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Advice from the Top March 15, 2013 — Maj. Jessica Acosta is from the small town of Tehachapi, Calif., and had high hopes of one day working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While working toward her degree in criminal justice at California State University, she learned the FBI would require her to have experience in the field before even applying. Her answer to this was to join MORE

Marines from Combat Center open books, read to kids March 8, 2013 — Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 took a day to read and interact with the children of Joshua Tree Elementary School during National Read Across America Day March 1. The National Education Association’s Read Across America is a reading program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March MORE

The essentials: A look inside 3rd AABn March 8, 2013 — The HistoryAssault Amphibious Vehicles are tracked armored vehicles that can transport 24 Marines or 10,000 pounds of cargo in hostile land and water operations. The AAV is armed with the UGWS (up-gunned weapons station), which mounts an M2 .50 caliber machine gun and a Mk-19 40mm grenade launcher. AAVs can travel at highway speeds for up to 400 MORE

Sequestration hits tuition assistance March 8, 2013 — Voluntary Education Tuition Assistance for the Marine Corps has been ceased. The Budget Control Act set into motion the automatic, government-wide cuts knows as Sequestration, March 4, according to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. This is due to the lack of a budget deal being reached in Congress and also includes numerous other cuts DOD-wide. MORE

Helping hands March 8, 2013 — Three-year-old Vanessa Duarte passed away Dec. 6, 1996 after falling ill from her second bilateral lung transplant. She was diagnosed with acute pulmonary hypertension. Her mother, then 23-year-old Sgt. Lawanda Hall, was grieving her child’s death while being swarmed with bills from the hospitals, transplant coordinating team, critical care units, MORE

She can do it! March 8, 2013 — Seventeen-year-old Jeanne is outnumbered and nervous but her face doesn’t show it. Men’s voices clamber around her as she steps in to the auto body classroom. When the instructor looks up and sees her standing in the door way, fumbling with her class schedule, he determines she’s lost. “The band room is next door,” he says. She clears her throat. MORE

Dingos, Coyotes work together in ITX March 1, 2013 — Since 2004, Australian Army soldiers have come to the Combat Center to assist the Coyote Marines with TTECG. They are referred to as Dingos.They come to the Combat Center not only to aid the Coyote Marines with Tactical Training Exercise Control Group in Integrated Training Exercise assessments, but also here to learn different combat tactics and MORE

Maj. Gen. Berger visits Bridgeport March 1, 2013 — The Combat Center Commanding General Maj. Gen. David H. Berger, along with his wife, Donna, made their first command visit to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb 25. The couple welcomed the brisk 28-degree weather once they landed at the Minden-Tahoe Airport in Douglas County, Nev.Berger and his wife then MORE

The Art of Shooting March 1, 2013 — Visualize. Squeeze, don’t pull. Exhale. And…Fire.Shooting is mentally demanding. It takes time and discipline. A shooter must be able to control their body enough to recreate a perfectly executed shot. Some shoot their whole lives, while others have barely started, but they all live a lifestyle dedicated to their passion. The Combat Center shooting MORE

Cutting Edge sharpens skills March 1, 2013 — Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, conducted a series of day and night live-fire squad supported attacks at Range 410A Feb. 26. Squad sized exercises are integral to sharpening the skills of Marines for any upcoming deployment they may face. “In Afghanistan a lot of the operation are at the squad level,” said Sgt. Dominic Epkey, squad MORE

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