Latest Articles - Year 2010

Col. Wes Weston and his wife, Teresa, are piped ashore during Weston’s retirement ceremony April 6 at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. - Col. Wes Weston and his wife, Teresa, are piped ashore during Weston’s retirement ceremony April 6 at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field.

Weston bids farewell to Corps after 26 years

The Combat Center’s former assistant chief of staff of Installations and Logistics bid farewell to the Marine Corps after 26 years of dedicated service during a retirement ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field April 6.During the ceremony, Col. Wes Weston received letters of appreciation from former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush

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Ethan Dixon, 4, whose father is deployed to Afghanistan with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, hits a bull’s-eye while playing the target game during the Month of the Military Child Carnival April 1 at Felix Field. - Ethan Dixon, 4, whose father is deployed to Afghanistan with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, hits a bull’s-eye while playing the target game during the Month of the Military Child Carnival April 1 at Felix Field.

Combat Center kicks off Month of Military Child with carnival

Every year, April is known as the Month of the Military Child, and this year the Lifelong Learning Library kicked off the month with a carnival for all Combat Center children April 1 at Felix Field. Hundreds of children attended the event, moving from one game to another, collecting tickets, winning prizes and eating free food. Children who

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Marine Corps lifts social networking ban on government computers

The Marine Corps recently lowered restrictions on access to popular social networking Web sites in an effort to expand the Corps’ professional capabilities and improve morale. According to Marine Corps Administrative Message 181/10, all users of the Marine Corps Enterprise Network are allowed access to social networking sites like Facebook and

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Sgt. Alberto Garcia (left), an infantryman with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, from Corpus Christi, Texas, and Pvt. Nicholas Pezzuto, also with 3rd LAR, from Lakewood, Calif., finish watering a newly-planted Joshua tree at Joshua Tree National Park during a restoration effort April 7. Volunteers and park staff dug holes for 120 plants from the Joshua Tree National Park's nursery. - Sgt. Alberto Garcia (left), an infantryman with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, from Corpus Christi, Texas, and Pvt. Nicholas Pezzuto, also with 3rd LAR, from Lakewood, Calif., finish watering a newly-planted Joshua tree at Joshua Tree National Park during a restoration effort April 7. Volunteers and park staff dug holes for 120 plants from the Joshua Tree National Park's nursery.

Marines, sailors plant new beginning for national park

Five Marines and sailors with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion assisted Joshua Tree National Park Resources’ staff with an environment restoration project along the Lost Horse Mine Trail in Joshua Tree National Park, April 6 and 7. Volunteers planted new trees to help rejuvenate the environment after a fire swept through the area and

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MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Scarlet Buerkley, the daughter of Sgt. Logan Buerkley, a motor transportation operator with Marine Unmanned Vehicle Squadron 3, places a recently-discovered egg in her basket April 3 during the Combat Center's Spring Egg Hunt at Felix Field. The event also featured games, cotton candy and pictures with Peter Cotton Tail. - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Scarlet Buerkley, the daughter of Sgt. Logan Buerkley, a motor transportation operator with Marine Unmanned Vehicle Squadron 3, places a recently-discovered egg in her basket April 3 during the Combat Center's Spring Egg Hunt at Felix Field. The event also featured games, cotton candy and pictures with Peter Cotton Tail.