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Marines

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Archive: 2004

Marines liven up career day at World Financial Center

"Marines have a special way of greeting each other," explained Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey Green, from 6th Communication Battalion in Brooklyn N.Y. "And since you all are Marines for the day, I'm going to teach you how to greet each other like Marines." A roomful of 10-year-old kids looked intently back at the muscled Marine that stood in front of them.

HMH-464 Condors prepare to migrate home

After six months of being Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s only helicopter squadron, the Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 are ready to return home to Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. The HMH-464 helicopter detachment will be replaced by a detachment from HMH-461, their sister unit from New River and the same unit

1/3's Lava Dogs ride the waves during coxswain's course

As 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepares itself for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan, later this year, training continues to ensure the battalion is readily capable to complete any mission with great success. As part of the evolution, 22 Marines from Bravo Co., 1/3, took part in a month-long Coxswain's Skills Course,

Tactical drivers follow rules;

A hungry squad of grunts without ammunition sit in the field waiting for a delivery that is already 30 minutes late. Approximately 200 miles away, a driver and an assistant driver, both clad in flak and Kevlar, climb into a Humvee loaded down with beans and bullets. The driver lets off the emergency break and puts his shellback in gear; the

Harlem native reenlists in the Corps at WTC

Spring afternoons in New York City feature tourists and natives filling the streets in a bustling whirlwind of voices faces from all over the world. However, the ground that used to house the World Trade Center is usually a bit more subdued. On the afternoon of April 16, the sun dipped behind the clouds as the slow, smooth sound of Taps floated

Task force seeks assistance for Haiti's children

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Ron Coleman, commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Haiti, expressed his sincere gratitude to individuals and organizations that provide assistance to the people of Haiti, especially its children. "The Multinational Interim Force Haiti is working very closely with the interim government of Haiti and with non-governmental

Corps filling some GWOT billets with retirees

The Marine Corps is looking for a few good retirees -- about 150, to be exact. The commandant of the Marine Corps recently authorized the expanded use of the retired Marine population to help fill the more than 2,500 existing Global War on Terrorism-related billets, according to Lt. Col. Linda McGowan, deputy section head, Mobilization, Plans and

New Marine carries on family's legacy

From the battlefields of wars past to the drill fields of Parris Island, Pfc. Jonathan T. Harton was born with a Marine legacy instilled in him. He had always thought about the Marine Corps because he's been around Marines, literally, since the day he was born. His grandfather, retired 1st Sgt. Charles T. Harton, enlisted in the Marine Corps

Six senior enlisted blaze new trail

Six senior enlisted Marines recently cleared a path for other staff noncommissioned officers by graduating the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio with Master of Science degrees in Information Resource Management with a concentration in information assurance (IA). This is the first time a graduating class consisted of

Coalition teams up, provides Medical Care

Marines, soldiers and sailors, along with other coalition forces, conducted a three-day Civil Military Assistance medical operation here and at surrounding villages April 11-13. During the CMA 723 Afghan women and 350 Afghan men were treated by the corpsmen from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment; soldiers from the 325th Task Field Hospital at

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