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Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment step off the CH-53E Super Stallion after successfully completing their TRAP exercise Dec. 3, 2011. - Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment step off the CH-53E Super Stallion after successfully completing their TRAP exercise Dec. 3, 2011.

1/8 conducts exercise, retrieves stranded Marines

A bird is down. Marines are stranded. Some could be hurt. Minutes after the call is in, Marines from the ground element are geared up, ready to retrieve their comrades. A Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission is a strategized operation to retrieve Marines or aircraft unable to make a return flight back. Unlike a search and rescue

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Marines hop off of a CH-53E Super Stallion as aviation maintenance Marines prepare to do a daily turnaround inspection Dec. 2, 2011, at Camp Wilson. The inspection is conducted after every aircraft has landed. - Marines hop off of a CH-53E Super Stallion as aviation maintenance Marines prepare to do a daily turnaround inspection Dec. 2, 2011, at Camp Wilson. The inspection is conducted after every aircraft has landed.

Aviation maintenance keeps birds in the sky

Getting an aircraft to soar is a long, complicated process. With in-depth inspections, fixing broken parts, weapons and electrical issues, the process of getting the metal beasts in the air falls on the shoulders of some of the youngest Marines in the aircraft wing. A typical maintenance section is divided into four main shops: avionics, which

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Gabriella Scitzs, 8-month-old daughter of Anjelu and Richard Scitzs, laughs as Santa plays peek-a-boo with her before their picture is taken during the installation’s annual Winter Festival at Felix Field Dec. 3, 2011. - Gabriella Scitzs, 8-month-old daughter of Anjelu and Richard Scitzs, laughs as Santa plays peek-a-boo with her before their picture is taken during the installation’s annual Winter Festival at Felix Field Dec. 3, 2011.

Annual Winter Festival heralds holiday cheer

The festival Saturday, sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services, has been helping spread cheer to the Combat Center community for almost a decade. “The Winter Festival began in 2002 as an MCCS initiative to provide the families aboard MCAGCC a quality-of-life holiday event,” said Kelley M. Coe, Special Events program manager, MCCS. Families

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OutKasts, the defending champions, celebrate their victory against Chicks & Sticks for their second year as the top team in the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball League after the championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011 - OutKasts, the defending champions, celebrate their victory against Chicks & Sticks for their second year as the top team in the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball League after the championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011

Defending champs OutKasts claim victory again

For weeks, eight teams have met on the field of dreams. The final showdown was between Chicks & Sticks and last year’s defending champions, OutKasts, during the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011. After all the weeks of season games, both teams brought their A games and kept the final match

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Marines with Co. A, 1st Tank Battalion, roll through the Combat Center training area during a patrol training exercise Dec. 1, 2011. This field exercise is the last time the company will be in the field training before they deploy to Afghanistan. - Marines with Co. A, 1st Tank Battalion, roll through the Combat Center training area during a patrol training exercise Dec. 1, 2011. This field exercise is the last time the company will be in the field training before they deploy to Afghanistan.