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Michael Carr, president of the Jon Paranese Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, salutes and Paul Buchanan, chairman of the Onslow County Board of Commissioners places his hand over his heart during taps at Lejeune Memorial Gardens during Vietnam Recognition Day April 27. The Jon Panarese Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America hosted the event with the support of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune which provided the color guard, firing detail and a bugler. - Michael Carr, president of the Jon Paranese Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, salutes and Paul Buchanan, chairman of the Onslow County Board of Commissioners places his hand over his heart during taps at Lejeune Memorial Gardens during Vietnam Recognition Day April 27. The Jon Panarese Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America hosted the event with the support of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune which provided the color guard, firing detail and a bugler.

Vietnam vets honored at Vietnam Recognition Day Ceremony

Surrounded by a wall of names of those who perished or were unaccounted for during the Vietnam War, service members, past and present, along with members of the community gathered at Lejeune Memorial Gardens to honor and remember during Vietnam Recognition Day Ceremony April 27. The Jon Panarese Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America hosted

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Female service members, veterans, spouses invited to attend A New Mission: How Military Women Become Entrepreneurs

Women of the military community including service members, veterans and spouses are invited to attend A New Mission: How Military Women Become Entrepreneurs at the Marston Pavilion aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune May 21. For $30, women from Camp Lejeune and neighboring installations explore entrepreneurship at the event. The price includes

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Volunteers grow while serving military community with Navy Marine Corps Relief Society

What began when Jessie McManus received a flier at a workshop led to her assisting more than 700 members of the military community and a scholarship to her dream career. McManus was one of many volunteers with the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, an organization that provides financial education and assistance to members of the Navy and the Marine

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After 30 years Beirut Embassy not forgotten

In a remembrance ceremony at the Beirut Memorial April 20, former Marine sniper Andy Mull recalled how Marines stood at attention amidst the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut 30 years ago as the deceased body of Cpl. Robert McMaugh was carried out on a stretcher draped with an American flag. Mull, from Cleveland, was among a small group of

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Rob Jones, a former Marine and Paralympic bronze medalist, shared the story of his recovery from the explosion that took his legs and his triumph at the 2012 Paralympic Games with the Marines of Wounded Warrior Battalion April 19. Jones is a double, above-knee amputee. - Rob Jones, a former Marine and Paralympic bronze medalist, shared the story of his recovery from the explosion that took his legs and his triumph at the 2012 Paralympic Games with the Marines of Wounded Warrior Battalion April 19. Jones is a double, above-knee amputee.