August 30, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Trevon S. Peracca, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Warriors gathered at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Fieldhouse to compete in the Tactical Athlete Challenge, Aug. 28. The Challenge is a part of the Commanding General’s Cup and hosted 45 teams and more than 180 competitors. It included … [Read more...]
Paid VA study Related to Tinnitus and TBI
August 29, 2012 The repetitive stutter of a machine gun, shocking boom of mortars, the deafening drone of helicopter rotors; the sounds of war are hard to ignore and can leave many Veterans with permanent hearing damage. Tinnitus is the number one disability among Veterans and it affects at least one in every 10 American adults. It is because of this statistic that the VA … [Read more...]
II Marine Expeditionary Force participates in Exercise Atlantic Response
August 29, 2012 By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard , II MEF MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Approximately 100 Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force participated in Exercise Atlantic Response 12 aboard Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 21-23. Atlantic Response is a scenario-driven, simulation-supported exercise … [Read more...]
Festus-Native Earns a Navy, Marine Corps Commendation Medal
8/27/2012 By Cpl. Jeremy Ware , Marine Barracks 8th & I WASHINGTON -- A native of Festus, Mo., was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal during a ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington Aug. 27. Sgt. Bobby Kling, 26, enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 2005 and attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. He has served as a … [Read more...]
Panetta Praises Neil Armstrong’s Legacy
August 27, 2012 By John Valceanu WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he was deeply saddened by death of Neil Armstrong today, calling the pioneering astronaut “one of America’s greatest heroes and naval aviators.” Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission he … [Read more...]