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Twentynine Palms, California

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Archive: May, 2010

Runners in the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital’s 23rd annual Ridge Run, fly down the last stretch of the 5K run May 7. The 5K’s counterpart run was a more challenging 8K, which went more extensively through the hills. - Runners in the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital’s 23rd annual Ridge Run, fly down the last stretch of the 5K run May 7. The 5K’s counterpart run was a more challenging 8K, which went more extensively through the hills.

Community supports docs with Ridge Run

The Combat Center community raced to raise money for the installation’s Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital during the 23rd Annual Ridge Run behind the hospital May 7. The run featured something for everyone and offered two distinct courses, said Ed Tennison, a race organizer.“The two routes are the somewhat easy 5K and the extremely hard 8K,” said the

Top row, from left, are team captain Staff Sgt. James Baker, Gunner Fred Keeney and Sgt. Jeremy Germain. Bottom row, from left, are Sgt. Sam Lynn, Lance Cpl. Jesse Vanderslice and Cpl. Brian Sampson. - Top row, from left, are team captain Staff Sgt. James Baker, Gunner Fred Keeney and Sgt. Jeremy Germain. Bottom row, from left, are Sgt. Sam Lynn, Lance Cpl. Jesse Vanderslice and Cpl. Brian Sampson.

Combat Center shooters take top honors in Armed Forces Memorial Match

Six Marines from the combat center competed against some of the best shooters the military has to offer during the 3rd Annual Midwestern Armed Forces Memorial Match and National Rifle Association High Power and Mid Range Regional Championships in Byers, Colorado April 29 through May 2. This year’s match was re-designated the Remembering the Brave –

'First Team' Marines seize day, airfield

Sand blew lightly across a quiet Twentynine Palms’ Airport runway, as the chopping sounds of flying metal beasts echoed throughout the Morongo Basin May 10.The Marines, with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, glided to the soft sand now whirling around their CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters, as shots from role-playing insurgent fighters

Alive at 25 course combats unsafe driving

The Combat Center’s Safety Office took up the fight against inexperienced driving by implementing the Alive at 25 program to teach younger installation personnel the right way to drive and the best way to react when all hell breaks loose on the road. The class, which is held at least once a week by a safety instructor, focuses on drivers ages 15 to

Beat desert heat, stay safe this summer

It is something like getting punched in the face, said Bob Piirainen, the Combat Center’s traffic and motorcycle safety program manager, as he described walking outside during the summer months in the desert. The desert can reach extreme temperatures, as high as 125 degrees, throughout the summer, and Combat Center personnel are taking serious

HQBN Marines return to rifleman roots

Combat Center Marines from Headquarters Battalion took a break from their regular duties supporting Marines and returned to their rifleman roots with a three-day field exercise at the Combat Center’s Range 100 April 28 – 30. The Marines used the time to refresh basic combat skills, like patrolling, immediate action drills, hand and arm signals and

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms