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 2nd 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 358/07 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 was MORE
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Cracked fraud case nets tools, savings
June 7, 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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Marines hit their mark at Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Competition
April 25, 2007 — Marine Corps shooters from all over the world have met at Stone Bay here to face off to see who can put more lead on target at the Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Match Championships April 23-25. Fourty-nine competitors from Okinawa, Hawaii, Camp Pendleton and here gathered for the championship and put their skills to the test as they competed with MORE
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A ship shape salty tub
April 25, 2007 — Camp Lejeune is home to many historical Marine Corps monuments and the base itself is a part of history but there is a piece of Naval history floating at one of its many bays. Anchored at Mile Hammocks Bay is one of the last remaining Landing Ship Mediums in the world. The LSM-45 was donated to the former Marine Corps Museum of the Carolinas now MORE
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Sgt. Maj. Estrada says farewell to Carolina MAGTF
April 17, 2007 — Sgt. Maj. John L. Estrada, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, made his last official visit to Camp Lejeune in the capacity of sergeant major of the Marine Corps here April 17. “Thank you for the magnificent job you have done for the Marine Corps,” said Estrada. “As I look back on my career it was a very rewarding professionally and personally MORE
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