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DEERS provides helpful hints for a smooth visit

Have you ever waited in line for hours to get a new identification card, only to be turned away because you didn’t have all of the necessary paperwork? For many Combat Center personnel this is a common occurrence at the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System office. Being armed with the correct information and documentation before you head

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The ins and outs of getting the most money for your education with tuition assistance

It’s back. MARADMIN 639/11 has restored the Tuition Assistance program for the 2011 fiscal year. Funding is authorized for vocational-technical, undergraduate, graduate, undergraduate developmental, independent study and distance learning programs. The Marine Corps is allotted $26 million, which is half of last year’s total disbursement. Take

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Marines from Gun 3 of Battery S, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, provide support fire during 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines’ Enhanced Mojave Viper pre-deployment training at the Combat Center’s Lava Training Area Sept. 20, 2011.::r::::n:: - Marines from Gun 3 of Battery S, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, provide support fire during 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines’ Enhanced Mojave Viper pre-deployment training at the Combat Center’s Lava Training Area Sept. 20, 2011.::r::::n::

Artillerymen: Fastest guns in the West

Marines sit around a 7-ton vehicle, laughing and joking, throwing rocks, sleeping, a normal field op for the Marines awaiting orders for a mission. Suddenly, “Fire mission! Fire mission!” comes over the radio. Everyone jumps up and assumes their positions. The gunner and assistant gunner sight in, the powder and round are loaded, the order “FIRE!”

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David Wu, a first time golfer, chips the ball out of a sand trap during the Annual Turkey Shoot, at Desert Winds Golf Course Nov. 18, 2011. - David Wu, a first time golfer, chips the ball out of a sand trap during the Annual Turkey Shoot, at Desert Winds Golf Course Nov. 18, 2011.

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DEERS provides helpful hints for a smooth visit

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