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From heels to combat: Marines pay respect during Women's History Month March 21, 2013 — There is no such thing as a female Marine – a Marine is a Marine – but it is important to respect how they got here. Women were in the fight long before the first female Marine, Opha Mae Johnson, enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1918. Living legends like Lucy Brewer – who disguised herself as a man, threw on a uniform and fought alongside MORE
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Montford Point Marine Association hosts 47th annual banquet September 12, 2012 — The grandeur of the 47th annual Montford Point Marines Association Convention banquet would humble even a fly on a wall, with guests in attendance such as Gen.  James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, the Honorable Charles F. Bolden, 12th Administrator of NASA, Kay Hagan, North Carolina senator, Corrine Brown, Florida congresswoman, and a MORE
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Service members dig in their heels at Grand Prix’s Sand-Sational 8K run August 02, 2012 — Onslow Beach has seen its’ fair share of strange beach attire, but the people who flocked to the beach July 21 ditched the flip-flops and laced up their running shoes for the Sand-Sational 8k Beach Run sponsored by Marine Corps Community Sports, part of the Grand Prix series. The gun went off at the official start time of 7 a.m., sending a record MORE
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Bikers travel across country to honor fallen at Beirut Memorial June 28, 2012 — Cycling 3,870 miles across the United States and having another 1,000 more miles to go sounds hard, but to riders of the Sea2Sea Challenge it is nothing compared to the sacrifice service members and their families make every day. The Sea2Sea riders, Tom von Kaenel and Alvon Elrod, and members of the Down East Cycling group from Jacksonville, N.C., MORE
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New energy conservation program begins for all base housing residents June 21, 2012 — All residents living in base housing will begin receiving electric bills within the next year as part of a new residential energy conservation program being implemented by Headquarters Marine Corps and Marine Corps Installation Command at all Marine installations. Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Gorry, commander of Marine Corps Installations East – Marine MORE
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