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Archive: September, 2013

Talent show brings music, stand-up, magic

Big speakers and even bigger lights were set on the stage of the Sunset Cinema Theatre. Backstage, participants in this year’s Marines Got Talent contest were adjusting costumes, making notes, and tuning instruments before walking past the giant red curtain to show dozens of spectators what they could do.Marines, sailors and their families enjoyed

Marines, sailors journey to top

The same tenacity seen on a European football field can be found on any soccer field aboard the Combat Center Commands make up numerous teams and strive to fill them with the best possible athletes, but some teams are in the league just to have fun. The Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital soccer team didn’t start off the way they planned, but they

Marine becomes first female to conquer grueling course

History was made in the chilly, mountainous terrain of Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport when the first female Marine completed the Assault Climber’s Course.Cpl. Heather Redenius, combat engineer, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, began the course on August 12, 2013 and pushed through until its conclusion on September

Palm Vista Holds Patriot's Day ceremony

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion participated in a Patriot’s Day memorial ceremony at Palm Vista Elementary School Sept. 11.The ceremony marks 12 years passing since the fateful World Trade Center attacks in New York City; the Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia; and United Flight 93 over Shanksville, Pennsylvania.Combat Center Marines, local

Service members bleed for a cause

Blood, the fluid of our life. It is a fuel on which our bodies rely, yet some people feel compelled to allow it to be pulled from their limbs. A shiny silver needle is dug into the largest vein in their arm, as they are forced to watch the thick red liquid travel through a previously clear plastic tubing, filling up crimson pouches that pump like a

1st Tanks awards Marines

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion received medals in recognition of their actions while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Tuesday at the battalion’s compound. The Marines who received the awards were from Company D, 1st Tanks. The company returned to the Combat Center in late July, marking the end of a seven-month

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