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Students, Marines read across America

Marines and sailors from the I Marine Expeditionary Force volunteered to go to the Vista Academy of Visual Performing Arts to read to the children there in order to promote literacy March 2. Read Across America is meant to promote literacy in children by encouraging adults to read to them. “Read across America asks that we find a caring adult to

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Physical training raises funds for local elementary school

Combat boots and Velcro shoes tore up the track at Concordia Elementary School as Marines and students participated in the 6th annual Jogathon. “We’re out here to motivate the kids,” said Lt. Col. Samuel P. Pelham, the Deputy of Community Plans and Liaison Office, who along with almost 30 Marines from the Deployment Processing Command, showed their

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SOUTHCOM Marine lifts his way to victory

Although powerlifting has been a popular activity since the early 1900s, it wasn’t officially sanctioned by the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) until 1964. Many agree that it reached cult status when the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic “Pumping Iron” hit the big screen. Since then, many more have been attracted to the sport and the number of

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HABBINIYAH, Iraq - An Iraqi mechanic repairs part of a humvee here March 7. Support Company, 1st Motor Transportation Regiment, 1st Iraqi Army Division, serves as the maintainers who keep the division on the road. These Iraqi soldiers repair and do on-site recovery of any vehicle in the army?s arsenal. - HABBINIYAH, Iraq - An Iraqi mechanic repairs part of a humvee here March 7. Support Company, 1st Motor Transportation Regiment, 1st Iraqi Army Division, serves as the maintainers who keep the division on the road. These Iraqi soldiers repair and do on-site recovery of any vehicle in the army?s arsenal.

Iraqi soldiers keeps Iraqis trucking

When many think of standing up an army, like the one getting on its feet in Iraq, they might envision infantrymen on patrols and tanks rolling across stretches of desert. But combat forces are only effective if they have supporting units to sustain them. The soldiers of Support Company, 1st Motor Transportation Regiment, 1st Iraqi Army Division,

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- The elements of Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a CH-46 Sea Knight from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 22nd MEU, to return to Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., after conducting a helo raid exercise at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, March 6. The exercise is taught by Special Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- The elements of Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a CH-46 Sea Knight from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 22nd MEU, to return to Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., after conducting a helo raid exercise at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, March 6. The exercise is taught by Special Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines raid training town in Camp Lejeune

The last moments of silence faded, as four helicopters approached and circled their area of operation before making a swift landing outside the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility March 6. Two CH-53E Super Stallions touched down onto the open terrain outside of MOUT town, stirring up a thick storm of sand and dust that concealed the

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Several maintenance Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, push an F/A-18 Hornet into its designated spot on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise Sunday. The Thunderbolts, as well as Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 86, have completed a three-week sustainment exercise at sea aboard the carrier. - Several maintenance Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, push an F/A-18 Hornet into its designated spot on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise Sunday. The Thunderbolts, as well as Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 86, have completed a three-week sustainment exercise at sea aboard the carrier.

Squadron's maintenance Marines get it done on USS Enterprise

As Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 and Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 86 return from a three-week sustainment exercise aboard USS Enterprise, both squadrons have completed the training they came here to do. The Thunderbolts and Sidewinders first mission when they came aboard, was setting up their workspaces and getting everything and everyone

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Marines from E Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expediitonary Unit, rush to the firing line during a machine gun shoot on the flight deck of USS Bataan, March 12, 2007. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross) (Released) - Marines from E Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expediitonary Unit, rush to the firing line during a machine gun shoot on the flight deck of USS Bataan, March 12, 2007. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross) (Released)

'Warlords' keep gun teams prepared

Marines from Company E, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participated in an M-240G medium machine gun range on the flight deck, here, March 12. Fourteen troops from the company's Weapons Platoon took part in the live-fire training, designed to give the unit's machine-gunners valuable

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Students, Marines read across America

Physical training raises funds for local elementary school

Squadrons return to Fightertown after 6 month deployment to Japan

Personal trainers at community services available for fitness goals

Marines are welcome at the Marines Memorial, living monument

SOUTHCOM Marine lifts his way to victory

Iraqi soldiers keeps Iraqis trucking

Marines raid training town in Camp Lejeune

Squadron's maintenance Marines get it done on USS Enterprise

'Warlords' keep gun teams prepared

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