Operation Live Well, a year-long program supporting the healthy-base initiative, encourages Combat Center patrons to practice healthy lifestyles, which battle obesity and tobacco use. These behaviors include physical fitness, mental fitness and healthy eating habits. Many Marines and sailors are issued meal cards and depend on the chow halls for their primary means of food. Department of Defense mess facilities have changed their menus to meet the nutritional needs of those meal card holders and give them healthier options. - Operation Live Well, a year-long program supporting the healthy-base initiative, encourages Combat Center patrons to practice healthy lifestyles, which battle obesity and tobacco use. These behaviors include physical fitness, mental fitness and healthy eating habits. Many Marines and sailors are issued meal cards and depend on the chow halls for their primary means of food. Department of Defense mess facilities have changed their menus to meet the nutritional needs of those meal card holders and give them healthier options.
C.J. Epstein works as a chiropractic intern at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital and recently finished his final national board exam to become a doctor at the age of 24. - C.J. Epstein works as a chiropractic intern at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital and recently finished his final national board exam to become a doctor at the age of 24.
Don Tolbert, systems integration officer, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, underwent an 8-mile swim at the Training Tank during the early hours of Dec. 19 to work toward increasing his personal standards in swimming endurance. - Don Tolbert, systems integration officer, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, underwent an 8-mile swim at the Training Tank during the early hours of Dec. 19 to work toward increasing his personal standards in swimming endurance.
Cpl. Eric Dibble and Lance Cpl. Ernesto Hernandez, winners of the Chef of the Quarter Competition, hold their trophy at the Combat Center’s Phelps Mess Hall Dec. 18, 2013. - Cpl. Eric Dibble and Lance Cpl. Ernesto Hernandez, winners of the Chef of the Quarter Competition, hold their trophy at the Combat Center’s Phelps Mess Hall Dec. 18, 2013.
Sgt. Derick Organo, machine gunner, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, explains the firing procedures for the M240B machine gun to Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from Desert Hot Springs High School, at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer Dec. 18, 2013. After firing, the cadets ate at the Phelps Mess Hall and were then taken to the Combat Center Marine Corps exchange, furthering their opportunity to experience how Marines live on a daily basis. - Sgt. Derick Organo, machine gunner, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, explains the firing procedures for the M240B machine gun to Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from Desert Hot Springs High School, at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer Dec. 18, 2013. After firing, the cadets ate at the Phelps Mess Hall and were then taken to the Combat Center Marine Corps exchange, furthering their opportunity to experience how Marines live on a daily basis.
Sgt. Jason Syvrud, rifleman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, transfers garbage from his vehicle to a dump truck during a community clean-up effort in Wonder Valley, Calif., Dec. 14. More than 40 community volunteers teamed up with Marines from the Combat Center to clean-up debris left from illegal dumping throughout the desert. - Sgt. Jason Syvrud, rifleman, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, transfers garbage from his vehicle to a dump truck during a community clean-up effort in Wonder Valley, Calif., Dec. 14. More than 40 community volunteers teamed up with Marines from the Combat Center to clean-up debris left from illegal dumping throughout the desert.