Thomas Richard, left, installation restoration program manager, Laura Spung, center, installation restoration program assistant, and William Hagen Ratliff, right, underground storage tank program manager, all with the Environmental Quality Branch, pose for a photo after receiving the 2022 Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Environmental Awards for … [Read more...]

JANUARY 26, 2023 - Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz held a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony at the Sabånan Fadang Memorial located on the base’s Main Cantonment area on Jan. 25, 2023. The ceremony symbolically dedicated the memorial through the Guam Governor’s office to the people of Guam. “It is only fitting that ahead of tomorrow’s Camp Blaz Reactivation and Naming … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert D. Barbaree III, left, commanding officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, pins the Bronze Star Medal onto Master Sgt. Kevin Haunschild, right, a senior air traffic controller with H&HS, MCAS New River, on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2023. … [Read more...]

JANUARY 25, 2023 - The Marine Corps is reactivating a new base on Guam, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz. Why Guam? The governments of Japan and the United States have committed to developing training areas in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. With the help of a large monetary contribution from the Government of Japan, the construction of MCB … [Read more...]

JANUARY 20, 2023 – Marine Barracks Washington installed two electric vehicle (EV) chargers at its motor pool on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., Dec. 21, 2022 in support of the Department of Defense’s zero-emission vehicle acquisition goals. “The Oldest Post” is not the first Marine Corps installation to acquire EV chargers. In 2021, the Marine Corps acquired … [Read more...]