Camp Lejeune and New River to improve CBRN Response Capabilities
April 15, 2007 — Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River will be getting an increase in security and response measures to combat chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The Installation Protection Program Lite was a program created to evaluate installations’ ability to combat these threats and give them both equipment and training to MORE
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IPAC student gets perfect grade
April 5, 2007 — Since the beginning of the Personnel Administration School at Camp Johnson, there has not been one student to get a perfect 100 percent in the Intermediate Personnel Administration Course until now. Cpl. Michael L. Davis, the orders noncommissioned officer in charge with Headquarters Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps at Henderson Hall, MORE
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Mobile urban training facility unveiled
April 3, 2007 — Marines now have another training tool to prepare for their deployments to Iraq. The Marine Corps’ first Mobile military operations in urban terrain training facility was officially unveiled here April 3 and will be open for training in May. The facility is named Nisr min Al-Bahar or “Eagles from the Sea” in English. “This will be the premiere MORE
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TAPS event helps families cope with loss of loved ones
March 24, 2007 — The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors held a special one day program of comfort and support here March 24, which was attended by more than 75 people from all over the United States. The Tragedy Assistance Program is a national non-profit veterans’ service organization dedicated to providing support to anyone who has lost a loved one serving MORE
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Corps clarifies tattoo policy
March 20, 2007 — The Marine Corps is clarifying its tattoo policy according to Marine administrative message 198. “This clarification came about because there was room for interpretation of the old policy,” said Lt. Col T.V. Johnson, spokesman for the commandant of the Marine Corps. “The commandant had this issue come up at every town hall meeting that he attended MORE
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Homes for the wounded, families
March 20, 2007 — “As a dream becomes a reality, today we come together to dedicate these houses that will assist our wounded comrades and their families,” said Father Timothy Hogan, Roman Catholic chaplain and retired Navy lieutenant commander, during the invocation. “They gave so much for the peace and the security of our nation and now we give back to them.” A MORE
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Intriguing African-American Woman Award
February 22, 2007 — Col. Adele E. Hodges, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, and nine other black women, received the sixth annual North East Community Development Corporation's Intriguing African-American Women Award, Feb. 17. “She has spent almost 29 years training our corps. She has mentored and been mentored and the results are individuals who MORE
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Military wives dance to the tune of fitness
February 22, 2007 — Put some weight on over the winter? Want to kick up your current fitness program? Looking for a place to meet some new people? Well Marine Corps Community Services has a program for you. FITMAR Wife is a fitness class for military dependants that uses dance as a medium to get in shape, said Lauren Hill, instructor of the class. “I hate to exercise, MORE
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Changes coming to the ‘Lemon Lot’
February 22, 2007 — In a small corner of the commissary parking lot service members and their dependants have been selling pretty much anything that has rubber on steel using the Marine Corps Community Service Lemon Lot Program. But users of the lot will be experiencing some big changes. In order to provide a more professional, secure and organized selling space, MCCS MORE
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You are not alone, PTSD treatment aboard Camp Lejeune
February 22, 2007 — The effects of the war in Iraq and Global War on Terrorism have real costs and these costs are not only dollars and cents — they’re in our service members, their friends and families. “There are extensive programs for active-duty service members returning from deployments,” said Langenfeld. “We understand there is a fear of treatment because of MORE
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