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Gini Schopfel (right), director of the Navy – Marine Corps Relief Services branch aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, and Kelly Shortt, a support relief services assistant with the NMCRS, cut the birthday cake of the society’s 107th birthday celebration Jan. 20. In addition to commemorating history and traditions of the program, employees and volunteers alike celebrated reaching a milestone of providing more than $3 million in financial assistance in 2010. - Gini Schopfel (right), director of the Navy – Marine Corps Relief Services branch aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, and Kelly Shortt, a support relief services assistant with the NMCRS, cut the birthday cake of the society’s 107th birthday celebration Jan. 20. In addition to commemorating history and traditions of the program, employees and volunteers alike celebrated reaching a milestone of providing more than $3 million in financial assistance in 2010.

Lance Cpl. Mark Gassaway, (left), and Lance Cpl. Tyler Lyons (right), both with 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, make use of exercise equipment at the Area 2 gymnasium, recently. Gassaway and Lyons, normally patrons of the French Creek Fitness Center, are using the gym’s equipment for the time being, but plan to make a return to French Creek upon completion of the heating, air conditioning and ventilation system in April this year. - Lance Cpl. Mark Gassaway, (left), and Lance Cpl. Tyler Lyons (right), both with 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, make use of exercise equipment at the Area 2 gymnasium, recently. Gassaway and Lyons, normally patrons of the French Creek Fitness Center, are using the gym’s equipment for the time being, but plan to make a return to French Creek upon completion of the heating, air conditioning and ventilation system in April this year.

Maj. Gen. Carl B. Jensen, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East, (center) and Sgt. Maj. Robert VanOostrom, sergeant major of MCIEAST (far right), present Sgt. Avery Washington II with the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during the MCIEAST breakfast and awards ceremony at the Ball Center aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jan. 20. Washington, Cpl. Jesse Parke, and Petty Officer 1st Class Julian Esteban (not present), received the Navy and Marine Corps achievement medal and were recognized as the MCIEAST Marine, noncommissioned officer and sailor of the year for 2010. - Maj. Gen. Carl B. Jensen, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East, (center) and Sgt. Maj. Robert VanOostrom, sergeant major of MCIEAST (far right), present Sgt. Avery Washington II with the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during the MCIEAST breakfast and awards ceremony at the Ball Center aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jan. 20. Washington, Cpl. Jesse Parke, and Petty Officer 1st Class Julian Esteban (not present), received the Navy and Marine Corps achievement medal and were recognized as the MCIEAST Marine, noncommissioned officer and sailor of the year for 2010.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Mess Hall 82 sits near the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Movie Theater and is currently under construction, Jan 28. Mess Hall 82 is one of many new dining facilities currently being built that will replace the World War II-era ones. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Mess Hall 82 sits near the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Movie Theater and is currently under construction, Jan 28. Mess Hall 82 is one of many new dining facilities currently being built that will replace the World War II-era ones.

Attendants to the Cottrell house dedication render honors to the raised flag as part of the dedication ceremony in Beulaville, N.C., Jan. 14. After a 30-day renovation, Warren Cottrell, a medically-retired sergeant with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, and his family moved into the new house as the community's volunteers looked on. - Attendants to the Cottrell house dedication render honors to the raised flag as part of the dedication ceremony in Beulaville, N.C., Jan. 14. After a 30-day renovation, Warren Cottrell, a medically-retired sergeant with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, and his family moved into the new house as the community's volunteers looked on.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - 1st Sgt. Philip Lafountain, with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, points out a vehicle he remembers from the Mian Poshteh area in Afghanistan where his unit was deployed to. Navy Lt. Terry A. Roberts, a chaplain with Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Chapel, who was the previous chaplain for 2/8 during their last deployment recently made a miniature model of the Mian Poshteh area complete with Marines, insurgents and animals. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - 1st Sgt. Philip Lafountain, with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, points out a vehicle he remembers from the Mian Poshteh area in Afghanistan where his unit was deployed to. Navy Lt. Terry A. Roberts, a chaplain with Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Chapel, who was the previous chaplain for 2/8 during their last deployment recently made a miniature model of the Mian Poshteh area complete with Marines, insurgents and animals.