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Safety first for summer cyclists

It can happen so quickly; you’re pedaling along one of the bases many beautiful bike paths while the sun warms your face and you take a deep breathe of a cool summer’s breeze. The skies are blue and you notice some wild flowers at the edge of the woods to your right. Before you can direct your attention back to the path, you hit a patch of sand and

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held June 27 to signify the re-opening of Bachelor Enlisted Quarters 121 after extensive renovations. Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson Jr., the Commanding General for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, was on hand for the ceremony, which was held at the entrance of the hospital barracks. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held June 27 to signify the re-opening of Bachelor Enlisted Quarters 121 after extensive renovations. Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson Jr., the Commanding General for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, was on hand for the ceremony, which was held at the entrance of the hospital barracks.

Hospital Barracks re-open after Renovations

The year was 1983. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day is made a national holiday, compact discs make their debut, and Mr. T is named one of People Magazine’s most intriguing people of the year. Though the world around it has changed quite a bit, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters 121 has remained virtually the same since it began housing its first sailors 22

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Lance Cpl. Eric A. Rivas enjoys the spectacular fireworks display with his son Cash at the 2003 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show Saturday. The display was one of many attractions during the airshow, which took place Oct. 17, 18 and 19. Photo by Sgt. M. P. Shelato - Lance Cpl. Eric A. Rivas enjoys the spectacular fireworks display with his son Cash at the 2003 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show Saturday. The display was one of many attractions during the airshow, which took place Oct. 17, 18 and 19. Photo by Sgt. M. P. Shelato

CAMP GEIGER, N.C. - 1st Lt. Samuel C. Cunningham, Company H commander, School of Infantry [East], received a Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device June 22 for heroic achievement while in combat operations. Cunningham served as an 81 mm Mortar Platoon commander and Combined Action Platoon commander with Weapons Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he received the medal for the time period between March 17 and May 13, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon R. Holgersen) - CAMP GEIGER, N.C. - 1st Lt. Samuel C. Cunningham, Company H commander, School of Infantry [East], received a Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device June 22 for heroic achievement while in combat operations. Cunningham served as an 81 mm Mortar Platoon commander and Combined Action Platoon commander with Weapons Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he received the medal for the time period between March 17 and May 13, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon R. Holgersen)