Combat Center News

The Combat Center Marine Band performs patriotic songs during the third concert in the Spring Concert Series at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 23, 2011. - The Combat Center Marine Band performs patriotic songs during the third concert in the Spring Concert Series at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 23, 2011.

Manuel Laureano, 5-year-old son of Staff Sgt. Juan Laureano, an instructor at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, demonstrates why he may one day be a star quarterback in the National Football League during the Military Child Carnival at Felix Field April 26, 2011. - Manuel Laureano, 5-year-old son of Staff Sgt. Juan Laureano, an instructor at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, demonstrates why he may one day be a star quarterback in the National Football League during the Military Child Carnival at Felix Field April 26, 2011.

A young participant in the football camp smashes intensely into his bag during drill in a three-day camp run by Chicago Bear Charles Tillman and Dallas Cowboy Kareem Larrimore, April 27, 2011, at Felix Field.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - A young participant in the football camp smashes intensely into his bag during drill in a three-day camp run by Chicago Bear Charles Tillman and Dallas Cowboy Kareem Larrimore, April 27, 2011, at Felix Field.::r::::n::::r::::n::

A tattered flag is lowered at the Atlas Self Storage facility in Twentynine Palms by members of the Combat Center’s Young Marines Program during a colors ceremony to replace a worn and faded flag with a new one April 16, 2011.::r::::n:: - A tattered flag is lowered at the Atlas Self Storage facility in Twentynine Palms by members of the Combat Center’s Young Marines Program during a colors ceremony to replace a worn and faded flag with a new one April 16, 2011.::r::::n::

Brigadier Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III, the Combat Center’s commanding general, accepts a check from Marine Corps Community Services Director Katherine Catlin during a ceremony to recognize the Combat Center’s volunteers April 18, 2011. The check, in the amount of $2.16 million, represents the value of more than 92,000 labor hours contributed by Combat Center volunteers during 2010.::r::::n:: - Brigadier Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III, the Combat Center’s commanding general, accepts a check from Marine Corps Community Services Director Katherine Catlin during a ceremony to recognize the Combat Center’s volunteers April 18, 2011. The check, in the amount of $2.16 million, represents the value of more than 92,000 labor hours contributed by Combat Center volunteers during 2010.::r::::n::

Sergeants Doug Laing [left] and Robert Weinharedt, both unmanned aerial vehicle technicians with the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, play with Weinharedt’s 8-month-old daughter Isabella, before boarding buses and heading to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 19, 2011.::r::::n:: - Sergeants Doug Laing [left] and Robert Weinharedt, both unmanned aerial vehicle technicians with the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, play with Weinharedt’s 8-month-old daughter Isabella, before boarding buses and heading to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 19, 2011.::r::::n::