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Marines

Combat Center News

Twentynine Palms, California

Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

Archive: September, 2008

1st Tanks honors lost brother

A solemn gathering of Marines, sailors, friends and families of 1st Tank Battalion paid their final respects to one of their own with a memorial service at the Combat Center’s Catholic Chapel Sept. 18. Pfc. Ernie J. Villarreal, 27, infantry weapons repairman and an El Paso, Texas, native, died Sept. 16 at Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital.

VMGR-234, MWSS-374 team up to support Mojave Viper

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 performed an aerial delivery operation in support of Mojave Viper, a month-long pre-deployment training evolution, here Sept 15.VMGR-234, a reserve Marine KC-130 squadron based out of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, operating out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., air

3/4, CLB-7 return first hundred service members

Approximately one hundred Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Combat Logistics Battalion 7 reunited with friends and family at the Combat Center’s Victory Field Sept. 5 after a seven-month deployment to Iraq.3/4’s return marks the drawing to a close of their fifth combat deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Combat Center Band knows how to party

For those in search of Marines who like to let loose and have a good time, look no further than the Combat Center Band, which offers a more casual form of musical entertainment in its Party Band Ensemble.Warrant Officer 2 Stephen B. Giove, Combat Center band officer, said party bands, which resemble the famous brass bands of New Orleans, have

Combat Center Band offers more than music in Colorado

The cool mountain air and local community of Estes Park, Colo., played host to the Combat Center Band Sept. 4 through Sunday for the town’s annual Long’s Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival.Fans braved chilly nights, with the help of hot chocolate and hot dogs, to see the bands’ quick and crisp marches and hear their defined sound, which makes

Corps welcomes newest unit

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 officially became the newest unit in the Marine Corps Friday during an activation ceremony at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. VMU-3 was established to be an active part of training at the Combat Center and to become part of the operational Marine Air Ground Task Force, said

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