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Marines

Archive: November, 2009

1st MarDiv CG visits Range 400, shows support for 3rd Bn., 7th Marines

Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, came aboard the Combat Center Nov. 20 to show support for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, as they participated in Enhanced Mojave Viper as part of their pre-deployment training.Mills, a native of Huntington, N.Y., observed Company L, 3rd Bn., 7th Marines run through the

Delta Company 1st Tanks breaches the wall

Combining the power and armor of the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and support from follow-on forces to breach an obstacle and push forward is essential in war fighting. Both elements support each other because each has the ability to do what the other cannot do in some cases, said Master Sgt. Timothy Tompkins, a tanker with Company D, 1st Tank

Traffic investigators putting pieces together

The Combat Center’s Provost Marshal’s Office has a special crew of military policemen whose jobs are to investigate accidents and determine the causes and faults off and on the installaion at any time. “Our mission is to investigate traffic accidents involving military personnel, dependents or anyone on base in a traffic accident on the base or in

Erie Co. sharpens its claws at Range 109

Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion’s newest company, Co. E, known among its own ranks as ‘Erie,’ took part in training Nov. 17 which was new to some, but all too familiar to the rest of the LAR world at the Combat Center’s Range 109 Nov. The company completed tables one and two of qualification with their 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun, the

3/11 arty returns from Afghanistan deployment

As the stars rose, portable heaters kept Combat Center friends and family of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, warm as they waited at the unit’s parking lot for their Marines and sailors to return home from a seven month deployment Nov 7. The Marines and sailors were part of an advanced party for 3rd Bn., 11th Marines. The unit is returning

Combat Center reflects on uniform history

As visitors stepped onto the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Grey Field Nov. 6, they may have noticed something strange about the way some Marines were dressed.Marines from the Combat Center’s Headquarters Battalion dressed in Marine Corps uniforms dating back from 1775 to the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform worn today during the 234th

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

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