MSE Act to help military spouses
June 28, 2007 — Military spouses play a critical role in supporting service members as they serve our country, but when looking for a job they can sometimes come up empty handed. Addressing this issue is the Military Spouses Employment Act; If ratified, the act will provide employers a tax incentive to hire qualified military spouses. The act was originally MORE
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Chung, Cromie win junior golf tournament
June 28, 2007 — While 12-year-old Karen Chung finished strong on the back nine to win her first American Junior Golf Association event by four strokes, the boys champion, Michael Cromie, needed an extra hole of sudden death play-off to win the sixth annual Junior All-Star at Jacksonville. The three-day, 54-stroke tournament, finished up June 21 at Paradise Point MORE
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Gators win inaugural Midnight Madness softball tournament
June 28, 2007 — Marines and sailors alike gathered behind Goettge Memorial Field House for a weekend of America’s favorite past-time …well kind of. The 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion “Gators” won the first-ever Midnight Madness softball tournament by beating the Naval Hospital in a closely-contested 4 -3 championship game Saturday afternoon. The Gators took the MORE
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Mud Run tests willingness to get ‘down and dirty’
June 28, 2007 — If your idea of road racing is a shade-covered route through suburbia, you might be ready for a change. As part of the 2007 Marine Corps Grand Prix Series, the annual Lejeune 8K Mud Run will be July 21. The five-mile course will test experienced runners with new challenges, including mud (pending any rain) and a small creek that must be traversed. MORE
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Marine moms back into the fight sooner
June 26, 2007 — For new moms, it’s hard to be away from their child in their first few months of life. It’s especially hard when mom has to leave the baby to fight a war sooner than expected. A change has been added to the Marine Corps pregnancy policy on a female Marine’s availability to deploy after giving birth. The Marine Corps message released MarAdmin MORE
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Ceremony celebrates fallen finance Marines
June 26, 2007 — After 14 months of planning and building, three of the Corps’s financial community were immortalized in a memorial, dedicated in a ceremony at Camp Johnson, Friday. Capt. Sean Brock, Gunnery Sgt. John Fry and Cpl. David Bass, were former students of Camp Johnson’s Financial Management School and all served as financial technicians or financial MORE
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Key to identity theft prevention
June 26, 2007 — Most people go about their daily routine not worried about becoming a victim of identity theft; however, identity theft is an increasing problem in the United States. “Identity theft has become one of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States,” said Boisy Pardue, Crime Prevention Specialist, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp MORE
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Viewing the miracle of life through the miracle of technology
June 26, 2007 — One of the hardest parts about being deployed is missing out on life’s milestones back home. Friday, one Marine in Iraq had the opportunity to participate in one such event back home even while still serving at his deployment site. Sgt. Adam Ashe got to “be” with his wife Shannon while she had a very special ultrasound of their unborn son. How MORE
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Cracked fraud case nets tools, savings
June 07, 2007 — A former Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune employee was sentenced for fraud and mail fraud in a federal court in Raleigh, N.C., May 4, for receiving federal worker’s compensation for a work-related injury and failing to report to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. The former employee was operating a car repair and sales business in the MORE
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