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A Sorted Affair: Make the most of our resources with on-base recycling

Our lives are filled with trash. It can’t be helped; it’s all around us. Everything we do, from preparing food to opening our mail, generates trash. The average American produces about 4.4 pounds of garbage a day. That’s 29 pounds per week and 1,600 pounds in a year, according to the Environment Protection Agency. Less than two percent of the total

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Marines are given a brief on the procedures for a medical evacuation in front of a Black Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif. April 5, 2012. - Marines are given a brief on the procedures for a medical evacuation in front of a Black Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif. April 5, 2012.

2/7 faces flurries during mock medevac

Snow flew in white swirls everywhere as the Black Hawk helicopter came in for its landing. Four Marines took off toward the landing zone, sprinting toward the waiting flight crew with stretcher in hand, a simulated wounded Marine stretched out on top of it.Marines with Fox and Weapons Companies, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, completed a

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Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, reads "Night Catch" by Brenda Ehrmantraut, to Twentynine Palms Elementary School students during the Military Child Education Coalition's program, "Tell Me A Story," April 16, 2012. - Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, reads "Night Catch" by Brenda Ehrmantraut, to Twentynine Palms Elementary School students during the Military Child Education Coalition's program, "Tell Me A Story," April 16, 2012.

Nat’l program pushes reading

Twentynine Palms Elementary School students and their parents sat on a classroom floor, cross-legged, in a semi-circle around Sgt. Maj. Matthew B. Brookshire, installation sergeant major, as he read aloud to them during the most recent session of the “Tell Me a Story” program. The program was launched by the Military Child Education Coalition in

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Journey through Snow: Part 3

We had to leave Grouse Meadows and head up to Summit, almost 1,000 feet higher in elevation. We filled in the trenches and holes where our tents used to sit, packed up our gear and headed out. The hike to Summit was nothing like the initial hike at the beginning of Basic Mobility. The entire movement was in the snow and the higher we went, the

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Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., talks with Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Pea, hospital corpsman, II Marine Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, during the general’s visit to the Combat Center April 11, 2012. Pena is training to deploy as a member of an advisor team that will prepare members of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police to keep the peace after the troop draw down. - Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., talks with Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Pea, hospital corpsman, II Marine Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, during the general’s visit to the Combat Center April 11, 2012. Pena is training to deploy as a member of an advisor team that will prepare members of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police to keep the peace after the troop draw down.