, 2011  //  By Marine Corps News

  Download the latest issue of MARINES for the iPad From the Editor I AM LEGEND Future heroes are born every day. Many of them will go unnoticed; many of their stories of sacrifice and bravery will  [Read more...]

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  Marine Father, Son-in-Law Return Simultaneously from Deployment

  Features, Marines Uncovered  //  November 18th, 2011  //  By Kristen Wong

  KANEOHE, Hawaii – Staff Sgt. Eric Smack and 1st Sgt. Shay Henry have a lot in common. They share a birthday, a family, a seven-month Afghanistan deployment — and a plane ride back to Marine  [Read more...]

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  My Marine Corps Birthday Ball with Justin Timberlake

  Features, Marines Uncovered  //  November 16th, 2011  //  By Cpl. Kelsey De Santis

  Words can’t even describe the feelings I have after attending the Marine Corps Ball in Richmond this past weekend. I am so thankful to Justin Timberlake for accompanying me to the Ball and for his  [Read more...]

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  Marines strengthen Aussie alliance

  Continuing Operations, Features  //  November 16th, 2011  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  Marines have been known for their prowess on land, air and sea, but now Marines are going ‘down under’. President Barack Obama announced that the United States would begin deploying Marines to Australia in 2012.  [Read more...]

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  Why Do We Celebrate Today?

  Corps Connections, Features  //  November 10th, 2011  //  By Cpl. Dario DiBattista

  It’s likely been happening all day that some of my friends on Facebook have looked at my page and become confused. It’s not his birthday, is it? Dario’s born in December right? Christmas isn’t it?  [Read more...]

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  From Alaska to Afghanistan

  Features, Marines Uncovered  //  November 2nd, 2011  //  By Cpl. Justin Boling

  CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – One Marine’s decision to enlist took him from an icy landscape above the Arctic Circle to the dust-covered deserts of Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Lawrence Jones, a native of Noatak, Alaska, is  [Read more...]