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Lance Cpl. Ryley Poole, right, with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Cpl. Kevin Roudin, with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, climb the rock wall before competing in the Burger Battle held at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Saturday. - Lance Cpl. Ryley Poole, right, with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Cpl. Kevin Roudin, with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, climb the rock wall before competing in the Burger Battle held at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Saturday.

Virginia Court, deputy director of the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools Personnel Administration Center, receives various letters of appreciation as well as her certificate of retirement from Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael McCarr, director of the MCCSSS PAC, during Court’s retirement at the Camp Johnson Bachelor Officers’ Quarters, June 3. Court retired after serving 40 years combined federal service for the Department of Defense, 35 of those years spent with the Marine Corps. - Virginia Court, deputy director of the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools Personnel Administration Center, receives various letters of appreciation as well as her certificate of retirement from Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael McCarr, director of the MCCSSS PAC, during Court’s retirement at the Camp Johnson Bachelor Officers’ Quarters, June 3. Court retired after serving 40 years combined federal service for the Department of Defense, 35 of those years spent with the Marine Corps.

After 40 years combined federal service, Court retires

Leadership is one of the Marine Corps’ highest-held traits in the individual Marine. Without leadership, there would be no Marine Corps. As such, every Marine, as well as every other service member and civilian aboard a military installation, is charged with being a leader to others and inspiring them to be leaders themselves. As Tom Landry, former

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Petty Officers 1st Class Angela Warner (center left) and Julianny Acosta, instructors with the Field Medical Training Battalion aboard Camp Johnson, stand in their graduate attire with command personnel of the FMTB after receiving their college diplomas after the 16th Annual Commanding Officer’s Graduation Ceremony at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune theatre, June 3. Eight colleges with branch offices at the Lejeune Education Center aboard the base graduated nearly 100 students during the ceremony, 722 service members and civilians graduating overall. - Petty Officers 1st Class Angela Warner (center left) and Julianny Acosta, instructors with the Field Medical Training Battalion aboard Camp Johnson, stand in their graduate attire with command personnel of the FMTB after receiving their college diplomas after the 16th Annual Commanding Officer’s Graduation Ceremony at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune theatre, June 3. Eight colleges with branch offices at the Lejeune Education Center aboard the base graduated nearly 100 students during the ceremony, 722 service members and civilians graduating overall.

Lejeune service members graduate college in 16th annual Commanding Officer’s Graduation Ceremony

William Yeats, an Irish poet and playwright of the early 20th century, once said that “education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” In other words, the important factor of education is not the amount one has, but how one applies it.“Knowledge is the starting point for becoming better individuals,” said Lt. Gen. John Paxton,

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An injured Marine is shielded from imminent danger by a corpsmen in this clay replica of the planned life-sized bronze Corpsmen Memorial slated to be in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in the next few years. Started in January 2008, the Corpsmen Memorial initiative is in honor of and recognition to all corpsmen who have served with the Marine Corps in the past, present and future. - An injured Marine is shielded from imminent danger by a corpsmen in this clay replica of the planned life-sized bronze Corpsmen Memorial slated to be in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in the next few years. Started in January 2008, the Corpsmen Memorial initiative is in honor of and recognition to all corpsmen who have served with the Marine Corps in the past, present and future.

Fundraising efforts continues for planned Corpsmen Memorial

During the Vietnam War, various Marine units relied heavily on the Navy corpsmen who were the first responders to many attacks and traps. From their exploits during that war and the aspect of going out with someone from a different service to rely on for medical help spawned a pseudo-phrase for these corpsmen: “long-haired, loudmouthed,

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Marine Corps Body Bearers carry the body of Maj. Gen. Warren R. Johnson Sr. inside the Memorial Chapel at Fort Meyer Oct. 26. Johnson, who was a retired artillery officer, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Cpl. Bobby J. Yarbrough) - Marine Corps Body Bearers carry the body of Maj. Gen. Warren R. Johnson Sr. inside the Memorial Chapel at Fort Meyer Oct. 26. Johnson, who was a retired artillery officer, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Cpl. Bobby J. Yarbrough)

World Famous Body Bearers take fallen Marines to final resting place

Only a small fraction of the American population are allowed the privilege of holding the title of a United States Marine, but an even smaller fraction of that populous have the honor of calling themselves the “World Famous Body Bearers.”A detail of six hand-selected Marines show their honor, respect and appreciation of a fallen brother as they

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Sensei Keith James, instructor of the Okinawan Seidokan Karate Kobudo class reviews a sequence of movements with a student May 26 at the Midway Park Community Center. The class is available to student ages 5 and up on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Midway Park Community Center. - Sensei Keith James, instructor of the Okinawan Seidokan Karate Kobudo class reviews a sequence of movements with a student May 26 at the Midway Park Community Center. The class is available to student ages 5 and up on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Midway Park Community Center.