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Marine Corps Reserve Provides Options for Marines

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP SMEDLEY D. BUTLER—The Marine Corps Reserve transition team visited several Marine Corps installations throughout Okinawa May 6-10 to inform active-duty Marines about their options to continue serving as members of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve.


Marines Receive New Equipment, Upgrade Capabilities…

CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan—Marines with Electronics Maintenance Company received a new calibration system recently and trained with the equipment April 29 to May 10 at the battalion’s calibration lab on Camp Kinser.  Marines depend on their equipment to function properly regardless…


Corpsmen Rush to Aid Marines During Hard Landing

JIPO-RI RANGE, Republic of Korea—“Doc!” has been yelled at the top of the lungs of thousands of Marines from generation after generation in wars fought throughout mountains, cities, trenches, deserts, jungles and in some occasions, training accidents.


Giving Single Marines and Sailors Chance to Explore…

MCAS BEAUFORT— The Single Marine and Sailor Program offers single service members opportunities to experience new things outside of their barracks rooms and helps improve moral and camaraderie with one another through trips and activities.


Tuition Assistance Available for Marines

Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. — Shortly after tuition assistance was approved to be reinstated April 8, tuition assistance began being processed again April 15.  According to the Marine Administrative Message 203/13 concerning TA, it will be approved retroactively for enrolled…


MCSC Trains Marines on New Close Quarters Battle Pistol…

“Reloading!” shouted members of the Marine Corps Base Quantico Special Response Team as they replaced the magazines in their newly issued .45-caliber pistols.  The team, along with Marines from the Weapons Training Battalion at Quantico, participated in New Equipment Training, or…


Tuition Assistance Back For Marines, Accepting New…

As of April 8, 2013, the Voluntary Education Tuition Assistance funding is restored within the Marine Corps and new enrollments may begin immediately according to officials from the Marine and Family Programs Division.  Tuition Assistance has full funding for the 2013 fiscal year and follows…


Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist Program Available…

Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit have the opportunity to earn an U.S. Navy’s Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, during their 2013 deployment. Within the first two weeks more than 116 Marines have enlisted in the program.


Seminar Informs Marines, Sailors, Spouses About Alternatives…

With the recent freeze on the tuition assistance program, many Marines and Sailors aboard the air station are asking the same question, “What are my options to fund my education?”  The education office at the Jerry W. Marvel Training and Education Building hosted a seminar Tuesday…


“Pulling” for a Change: Say Goodbye to…

12/3/2012 - Pull-ups will replace the flexed arm hang for female Marines during the physical fitness test, effective Jan. 1st.


Camp Pendleton Hosts “Buddy Bowl” Charity…

More than 300 service members and civilians gathered at the flag-football tournament, which raised more than $19,000 in donations for charities.


Marines Show Off Skills During Live-Fire Exercise

Marines and sailors with Mike Battery conducted live-fire training with M777A2 155 mm howitzers and crew-served weapons during Artillery Relocation Training Program.


Marine Donates Bone Marrow to Save a Strangers Life…

By checking a box on this form, Pvt. Gallardo elected to be a potential bone marrow donor, setting events into motion that would possibly save the life of a complete stranger.


One Wounded Marines’ Success Through Transition…

Marine Veteran, Lance Cpl. Chase Savage joined the Marine Corps in 2003 as an 0311, a rifleman in the infantry whose main reason for joining was due to the tragic events of 9/11.


Toys for Tots: Putting Smiles on the Faces of Children…

In December 1947, Maj. Bill Hendricks, United States Marine Corps Reserve, and a group of Marine reservists collected and distributed more than 5,000 toys to children in low income families throughout the city of Los Angeles, thus sparking the idea of the Toy for Tots program.


Marine Offers His Home and Car to Fellow Marines After…

Marines have a saying amongst each other, “We take care of our own.” But this time, it was more than just lending a fellow marine a few bucks for a haircut.


Running 237 Miles for Fallen Marines: “The Least…

The Marine Corps is turning 237 years old this year. Marines honor the enriched history of the Corps in many different ways to show their respect for those who came before today’s service members. One officer aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune found a way to honor the service and its fallen…


Corporals Course Pushes Marines to Learn Leadership…

Future sergeants major gather from all corners of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to attend Corporals Course, a path which molds Marines into better noncommissioned officers.


Marines Participates in Exercise Crocodilo12

The amphibious, mechanized rifle company of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element conducted a raid with the Timor-Leste Defense Force, as part of Exercise Crocodilo 2012, Oct. 13.


Philippine, American Forces Meet Up to Kick Off PHIBLEX…

“PHIBLEX 2013 is an opportunity, a venue, and an exchange of professional expertise and technological advancement between the Philippine Navy, Air Force, Army, local government units, defense leaders and our counterparts across borders, the United States Marine Corps.


Marines train at Sea in Chemical, Biological, Radiological…

10/5/2012 - Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit armed themselves with their M50 field protective masks for a different type of training to prepare for a variety of threats they could encounter during their deployment.


Grants Expand Military Children’s Educational…

The DoD urges recipients of the 2012 educational grant program to push the envelope in developing programs that ultimately will benefit all military schoolchildren.


No Pain, No Gain: Endurance is Key

10/2/2012 - For the Marine Corps Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness Tests, endurance plays a key role in attaining the coveted score of 300. Endurance is what allows Marines to push themselves to the limit to excel.


U.S Sends Marines to Libya After Mob Kills Ambassador…

The September 11th surprise attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi forced the U.S to send a group of highly trained Marines to Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of four Americans and one U.S Ambassador.


Marine Corps Changes Their Deployment Training

9/28/2012 - As the demands of war have evolved, so has training. The Corps is taking a new step in training evolutions and pre-deployment preparation.


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