In mid-June the Combat Center welcomed Tina Paulson as its school liaison in an effort to provide the necessary support to both families and the local schools district to problem solve any issues that may arise and impact the education of the children living in the local area. According to the school liaison Web site, the position works in conjunction with the Combat Center’s command staff, Marine Corps Community Services’ Marine and Family Division, and the local school community to address educational issues involving military children. - In mid-June the Combat Center welcomed Tina Paulson as its school liaison in an effort to provide the necessary support to both families and the local schools district to problem solve any issues that may arise and impact the education of the children living in the local area. According to the school liaison Web site, the position works in conjunction with the Combat Center’s command staff, Marine Corps Community Services’ Marine and Family Division, and the local school community to address educational issues involving military children.
Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment participate in the final exercise of the Enhanced Company Operations Limited Objective Experiments 2 at the Combat Center’s Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group Building Aug. 21. The main focus of the ECO LOE-2 was to train Marines in company level operations due to battlefield missions becoming larger and more distributed. - Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment participate in the final exercise of the Enhanced Company Operations Limited Objective Experiments 2 at the Combat Center’s Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group Building Aug. 21. The main focus of the ECO LOE-2 was to train Marines in company level operations due to battlefield missions becoming larger and more distributed.
Carson City Bureau of Land Management firefighters watch as a P-2V Neptune drops retardant on the fire aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18, 2008. The fire, started by lightning, burned 680 acres of land before it was contained. - Carson City Bureau of Land Management firefighters watch as a P-2V Neptune drops retardant on the fire aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18, 2008. The fire, started by lightning, burned 680 acres of land before it was contained.
Lance Cpl. Jason Altmann, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, hangs the dog tags on the pistol grip for Cpl. Richard Nelson, who was killed in action April 14 in Iraq, during a memorial service Aug. 19 at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. Nelson and Lance Cpl. Dean Opicka were killed after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. - Lance Cpl. Jason Altmann, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, hangs the dog tags on the pistol grip for Cpl. Richard Nelson, who was killed in action April 14 in Iraq, during a memorial service Aug. 19 at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. Nelson and Lance Cpl. Dean Opicka were killed after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Indonesian native Lance Cpl. Hero Dengah (formally Wenur), a rifleman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, recites the “Oath of Allegiance” with 23 other Marines and sailors from 16 different, originating countries during the first ever naturalization ceremony held on base, at the Combat Center’s Officer’s Club Aug. 19. - Indonesian native Lance Cpl. Hero Dengah (formally Wenur), a rifleman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, recites the “Oath of Allegiance” with 23 other Marines and sailors from 16 different, originating countries during the first ever naturalization ceremony held on base, at the Combat Center’s Officer’s Club Aug. 19.
Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burnside, a reserve Marine from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, is hugged by an Official Hugger while he steps off the bus at the Combat Center Aug. 16, 2008. 2/24 is a reserve unit that had more that 1,000 Marines deployed for seven months to Al Anbar Province. The reserve unit’s home base is Chicago. - Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burnside, a reserve Marine from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, is hugged by an Official Hugger while he steps off the bus at the Combat Center Aug. 16, 2008. 2/24 is a reserve unit that had more that 1,000 Marines deployed for seven months to Al Anbar Province. The reserve unit’s home base is Chicago.