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Final exercise puts ‘War Dogs’ to the test

Marines of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment completed their week-long final exercise of the cold-weather package at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center April 20, 2012, in Bridgeport, Calif. After a week of learning how to survive and be combat effective in the harsh environment, Fox, Echo and Golf Companies faced off against Weapons

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Unraveling the inner-workings of Lake Bandini

The Combat Center’s Waste Water Treatment Plant, better known as “Lake Bandini,” has been a valuable water resource for the installation for decades. While the plant’s presence on the base is well-known, the inner-workings of how it treats the water is not. The 60-year-old “lake” takes waste water from the base and treats it until it meets the

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Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Hester directs Ivana King, first-year student at the University of California Marshall School of Business, to “keep her bag up with elbows locked.” King was one of 17 students here with the Marshall Military Veterans Association 2012 Leadership Challenge April 20, 2012 - Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Hester directs Ivana King, first-year student at the University of California Marshall School of Business, to “keep her bag up with elbows locked.” King was one of 17 students here with the Marshall Military Veterans Association 2012 Leadership Challenge April 20, 2012

Bulldogs vs. Trojans

Once a year, students with the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business volunteer to come to the Combat Center and get a glimpse of the Marine Corps world April 20 to 21, 2012. By the end of the 36-hour program, they hope to take in some leadership lessons to become better business professionals. The students were invited to

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A Sorted Affair: Make the most of our resources with on-base recycling

Our lives are filled with trash. It can’t be helped; it’s all around us. Everything we do, from preparing food to opening our mail, generates trash. The average American produces about 4.4 pounds of garbage a day. That’s 29 pounds per week and 1,600 pounds in a year, according to the Environment Protection Agency. Less than two percent of the total

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Marines are given a brief on the procedures for a medical evacuation in front of a Black Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif. April 5, 2012. - Marines are given a brief on the procedures for a medical evacuation in front of a Black Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif. April 5, 2012.

2/7 faces flurries during mock medevac

Snow flew in white swirls everywhere as the Black Hawk helicopter came in for its landing. Four Marines took off toward the landing zone, sprinting toward the waiting flight crew with stretcher in hand, a simulated wounded Marine stretched out on top of it.Marines with Fox and Weapons Companies, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, completed a

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Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, reads "Night Catch" by Brenda Ehrmantraut, to Twentynine Palms Elementary School students during the Military Child Education Coalition's program, "Tell Me A Story," April 16, 2012. - Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, reads "Night Catch" by Brenda Ehrmantraut, to Twentynine Palms Elementary School students during the Military Child Education Coalition's program, "Tell Me A Story," April 16, 2012.

Nat’l program pushes reading

Twentynine Palms Elementary School students and their parents sat on a classroom floor, cross-legged, in a semi-circle around Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, as he read aloud to them during the most recent session of the “Tell Me a Story” program. The program was launched by the Military Child Education Coalition in

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Final exercise puts ‘War Dogs’ to the test

Unraveling the inner-workings of Lake Bandini

Bulldogs vs. Trojans

A Sorted Affair: Make the most of our resources with on-base recycling

2/7 faces flurries during mock medevac

Nat’l program pushes reading

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