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Master Gunnery Sgt. Al Moore, DMA senior enlisted advisor, and Army Col. Mike Galloucis, DMA deputy director and chief of staff, unfurl the Defense Media Activity's colors during an activation ceremony at the Pentagon Oct. 20. The DMA will be a joint-service public affairs shop at Fort Meade, Md. - Master Gunnery Sgt. Al Moore, DMA senior enlisted advisor, and Army Col. Mike Galloucis, DMA deputy director and chief of staff, unfurl the Defense Media Activity's colors during an activation ceremony at the Pentagon Oct. 20. The DMA will be a joint-service public affairs shop at Fort Meade, Md.

The hospital corpsman emblem. Corpsmen are the Navy and Marine Corps' enlisted medical specialists. Battlefield corpsmen are largely responsible for the decreased number of casualties dying from combat wounds in the Long War, a ratio lower than that of recent 20th-century wars, including Operation Desert Storm. - The hospital corpsman emblem. Corpsmen are the Navy and Marine Corps' enlisted medical specialists. Battlefield corpsmen are largely responsible for the decreased number of casualties dying from combat wounds in the Long War, a ratio lower than that of recent 20th-century wars, including Operation Desert Storm.

Sgt. Rafael Peralta - Sgt. Rafael Peralta

Dedication ceremony spectators walk through the Healing Field flag display near the Pentagon Memorial prior to the event Sept. 11. The flag display was sponsored by the nonprofit Healing Field Foundation. The almost 3,000 flags represent those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. ::r::::n:: - Dedication ceremony spectators walk through the Healing Field flag display near the Pentagon Memorial prior to the event Sept. 11. The flag display was sponsored by the nonprofit Healing Field Foundation. The almost 3,000 flags represent those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. ::r::::n::

Pfc. Orgaise Joseph, 23, Headquarters Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, performs the ammunition lift event during a Combat Fitness Test demonstration on Aug. 18. Joseph, a native of Lantana, Fla. performed the CFT on Aug. 18 and 19 as part of a worldwide tour showcasing the CFT to Marines at installations around the globe. - Pfc. Orgaise Joseph, 23, Headquarters Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, performs the ammunition lift event during a Combat Fitness Test demonstration on Aug. 18. Joseph, a native of Lantana, Fla. performed the CFT on Aug. 18 and 19 as part of a worldwide tour showcasing the CFT to Marines at installations around the globe.

In the coming months, Department of Defense travelers will have to keep their eyes and ears open, because the government travel charge card contract with Bank of America will expire and transition to Citibank on Nov. 30 at midnight.::r::::n:: - In the coming months, Department of Defense travelers will have to keep their eyes and ears open, because the government travel charge card contract with Bank of America will expire and transition to Citibank on Nov. 30 at midnight.::r::::n::

Motorcycle-related Marine deaths reached 23 on July 29, surpassing last year's record 19 fatalities, a troubling number for leaders in the remaining 2008 fiscal year months, according to Joseph Pinkowski, vehicle program manager, Headquarters Marine Corps. - Motorcycle-related Marine deaths reached 23 on July 29, surpassing last year's record 19 fatalities, a troubling number for leaders in the remaining 2008 fiscal year months, according to Joseph Pinkowski, vehicle program manager, Headquarters Marine Corps.

Mary Pero, 75, of Conemaugh, Pa., poses with Jonathan Scharfen, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immagration Services, for media after receiving her brother's certificate of citizenship at the Marine Corps War Memorial July 29. Her brother, Sgt. Michael Strank, helped raise the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribach sixty-three years ago. - Mary Pero, 75, of Conemaugh, Pa., poses with Jonathan Scharfen, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immagration Services, for media after receiving her brother's certificate of citizenship at the Marine Corps War Memorial July 29. Her brother, Sgt. Michael Strank, helped raise the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribach sixty-three years ago.

Marines who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq might need to update their record of personal decorations following newly published criteria for Long War campaign awards. - Marines who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq might need to update their record of personal decorations following newly published criteria for Long War campaign awards.