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Thomas Richard, left, installation restoration program manager, Laura Spung, center, installation restoration program assistant, and William Hagen Ratliff, right, underground storage tank program manager, all with the Environmental Quality Branch, pose for a photo after receiving the 2022 Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards for Environmental Restoration after an awards presentation on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 21, 2022. The SECDEF and SECNAV Environmental Awards recognize installations, teams, and individuals for their accomplishments in innovative and cost-effective environmental management strategies supporting mission readiness. - Thomas Richard, left, installation restoration program manager, Laura Spung, center, installation restoration program assistant, and William Hagen Ratliff, right, underground storage tank program manager, all with the Environmental Quality Branch, pose for a photo after receiving the 2022 Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards for Environmental Restoration after an awards presentation on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 21, 2022. The SECDEF and SECNAV Environmental Awards recognize installations, teams, and individuals for their accomplishments in innovative and cost-effective environmental management strategies supporting mission readiness.

Camp Lejeune awarded Environmental Restoration Award by Secretaries of Defense and Navy

For the second year in a row, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Environmental Management Division was recently awarded the 2022 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award for “Environmental Restoration, Installation” as well as the 2022 Secretary of Defense award in the same category.

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Camp Lejeune Tax Center - The Camp Lejeune Base Tax Center on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Base Tax Center assists 4,500 customers with their taxes and saves the Camp Lejeune Community an average of 1.2 million dollars annually. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Bernat)

Camp Lejeune Tax Center is Open for 2023

Tax season has officially begun and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is here to ensure Marines are ready and prepared for this year’s tax season.The Camp Lejeune Tax Center will open its doors today, Jan. 23. for service members, their dependents and retirees to receive free tax services.Each year the Camp Lejeune Tax Center serves an average of

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Security upgrades require phased Sneads Ferry Gate closures, Feb. 17 to March 26

Security upgrades to the Sneads Ferry Gate will require a full closure beginning Friday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. and Friday, March 24 at 6 p.m. through Sunday, March 26 at 6 p.m. The Sneads Ferry Gate will be reduced to single lane traffic from Monday, Feb. 27 through Friday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drivers can

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24th MEU departs for Naval Amphibious Forces Europe (Task Force 61) - U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) depart Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 22, 2023. The MEU will be providing support to Naval Amphibious Forces Europe (Task Force 61) based out of Naples, Italy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt. Timothy Turner)

24th MEU departs for Naval Amphibious Forces Europe (Task Force 61)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C — Marines and Sailors from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) have deployed in support of U.S. Sixth Fleet, Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe (TF-61) to continue the integration of command and control of deployed Navy and Marine Corps amphibious forces.

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SNCO Academy on MCB Camp Lejeune - SNCO Academy on MCB Camp Lejeune

SNCO Academy Needs Faculty Advisors

The Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy is in search of Marines to serve as faculty advisors. All Marines from Sergeants, selected to Staff Sergeant through Master Sergeant are encouraged to attend an upcoming brief at the SNCOA on Jan. 31 at 8 a.m. The SNCOA is located on Camp Johnson in Bldg. M285 on Hoover Road. The uniform will be MCCUU.The

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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Kavanagh, Weapons Company, Commanding Officer, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs personnel during a Rehearsal of Concept using a terrain model in preparation for a simulated raid during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise I at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 20, 2022. The raid was the culminating MAGTF mission for the exercise. Through continued training and preparation, the 26th MEU will continue to be the nation’s premier expeditionary force-in readiness and remains ready and able to respond at a moment’s notice. - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Kavanagh, Weapons Company, Commanding Officer, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs personnel during a Rehearsal of Concept using a terrain model in preparation for a simulated raid during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise I at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 20, 2022. The raid was the culminating MAGTF mission for the exercise. Through continued training and preparation, the 26th MEU will continue to be the nation’s premier expeditionary force-in readiness and remains ready and able to respond at a moment’s notice.

Marine Air-Ground Task Force At Its Finest

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit honed their warfighting skills and strengthened their core crisis response capabilities during MEU Exercise I from distributed operating positions within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22, 2022. This fifteen-day field exercise was the first of several collective Marine Air-Ground Task Force training events associated with the 26th MEU pre-deployment training program in preparation for an upcoming deployment to the 6th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in 2023...

