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Archive: 2004

Learn to swim during summer

Three-year-old Avery Crespin is enjoying his summer at the Family Pool. In the course of two weeks he learned to jump into the pool and the basics of swimming and safety. Avery, along with 585 other children, spends his mornings cooling down at the American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program sponsored by the Combat Center's Marine Corps Community

MCCS provides insight, ideas, info at reunion brief

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready,we shall never begin.”—Russian Novelist Ivan Turgener MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.—Getting Ready With that in mind Marine Corps Community Services hosts Reunion Briefs for families in the weeks before their Marines and Sailors are scheduled

Combat Center celebrates 52nd B-day

What first began as an oasis far, far away from everything else, has blossomed into the grounds for the largest Marine Corps training base in the world. After 52 years, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center celebrated its illustrious history with a birthday celebration at the base flag pole Aug. 20. After the morning call for colors, Marines,

9/11 Ride Foundation to honor Marines with presentation in New York City

Members of America's 9/11 Ride Foundation, Inc. will honor Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a presentation in New York City Saturday.America's 9/11 Ride Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports those who put their lives on the line daily as emergency workers. Based in Leesburg, Va., the foundation annually hosts the largest

'Mail Call' Host Raises Money for Military Charities

Though he's earned fame and fortune portraying rough and tough military figures on television and in feature films, R. Lee Ermey has a soft spot when it comes to caring for troops. Ermey, popular host of the History Channel's "Mail Call," in which he answers questions about military technology, has put together the R. Lee Emery Celebrity

Families enjoy picnic festival

Everyone came together for a day of fun at the Marine Corps Exchange's Summer Fun Picnic Festival here Aug. 13. For the entire day the MCX was more of a small carnival with free food, hors d'oeuvres, dart contests, a puppet show, face painting, a fashion show and PlayStation 2 contests for teenagers. The festival was held in conjunction with MCX

Patriotic Singer donates profits to Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation

"As the first planes took off at dawn's early light, Brave men and women held their loved ones and said goodbye, Heading into the battle zone- Not knowing if they'd ever come back home. I say a little prayer and thank them every day. 'Cause they're the reason there's still a good ol' USA." From the singer/songwriter Todd Shea's new song, "I Love

Marine wins board, pins on sergeant

During a meritorious promotion ceremony held here Friday, the Marine Corps added another sergeant to its ranks. Sgt. Drew Durocher, travel noncommissioned-officer-in-charge, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Disbursing office, surpassed his peers in a meritorious promotion board, making him one of the Corps’ newest sergeants. “Sgt.

MCAGCC hosts Marine men's softball

The Combat Center hosted the 2004 Marine Corps Men's West Coast Regional Softball Tournament Aug. 9-11. The double-elimination tournament featured 10 teams comprised of Marines from West Coast Marine Corps installations. The tournament concluded in a final championship game, which pitted the top finishers in the winning and losing brackets against

Najaf Cemetery No Enemy Sanctuary, Marine Commander Says

Enemy forces using a Najaf cemetery as a base of operations violated an agreement that had made those grounds off limits for military operations. Insurgents in Najaf have been found to be operating from and storing arms at the Wadi Al Salam cemetery, which is adjacent to the holy Imam Ali Shrine, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news

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