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3/2 conquers JWTC May 7, 2002 — Marines must be ready to fight in every clime and place. In an effort to maintain this combat readiness, Leathernecks from 3d Battalion, 2d Marines attended the Jungle Warfare Training Center here recently at Camp Gonsalves.The six-day package taught the Marines the basics of what they needed to do if placed in a jungle and how to survive.3/2 MORE
Division Marines train for NBC readiness May 6, 2002 — And there he was. In the field, chemicals falling from the air, and what did he have on? A gas mask of course - a mask his senior Marines ensured him would protect him and others in case of a chemical attack. This was the scenario late last week when Cpl. Joseph Blair and the rest of Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division became one with the MORE
MCCSSS names Instructor of the Year May 3, 2002 — "The better instructor you are, the better the quality of Marine you put out into the fleet," said Staff Sgt. Eva Scaggs, an instructor at the Personnel Administration School, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools on Camp Johnson. The command honored the New Orleans Marine May 3 during an Instructor of the Year ceremony at the Camp Johnson MORE
Dangerfield punches out after 30 May 2, 2002 — Tis the season of retirements, posts and reliefs and changes-of-commands. One of the first post and relief ceremonies of the season included a sergeant major who's done his twenty and then some. Sergeant Maj. Ronald L. Dangerfield, 6th Marine Regiment, affectionately known as 'Spider Man' to his closest colleagues, retired May 3 after 30 years of MORE
Retired Sgt. Maj. Joe Houle recounts Vietnam tour May 2, 2002 — He never thought he would reach his unit alive. Retired Marine Sgt. Maj. Joe Houle, recounted events from his tour in Vietnam during a Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day ceremony Monday here. The year was 1965, and Houle, then a corporal, arrived in Vietnam facing backward in a C-130 Hercules transport plane. Seeing tracers flying from the ground MORE
Vietnam Veterans recognized at MCAS New River May 2, 2002 — Marines and other veterans of the Vietnam War gathered Monday at the Aviation Memorial Park on Marine Corps Air Station New River to reflect the sacrifices made by those veterans more than 35 years ago. At the ceremony "gold-star" mom, Ruth M. Langley received special recognition for losing her son during the war. Retired Marine Sgt. Maj. Joe MORE

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