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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Timothy Meppen, a military police patrolman with Provost Marshal's Office (PMO), Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, simulates searching a Marine on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 3, 2015. Military police and Marine Corps Civilian Law Enforcement Program personnel work together to ensure the safety of service members, families and Department of Defense civilians aboard the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Careaf Henson, MCIEAST-MCB CAMLEJ Combat Camera/Released)

PMO Supports NHTSA’s Impaired-Driving Campaign

The Provost Marshal Office’s (PMO) on MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are supporting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this holiday season to remove impaired drivers from our roads.PMO will conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols at strategic locations on MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River through Jan. 1,

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U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Johvany Moize, a Brooklyn, New York native and machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo with his father during Continuing Promise 2022 in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 14, 2022.“[Being naturalized] was a good feeling,” said Moize. “It didn’t feel real to me that I was an actual citizen. To come from Haiti and go to the United States and you become a citizen, that’s a big thing. That’s something you should be proud of for your whole life.” The Continuing Promise mission includes providing direct medical care and expeditionary veterinary care, conducting training and subject matter expert exchanges on various medical and humanitarian civic assistance topics, and leading seminars on Women, Peace, and Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy) - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Johvany Moize, a Brooklyn, New York native and machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo with his father during Continuing Promise 2022 in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 14, 2022. “[Being naturalized] was a good feeling,” said Moize. “It didn’t feel real to me that I was an actual citizen. To come from Haiti and go to the United States and you become a citizen, that’s a big thing. That’s something you should be proud of for your whole life.” The Continuing Promise mission includes providing direct medical care and expeditionary veterinary care, conducting training and subject matter expert exchanges on various medical and humanitarian civic assistance topics, and leading seminars on Women, Peace, and Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Full Circle - Newly Naturalized Marine Reunites with his Community on Deployment in Haiti

The United States Marine Corps is an organization that brings together Marines and Sailors from diverse cultures and backgrounds for a collective cause, to protect the Nation and assist those in need. Each year, Marines born in different countries are naturalized to become United States citizens. On December 2, 2022, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (V18), 2d Marine Division conducted a naturalization ceremony aboard Battleship North Carolina. Eighteen Marines from fourteen different countries were naturalized that day, making it one of the largest naturalization ceremonies ever for a Marine infantry battalion. Four days after this historic naturalization, one of the new United States citizens, Private First Class Johvany Moize, prepared to deploy aboard the USNS Comfort, to provide humanitarian relief to Haiti, the same country where he was born and raised. Moize, a nineteen year old machine gunner with V18, grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the capital city that sits on the Gulf of Gonave. “Seeing my community and helping them was a great feeling, I wanted to do everything to help them. Give them food, water, everything possible. I even worked outside of my duties to make sure they were taken care of.” During this humanitarian mission, Moize was a vital asset in its success as he provided security and cleared the pier each morning of any potential threats to the immediate area. He also acted as a liaison between the Haitian National Police and the Marine Corps, helping translate between both forces to assist patients who were trying to receive medical help. For as long as he could remember, Moize wanted to become a United States Marine. He recalls the positive impact Marines had in his childhood when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck his hometown in Haiti, claiming the lives of over 220,000 people, and injuring many more. The earthquake left Haitians in desperate need of food, water, and shelter, as the fragile infrastructure was destroyed and turned into rubble. “It was around 2010 there was a big earthquake, and after the earthquake the Marines came,” recalled Moize. “They gave us food and water, and helicopters came and gave us MREs. I saw that as an inspiration, I wanted to help people too. When I came to America one of my dreams was to become a Marine, because of what they did for us when I was in Haiti.” Moize’s experience as a Marine came full circle when he reunited with his father during his deployment to Haiti with V18. “The last time I saw my dad was 7 years ago,” said Moize. “I didn’t get to see him the day I left [Haiti].” As a result of the historic naturalization this month, Moize, one of the eighteen Marines naturalized, was able to give back to his community while embracing his legacy as a United States Marine. Moize’s unique story is one of many Marines who immigrate to the United States in search of better opportunities. “I still can’t believe it. It feels like I’m dreaming. I feel proud of myself. My dad is proud of me and my country is proud of me.”

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U.S. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force disembark the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) in Spain, Dec. 6, concluding a month-long deployment aboard. Marines assigned to II MEF, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked aboard USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to improve interoperability while refining the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy forces aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins) - U.S. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force disembark the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) in Spain, Dec. 6, concluding a month-long deployment aboard. Marines assigned to II MEF, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked aboard USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to improve interoperability while refining the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy forces aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

II MEF Marines return from European Deployment

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Approximately 50 Marines and Sailors returned from a month-long deployment for training aboard the Spearfish-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 13.

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Holiday Blues

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” – Andy Williams“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark TwainThis is a special time of the year for many, but not for all. The “Holiday Blues” is a real thing that has been defined as temporary feelings of anxiety or depression during the holidays that can be associated

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Camp Lejeune awarded Environmental Restoration Award by Secretaries of Defense and Navy

Camp Lejeune Tax Center is Open for 2023

Security upgrades require phased Sneads Ferry Gate closures, Feb. 17 to March 26

24th MEU departs for Naval Amphibious Forces Europe (Task Force 61)

SNCO Academy Needs Faculty Advisors

Marine Air-Ground Task Force At Its Finest

PMO Supports NHTSA’s Impaired-Driving Campaign

Full Circle - Newly Naturalized Marine Reunites with his Community on Deployment in Haiti

II MEF Marines return from European Deployment

Holiday Blues