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Lance Cpl. Iris Santana, a fiscal clerk with the disbursing office, Company A, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, sprays on sunscreen before going to work, recently. Sunscreen protects individuals from ultraviolet rays that cause sunburns and can lead to skin cancer. - Lance Cpl. Iris Santana, a fiscal clerk with the disbursing office, Company A, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, sprays on sunscreen before going to work, recently. Sunscreen protects individuals from ultraviolet rays that cause sunburns and can lead to skin cancer.

Sunscreen helps shield against cancer, burns

Whether used on the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune or the battlefields of Afghanistan, there is one agent that protects service members, families and Department of Defense civilians from one of the most dangerous forms of radiation on the planet – ultraviolet rays.Like modular tactical vests shielding military personnel from shrapnel,

Charles May, (left) the special agent in charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, poses with the director of NCIS, Mark Clookie, headquartered in Washington D.C., at the NCIS office aboard the base recently. Clookie visited to better identify the needs of the Department of the Navy and what the NCIS mission focus should consist of. - Charles May, (left) the special agent in charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, poses with the director of NCIS, Mark Clookie, headquartered in Washington D.C., at the NCIS office aboard the base recently. Clookie visited to better identify the needs of the Department of the Navy and what the NCIS mission focus should consist of.

Director of NCIS visits Camp Lejeune

Mark Clookie, the director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, traveled from Washington D.C. to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune recently to discuss with Marine Corps and Navy senior leaders how NCIS can best use its unique capabilities to help commanders accomplish their missions. “We just want to be clear on what they see as their

Program created to improve moving process for military, their families, DoD personnel

As service members and government employees get ready to move, whether due to retiring, going to another duty station or reaching the end of their contract, they are now required to use a Department of Defense moving program.The Defense Personal Property System is a web-based system DoD employees can login to, to execute their moving orders. “Its

Incorporating integrity into your personally procured move

With the large number of military and civil service members transferring, retiring and separating every year, “do-it-yourself” moves are becoming increasingly popular. Once service members have elected to do a Personally Procured Move, formally known as the DITY move, they either rent a moving vehicle or use their personally owned vehicle, then

Gottschalk hosts summer sailing classes

Gottschalk Marina is host to notonly small watercraft, fluorescent colored Aqua-Cycles and a plethora of blue crab; thissummer it is also being called home by a new sailing course offered to anyone interestedover the age of 18."I've been sailing since I was eight, and I used to teach back in England,” said JulieMcSwain, the primary course

Understanding hurricanes can diminish fear

A lack of understanding can cause fear that can lead to panic, which is why people who live on the East Coast need to have an understanding of a common destructive force; the hurricane. A hurricane is a cyclonic, tropical storm with winds that exceed 74 miles per hour. According to the National Hurricane Center website, hurricanes are

Modern chow halls to replace Camp Lejeune’s WWII chow halls

Marines aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune can now look forward to two new dining facilities that will replace three outdated chow halls.Currently there are two new mess halls being built in the Hadnot Point area. One will be a two-story building, the first ever in Marine Corps history, while the other will have a drive-through window with an

Motor Transport Maintenance technicians, making the Corps’ newest mechanics

For 59 training days Marines aboard Camp Johnson pour over books and listen attentively, learning what will be their job for the rest of their enlistment. They will learn how to perform inspections, run tests, make adjustments, service and repair motor transport vehicles. In short, they will be Motor Transport Maintenance technicians.“To be in this

Conservation Law Enforcement: Preserving more than a legacy

Nestled among the Carolina pines along Parachute Tower Road sits a humble log building, home to the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Conservation Law Enforcement Office. Inside the cottage, one can find an array of mounted animal busts, large caliber ammunition, and five CLEO officers, who make it their daily duty to defend the very environment that

Conservation law enforcement hunts with Wounded Warriors

Once an imperative skill needed to feed one’s family in the wilderness, hunting has once more found its way into society as a popular pastime among many, to include the service members of the Wounded Warrior Battalion aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.Whether it’s late spring or early fall, midsummer or frosty December, it is in some way, shape