8/15/2012 By Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office , Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif - The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs’ Hero 2 Hired Mobile Job Store will visit Camp Pendleton on Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Stars and Strikes Bowling Alley located on … [Read more...]
Helicopter Company Raids Urban Combat Facility
August 15, 2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright, Headquarters Marine Corps COMBAT TOWN, Japan — "Enemy in sight." These words were passed down to the platoon commander, crouching in the tree line alongside dozens of Marines. Only one word came in response: "Engage." This was the prelude to Company G's assault on a notional town held by enemy forces. The Marines of Battalion … [Read more...]
Hoops from Home brings NBA stars to Pendleton
August 14, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Derrick K. Irions, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Hoops from Home provided Camp Pendleton's youth with a free basketball training camp at the Paige Fieldhouse gymnasium, Aug. 11. Hoops from Home, a non-profit organization, held the camp to promote healthy, positive development of military … [Read more...]
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia One of the most common bits of advice for aspiring writers is to write what you know. Larry Correia took that bit of wisdom and ran with it like Jesse Owens. Correia knows guns and b-horror movies and he combines his passions into a novel that reads like a mix of Supernatural and The Dirty Dozen. Monster Hunter … [Read more...]
High School Students Brave Marine Officer Training in Inaugural Leadership Camp
August 13, 2012 By Cpl. David Flynn Marine Corps Recruiting Command MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Fifty-six high school students from around the country gathered here for the Marine Corps’ first Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy, Aug. 6-10. The SLCDA is designed to teach the students valuable leadership skills through instruction from … [Read more...]