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Marines

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Archive: 2000

Do your records tell a story worth a promotion?

If you're sitting down to watch a football game and the announcers say, "This is a match-up that looks great on paper," you don't really know whether you're in for a good game or a yawner. Every sports fan knows that football games are won on the field, not on paper.On the other hand, if you're a sergeant or above and you look great on paper, odds

Denver Rookie Anderson Credits His Stint as a Marine for Amazing Run From Rank and File to NFL's Rushing Elite

If reprinted, must include: Copyright 2000, Los Angeles Times, re-printed by permission. On a Wednesday or Thursday night in the fall at Camp Pendleton, you can find a football game manned by Marines so eager to compete they've been known to practice before roll call at 6 a.m. On Sunday afternoons, some of those same players gather at spots like

MCCES EXCEEDS ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE GOAL

A year-long campaign to encourage blood donations from one Combat Center organization concluded Dec. 7, after setting several installation records. The Marine Corps Communication and Electronics School had established a goal in January to donate 1,000 units of blood by their 12th blood drive of the year, which was held Dec. 7. According to SSgt.

Annual MCCES Toys for Tots run brings in the goodies

The sight of almost 2,000 Marines running over a hill, shouting cadence and bearing toward an objective, would normally be considered a wee bit threatening. The warriors of the Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School, however, turned it into a vision of the Christmas spirit during their annual run to support the Toys for Tots program

Preparing for Promotion

The promotion system provides a process whereby Marines within each grade and Military Occupational Specialty/Occupation Field compete for promotion to the next grade. The basic goal is to advance the best qualified Marines to higher grades. This ensures MOS/Occupation Field vacancies in the enlisted structure will be continuously occupied by

Navy Chaplain Foundation, Inc. hosts two writing contests

The Navy Chaplain Foundation, Inc., announces two contests to tell the story of the religious and spiritual experiences of Sea Services personnel (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine). Contest A (Historical): This focuses on the history of chaplains of the U.S. Navy, serving with a unit of the Sea Services (Navy, Marine Corps,

"Johnny, there ain't no BLT building."

October 23, 1983, at 6:22 a.m. 241 Marines and fellow servicemembers were killed and more than 100 wounded, when a truck carrying explosives slammed through the guard posts and entered the Battalion Landing Team headquarters building in the Marine Amphibious Unit compound, Beirut, Lebanon."The force of the explosion ripped the building from its

Family readiness: A Corps issue

What's in a name? On the surface the Family Readiness/ Marine Corps Family Team Building Meeting sounds like another meeting in the midst of the barrage required of our Marines. However, it could play a major part in the quality of life for Marines and their families."Family readiness equates to unit readiness," said Ms. Carol Lavoy, Volunteer

Early detection, early cure

This year, approximately 40,800 women will die from breast cancer. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an opportune time to discuss breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and survival. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 182,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most

Happy 225th Birthday Marines!

Happy 225th birthday Marines! The message for the 225th Marine Corps Birthday is now available at the Commandant's webpage (http://www.usmc.mil/cmc) and also below. 10 November 2000 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS Today, around the world, in gatherings large and small, Marines will assemble, as they have for two hundred and

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