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Ross Ragonese, executive chef, Sodexo, supervises a Marine making a yogurt parfait at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez) - Ross Ragonese, executive chef, Sodexo, supervises a Marine making a yogurt parfait at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Sodexo hosts culinary training for Marines

Cooking food takes passion, but without basic fundamentals, soufflés can fall flat. Chefs with the Sodexo Quality of Life Company held culinary foundation training for Marine food service specialists at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11.

American country music singer and song writer, Tyler Farr, performs during BaseFEST at the William Pendleton Thompson Hill Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4, 2018. BaseFEST is an annual public Independence Day celebration at MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales) - American country music singer and song writer, Tyler Farr, performs during BaseFEST at the William Pendleton Thompson Hill Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4, 2018. BaseFEST is an annual public Independence Day celebration at MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

BaseFEST rocks Camp Lejeune on Independence Day

BaseFEST – an annual, public Independence Day celebration hosted by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune – drew in about 28,000 people comprised of guests, service members and their families, July 4.

Camp Lejeune prepares for free concert, fireworks, fun

“USAA and the BaseFEST organization are bringing in all of these wonderful organizations and performances,” said Yolanda Mayo, the deputy operations officer for Marine Corps Community Services for MCB Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River. “This is an all-day event as a thank you to the troops, at no cost to us.”

New MARADMIN gives active-duty parents flexibility with parental leave

In accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, the United States Marine Corps released a new Marine Administrative Message 331/18 implementing changes in the Marine Corps’ parental leave policy on June 14.

LHS prepares students for the medical field and for their future since 2010

Lejeune High School and the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune established a partnership in 2010, which has allowed LHS students who take the nurse aide training program to participate in hands-on nurse aide training at NMCCL on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

Marine Corps Installations transition to new access control system

Earlier this week, Marine Corps Installations across the region began transitioning to a new government-owned access control system called Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS). This new and enhanced system will replace RAPIDGate and MCESS for contractors and other non-DoD-affiliated personnel requiring installation access. DBIDS is already installed at more than 320 sites with over 5 million registered personnel and unlike previous systems, this one is a free service.

Unexploded danger lies beneath sand and waters of off-limits Brown’s Island

ONSLOW BEACH, N.C. -- In between Onslow Beach and Hammocks Beach State Park is Brown’s Island, one of three major Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune impact areas that have existed since the base’s establishment in 1941. This impact area has been in use more than 50 years for military training including naval gunnery practice and live fire from mortars, machine guns, rockets and artillery.

Naval Medical Center personnel learn proper decontamination techniques

The staff at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune conducted decontamination training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 24, to help ensure they are prepared to treat patients who have been exposed to chemical, biological or radiological contaminants. The biannual training includes a decontamination process which protects the medical center and the patients within it from being exposed to any contaminant that may be on the clothes or body of the new patient, regardless of the threat level.

It’s a no-go for boaters on explosive-laden Browns Island

For many years, a no-trespassing policy has been in effect for Browns Island, an attractive area for boaters that sits on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway adjacent to the base to prevent visitors from coming in contact with potentially-explosive ordnance. The policy also reminds users of the AIW to avoid bottom-disturbing activities in the creeks and tributaries leading to and around Browns Island where buried ordnance has been found

Using the force continuum to keep the base safe

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Military Police and Marine Corps Civilian Law Enforcement Program officers sharpened their skills with use-of-force training here, May 25. The Base Provost Marshal’s Office personnel conduct use-of-force training at least once a year, which helps them in situations with non-compliant individuals – especially those who pose a threat to themselves or others