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Wives Aim to Learn About Husbands’ Jobs

Wives Aim to Learn About Husbands’ JobsWives of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment service members awoke early dressed in their husbands’ camouflaged uniforms and left their houses as the sun began to rise over the mountains of the Combat Center to participate in the battalion’s Jane Wayne Day.

Marine Puts TLC Back Into Chow

In a small corner of Iraq known as Combat Outpost Nukhayb, Marines fended for themselves in the chow hall for some time. When they got a hankering for some down-home cooking, someone whipped up a meal on the four-burner stove, but without much extra time in their busy schedules, many found solace in the microwave oven.

MCIs Help Marines Advance in Rank

Since the 1920s, the Marine Corps Institute has been tasked with training and educating individual Marines throughout the Corps.

Battling the Holiday Blues

The holiday season can pose many challenges for Marines and Sailors stationed away from their friends and family. From alcohol issues to loneliness, many situations can lead to off-duty trouble.

CLB-24 Digitally Trains for Deployment

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, spent two days driving the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan without leaving the comforts of home.

Tobacco Banned at Navy Health Clinics

Beginning Jan. 1, military and civilian personnel will no longer be authorized to use tobacco products of any form at Cherry Point’s Naval Health Clinic.

Erie Co. Sharpens Claws at Range 109

Erie Co. Sharpens Claws at Range 109Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion's newest company, Co. E, known among its own ranks as 'Erie,' took part in training Nov. 17 which was new to some, but all too familiar to the rest of the LAR world at the Combat Center's Range 109 Nov.

A Calling Answered

People join the military for different reasons. Some join the Marine Corps to travel, others for money to go to school, but for one Marine from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit it was to answer a calling.

MPs Putting Pieces Together

The Combat Center's Provost Marshal's Office has a special crew of military policemen whose jobs are to investigate accidents and determine the causes and faults off and on the installation at any time.

Vets Day Breakfast Helps Honor Past

Vets Day Breakfast Helps Honor PastSince its inception, Veterans Day has been a time when service members from all branches take time to honor each other for their commitment to serving.

Be Semper Tobacco Free

Each year about 430,000 people die of illnesses related to their smoking, and 53,000 deaths are related to secondhand smoke.

Library Issues Challenge to Readers

The annual Read a Book a Week challenge began Nov. 11 at the station library and will conclude Dec. 24.

Honoring Their Brethren

Marines, Sailors, family and friends gathered for a memorial service to honor the nine Marines and one Navy corpsman from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment who were killed in action while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The service took place between Hangars 101 and 102 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Marines Provide One-of-a-Kind Support

Combat Assault Battalion's motto says it all, "Sui Generis," which is Latin for one of a kind.

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