6/29/2012 By Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr., Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with Ammunition Company conducted enemy prisoner of war training at Camp Schwab June 15. The Marines learned about the biometrics automated toolset and its database, collecting biometrics in theater, how to detain enemies, and how to complete a force cell extraction. … [Read more...]
‘Like’ Jersey Mikes on Facebook and Help Donate $25,000 to Wreaths Across America
June 2012 ‘Like’ Jersey Mikes on Facebook and help donate an additional $25,000 to Wreaths Across America http://www.facebook.com/jerseymikes/ For the third year in a row, Jersey Mike’s will be raising money to fund thepurchase of wreaths that will be laid on veterans graves across the country. All Jersey Mike’s locations will be accepting … [Read more...]
Spouses Get to Experience a Day in Their Partners’ Boots
6/23/2012 By Cpl. Michael Iams, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.- Marines, and their families, gathered together to participate in Security Battalion’s first ever Jane Wayne Day on Camp Pendleton, June 23. The event was held to give Marine spouses a better understanding of what their significant others do on a daily … [Read more...]
From Combat Boots to Cowboy Boots: Chesney, McGraw Entertain Marines in North Carolina
June 26, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Cory D. Polom, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — More than 70 Marines traveled to the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., for a free country concert featuring Nashville icons Kenney Chesney and Tim McGraw June 24, complements of the Carolina Panthers organization. It started when … [Read more...]
Officials Condemn Hotel Attack in Afghanistan
June 25, 2012 By Cheryl Pellerin WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – Defense Department and International Security Assistance Force officials have condemned the brutal attack in Afghanistan on the lakeside Spozhmai Hotel west of Kabul in which terrorists killed civilians and took hostages. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, ISAF commander and commander of U.S. … [Read more...]