More than 75 runners from Marine Corps bases nationwide competed in the All-Marine Cross Country Championships at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Dec. 10. This was only the second year the race has been held. - More than 75 runners from Marine Corps bases nationwide competed in the All-Marine Cross Country Championships at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Dec. 10. This was only the second year the race has been held.

More than 250 motorcycle riders participated in the second annual Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run Dec. 10. The starting point was at Hutchins? Motor Sports in Yucca Valley, Calif., and the end was at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, Calif., for a nearly two-hour long poker game on wheels. More than 300 hundred toys were collected and $3,800 was collected at the event. - More than 250 motorcycle riders participated in the second annual Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run Dec. 10. The starting point was at Hutchins? Motor Sports in Yucca Valley, Calif., and the end was at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, Calif., for a nearly two-hour long poker game on wheels. More than 300 hundred toys were collected and $3,800 was collected at the event.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert C. Jacob III, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band officer, gets promoted by his wife, Anne, and Brig. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, Combat Center commanding general, Dec. 9 at the base theater. Jacob will go on to Headquarters Marine Corps to be the head of the Marine Corps music field. - Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert C. Jacob III, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band officer, gets promoted by his wife, Anne, and Brig. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, Combat Center commanding general, Dec. 9 at the base theater. Jacob will go on to Headquarters Marine Corps to be the head of the Marine Corps music field.

Col. Anthony F. Weddington, Combat Center inspector, presents a diploma of the equal opportunity course held aboard the Combat Center to Master Sgt. Howard E. Payne, operations chief with Marine Combat Training, School of Infantry West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gunnery Sgt. Luis M. Leiva, Combat Center equal opportunity advisor, stands behind them during the ceremony. - Col. Anthony F. Weddington, Combat Center inspector, presents a diploma of the equal opportunity course held aboard the Combat Center to Master Sgt. Howard E. Payne, operations chief with Marine Combat Training, School of Infantry West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gunnery Sgt. Luis M. Leiva, Combat Center equal opportunity advisor, stands behind them during the ceremony.

A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and an M1A1 main battle tank with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, pause for a moment to aim their guns toward their area of operation before they advance forward in the military operations in urban terrain facility at the Combat Center Range 210 Dec. 6. The units spent the first week of December training in MOUT facilities with the support of tanks and amphibious assault vehicles from Delta Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion. - A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and an M1A1 main battle tank with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, pause for a moment to aim their guns toward their area of operation before they advance forward in the military operations in urban terrain facility at the Combat Center Range 210 Dec. 6. The units spent the first week of December training in MOUT facilities with the support of tanks and amphibious assault vehicles from Delta Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion.

Alexandra Soltis, 3, wears a foam finger welcoming her father, Staff Sgt. Michael Soltis, India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, back to the Combat Center. India Battery deployed to Okinawa with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during the first week of May and returned to the Combat Center Dec. 7. - Alexandra Soltis, 3, wears a foam finger welcoming her father, Staff Sgt. Michael Soltis, India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, back to the Combat Center. India Battery deployed to Okinawa with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during the first week of May and returned to the Combat Center Dec. 7.

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Pfc. Keith W. Castle, a 19-year-old Traverse City, Mich., native with Bravo Company, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, sits in between two Casablanca Villas clubhouse members during a card game Dec. 4. MCCES students were invited for to Casablanca Villas clubhouse for a day of activities and a home-cooked dinner in celebration of the holidays. - Pfc. Keith W. Castle, a 19-year-old Traverse City, Mich., native with Bravo Company, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, sits in between two Casablanca Villas clubhouse members during a card game Dec. 4. MCCES students were invited for to Casablanca Villas clubhouse for a day of activities and a home-cooked dinner in celebration of the holidays.

Diane Durden attempts a deadlift during the 2005 Amateur Athletic Union World Bench, Deadlift and Pushpull Championships Dec. 3 at the River Palms Resort Casino in Laughlin, Nev. The world championship marked the teams? final competition of the year for the six-member-team in its first year of existence. - Diane Durden attempts a deadlift during the 2005 Amateur Athletic Union World Bench, Deadlift and Pushpull Championships Dec. 3 at the River Palms Resort Casino in Laughlin, Nev. The world championship marked the teams? final competition of the year for the six-member-team in its first year of existence.

Students and staff of the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School make their way through the Combat Center?s Officer?s Club parking lot, toys in hand for the Annual MCCES Toys for Tots Formation Run Dec. 2. More than 1,200 students and staff of MCCES participated in the run. - Students and staff of the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School make their way through the Combat Center?s Officer?s Club parking lot, toys in hand for the Annual MCCES Toys for Tots Formation Run Dec. 2. More than 1,200 students and staff of MCCES participated in the run.