BEAUFORT, S.C. August 20, 2015 -- Thousands of Marines and civilian personnel drive on Geiger Boulevard to come arrive and depart Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort each day. The road was named after Gen. Roy S. Geiger, the fifth Marine aviator and first Marine to lead an Army. Geiger enlisted in the Marine Corps as a Private in November 1907 and attended basic training on … [Read more...]
‘Lava Dogs’ Bring The Heat
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. August 20, 2015 -- One hundred twenty-degrees of heat bore down on the ‘Lava Dogs’ as they coordinated with artillery, mortars and close-air support, maneuvering across approximately 50 kilometers of desert to reach their objective as part of Large Scale Exercise 15. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3rd … [Read more...]
Medical Collaboration Provides World-Class Care During PACANGEL in the Philippines
August 20, 2015 - TAGBILIRAN, Philippines (AFNS) -- Rayian Carazon slept soundly for the first time in weeks Aug. 16. Already caring for her energetic 1-year-old, Trica, and four months pregnant with her second child, Carazon constantly worried about the health of her young family. Until this day, she had no way to know if there was anything wrong. Through word of mouth, she … [Read more...]
Ben Palermo Remembers Vietnam, Operation Starlite 50 Years After
August 20, 2015 - SAN ANTONIO -- Benjamin "Ben" Palermo loved traveling the world and seeing new places as a Marine. Palermo never imagined that when he volunteered to go to Hawaii that he'd soon be experiencing combat in Vietnam. During Operation Starlite, he was fired at from every direction as he saw helicopters shot out of the sky. Fear stirred up inside him as he realized … [Read more...]
Representing the Coast Guard with a Different Type of Uniform
August 20, 2015 -- Sometimes, the men and women that represent the U.S. Coast Guard wear a different type of uniform: a rugby jersey. Each year, the Coast Guard rugby team participates in the Armed Forces Rugby Tournament, a smaller tournament within the Serevi Rugbytown Sevens tournament. At the tournament, the team competes against rugby teams from all other branches of the … [Read more...]