II MEF performs large-scale 'function check'
December 22, 2003 — "To focus our Corps' intellectual and physical might - our efforts and actions will revolve around two touchstones; warfighting excellence and the well-being of our Marines." - Gen. Michael W. Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps. Recently, the II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding generals and more than 150 of their staff officers MORE
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Marines volunteer time to help special needs children
December 18, 2003 — Marines here volunteered to brighten the day of children with special needs at Brynn Marr Behavioral Healthcare System of the Carolinas in Jacksonville, N.C., Dec. 5. Staff Sergeants Andrew Mejia and Wendy Shuman, both career retention specialists from Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division here, handed out posters and stickers while answering MORE
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Amtrackers take guns to the ground
December 3, 2003 — Almost 60 Marines from 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion participated in a week-long M-240G medium machine gun course culminating on Range K-309 here Nov. 21. The Marines were taught about the employment of the weapons system, as well as its assembly and disassembly by instructors at the 6th Marine Regimental Training Center in preparation for MORE
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Marines, local law enforcement team up for safety
December 2, 2003 — The Provost Marshal's Office here is teaming up with local law enforcement to drive home base safety efforts in the communities surrounding the base. Lieutenant Col. David H. Matthews, provost marshal here, said noncommissioned and staff noncommissioned officers from PMO will be riding along with civilian law enforcement during long weekends and MORE
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Clean water means clean win for Marines
December 2, 2003 — Water is a precious commodity. Without it, we wouldn't survive. But, according to NASA's "Classroom of the Future" program's Web site, only 1 percent of the world's water is drinkable, and much of that water contains harmful elements that could be fatal if ingested. But those harmful elements are the business of the Marines assigned to Utilities, MORE
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Rise of the Machines: Unmanned weapon could save lives
December 1, 2003 — Its name is Gladiator. It has no blood, fears nothing and responds to a Marine's order in battle with out asking questions. Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment recently tested the Gladiator, a relatively new tactical unmanned ground vehicle, during riot-control scenarios held at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain Facility here, MORE
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Infantry Marines lend helping hand to community
November 21, 2003 — Infantrymen from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment concluded a month of community service projects in Jacksonville, N.C., and the surrounding areas Oct. 25 with the 12th Annual Make a Difference Day. The 1st Battalion warriors began the month by providing their physical strength to clean- up projects for local elderly couples and finished by MORE
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Lejeune hosts Gathering of Many Nations celebration
November 21, 2003 — During World War II, the Marine Corps developed an indecipherable code, based on the language of Navajo Americans, which thwarted Japanese code breakers. Navajo code talkers served throughout the island hopping campaign, supporting the assaults on Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Saipan. Now, just as then, American Indians continue to serve their MORE
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Iraqi Freedom vets teach younger Marines
November 21, 2003 — A tradition in the armed services for war veterans to pass on the knowledge they gained to the newer generation of warriors, so they can go into combat ready to face the enemy. This tradition doesn't just apply to shooting and squad movements, though. "In Iraq, it was our job to set up the command operations center tent," said Cpl. James K. MORE
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2nd ANGLICO teams up with Air Force for exercise
November 21, 2003 — Newly reactivated 2nd Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company conducted an evaluation of approximately 30 Marines from 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's Firepower Control Team at Atlantic Field Nov. 11-14. The "training in progress" combined patrolling, close air support, and fire support coordination into a tactical scenario. This exercise marked the MORE
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