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Marines, Sailors Earn Purple Hearts

Marines, Sailors Earn Purple Hearts"Let it be known that he who wears the Military Order of the Purple Heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen.”

CLB-4 Conducts Training With Thai Army

Combat Logistics Battalion 4 conducted convoy training operations with the Royal Thai Army’s 9th Infantry Division during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 at Kao Laemb Range.

MCCS Offers Car-Buying Advice

Tricky salesmen, high interest rates and beat-up cars are common pitfalls for Marines buying their first car, but with the correct information, they can avoid these problems.

Quantico Reacts to Winter Storm Warning

According to Marine Corps Base Order 11210.1C, regarding snow emergency operations, the commander’s intent is that the base will take early, proactive action to ensure the resumption of normal operations as quickly as possible.

NCIS Sets Sights on Fraud Prevention

Every quarter, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service here focuses on a different crime to target in its annual crime reduction program. This quarter, NCIS has its sights set on fraud prevention.

Cali’s First Baptism Held at Pendleton

The residents, employees and surrounding communities of Camp Pendleton are more than familiar with the role the base plays and its history in the Marine Corps.

Unit Trains on Newest Mobile ATC Gear

Unit Trains on Newest Mobile ATC GearMarine Air Control Squadron 1’s newest detachment at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., now also has the newest mobile air traffic control equipment in the Corps.

Aviation Provides Capability in Haiti

Local Haitians look up to the sky while a thundering sound grows louder as a Marine helicopter appears over top a field of palm trees and thick vegetation, within no time the Marines are on the deck.

Marines Prepare for Memorial March

Marines from the Installation Personnel Administration Center at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., began training with a predawn 5-mile hike around base for the 21st annual Bataan Memorial Death March.

Corps Clears up Tattoo Policy

The Marine Corps released additional rules to its tattoo policy last month, banning more places on the body where Marines cannot get them and setting tougher rules for officers.

Marines Play With Fire

When surviving in a jungle environment, the ability to make a fire can prove to be the difference between life and death in most cases.

Training Boosts Basic Field Skills

Approximately 80 Marines from Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, participated in a field skills training exercise at Landing Zone Crow in the Central Training Area.

SGMAGTF, UN Combat Hunger in Haiti

SGMAGTF, UN Combat Hunger in HaitiShe was barely three feet tall, clothed only in a diaper and wearing a red ribbon in her hair, but the young Haitian girl walked up with surprising confidence to a Marine, receiving a package of food nearly equal to her in size.

Sailor Earns Three Awards for Valor

Petty Officer 2nd Class William J. Harris was awarded two Bronze Stars with V devices, and a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with V device, in a ceremony.

Marines Reunite Haitian Family

Just a week ago, 14-year-old Lydie Augustin was suffering from two severe, untreated lacerations caused by bricks that fell on her leg that were shook loose from a building during the Jan. 12, earthquake. Today she returned to Grand Saliene in better health and high spirits.

Environmental Pioneer Retires

Camp Pendleton’s endangered species and its historic Native American culture are saying good-bye and thank you to the man who played a substantial role in preserving the base’s rare environment for more than a decade.

Fighting the Taliban With Brute Force

Beleaguered and tired, with combat boots half filled with water, Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and the Afghan national army soldiers attached to their unit, trudge through flooded canals in the Shorshurak region of Helmand province.

A Day Spent at 'Track'

Normally the 4,000-foot airstrip is used for helicopter training exercises; instead, it was used for a different type of training.

CAB on Okinawa Hones Observation Skills

Perched stealthily atop the headquarters building of the 4th Marine Regiment, Marines observe a cluster of tents nestled in a field more than 400 yards away.

HMH-462 Gets Warm Welcome Home

More than 170 Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, after a six-month deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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