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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: July, 2009

3/7 rushes to perfect fire, manuever tactics

If you don’t move, you die. The most basic tactical maneuver in warfare is also the most essential. Communication and suppressive fire are what enables movement on the battlefield, giving Marines the upper hand.These are the tactics Marines from companies I and K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, put into practice during buddy rush and fire team

Affliction MMA fighters spend day with Marines, sailors, families

Professional fighters from Affliction, a major mixed martial arts organization and clothing line, visited the Combat Center Sunday to mingle with base personnel. Big-league MMA names such as Bas Rutten, Tim Sylvia, Hermes Franca and Albert Rios met with hundreds of Combat Center service members and their families at the Marine Corps Exchange to

All-Marine Women’s Softball Team scouts Twentynine Palms Marines

A loud crack echoed through the air as a softball soared down the field while the coach for the All-Marine Women’s Softball Team whistled with respect at the power of the hit during the team’s screening at the Combat Center’s Felix Field July 29.The assessment was set up by Daniel Sullivan, the coach for the All-Marine team, and his wife, Debra, an

JED reminds Marines to jam IEDs

Personnel from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., came to the Combat Center July 29 and 30 to produce an instructional training video for the Jammer Effectiveness Device, a piece of equipment used to help remind Marines to turn on the improvised explosive device jammers equipped in all humvees. “A lot of Marines see the JED while out

MCAGCC moms named best among Desert Cities

A Marine and a military spouse were recognized during a Twentynine Palms City Hall meeting July 28 for being named in Time Warner Cable’s Desert Cities’ 25 Best Moms of 2009 Essay Contest after their children submitted their entries in March. Gunnery Sgt. Cheryl J. Hyde, the administration chief for the commanding general’s office, and her

Retention clock is ticking

Marines aboard the Combat Center and throughout the Corps, who have not pulled the trigger on re-enlisting in their military occupational specialty, may soon see their opportunity fade away. Fiscal year 2010 will be a tough year for re-enlistment, said Staff Sgt. Xavisus T. Gayden, the career planner for Headquarters Battalion.“So far there are

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