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This Marine tweaked his body armor to instantly treat a gunshot wound November 17, 2016 — A Marine corporal may have come up with a brilliant way to treat a gunshot wound the moment a bullet pierces body armor.Cpl. Matthew Long, a motor transport mechanic, designed a tear-proof package filled with a cocktail of blood clotting and pain-killing agents that sits behind body armor, which would be released instantly if pierced by a bullet. MORE

Blue Chromite 2017: 9th ESB builds a medium-girder bridge November 14, 2016 — OKINAWA, Japan –Marines train and deploy in a variety of different locations that may have rough terrain such as gaps in the land and broken down bridges they cannot cross on foot. When these problems arise, the engineers are called.During exercise Blue Chromite 17, Marines from 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine MORE

Experimental Innovation | Houston Marine to Save the Corps $15 Million November 7, 2016 — People often say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and though it may be interpreted as just a saying, Cpl. Riki D. Clement took it literally when he was tasked to fix a radio. As a lance corporal, Clement took an outdated cord, originally meant to connect radios to vehicles, and reverse-engineered it to attach to a radio tester unit MORE

Okinawa Marine devises way to immediately treat battlefield injuries November 7, 2016 — His hands are greasy from the oil stained metal he handles. Yellow light bleeds into the isometric structure of the warehouse. The low dull melody of tools upon tools is almost a wash. He works with engines, wrenches and moves boxes, but in him lays an idea to save Marine lives. Cpl. Matthew A. Long, a motor transport mechanic, won in a Marine MORE

Health Advisory - Zika September 9, 2016 — Shoreland's Travax News Alert Service Singapore: First Cases of Zika in Geylang According to Singapore's Ministry of Health, 41 locally acquired, confirmed cases of Zika virus infection have occurred in the Aljunied Crescent/Sims Drive area in Geylang Township since August 21, 2016. Zika had not previously been reported in Singapore. Daytime insect MORE

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