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Shadow Mountain Branch Library hosts tech labs for children August 10, 2017 — The Combat Center’s Shadow Mountain Branch Library hosted a technical seminar called Space Maker Lab that allows children of military families from August 8-10, 2017 to learn how to develop application programs for mobile devices. MORE

What I’ve Learned: Kyle Ramthun August 6, 2017 — Lance Cpl. Kyle Ramthun, PMO, visits different schools every year to teach children about D.A.R.E., which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance and Education. He explains the different types of drugs and their effects on the body and mind. MORE

Combat Center to utilize TSUA during LSE 17 August 4, 2017 — Since World War II, the Marine Corps has consistently integrated the elements of air, ground, and sea into their combat operations, to create a three-dimensional joint fighting force, unique only to the Corps. MORE

‘Untouchables’ rise to the occasion during ITX 5-17 August 4, 2017 — The Aviation Combat Element, or ACE, plays an invaluable role within the Marine Air Ground Task Force, conducting offensive, defensive, and all other air operations to support the MAGTF mission. Marine aviation provides the MAGTF with the operational flexibility it needs to accomplish its mission across the range of military operations such as delivering fires, facilitating integrated command and control, enhancing mobility and maneuver, providing force protection, sustaining combat power, and collecting intelligence. Majority of aircraft usage within the ACE is for close air support or to transport for the Ground Combat Element or Logistics Combat Element. MORE

‘First of the First’ prepare to fight August 3, 2017 — Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif., conducted live-fire training exercises at range 410A in support of Integrated Training Exercise 5-17 aboard the Combat Center July 25, 2017. MORE

What I’ve Learned: Stephen Cook August 3, 2017 — Staff Sgt. Stephen Cook, legal chief, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Battalion, enjoys 3D printing. He is currently in the process of making a miniature V8 engine that will later be used in a bat mobile for his 4-year-old son. MORE

What I've Learned: Jordan Higgins July 19, 2017 — Lance Cpl. Jordan Higgins, rifleman, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, enjoys traveling throughout California on the weekends to visit old high school friends, and plans on taking over his father’s computer engineering company after his time in the Marine Corps. MORE

Marines connect with community for summer reading program July 19, 2017 — The Combat Center’s Provost Marshal’s office held a military working dog demonstration for local residents, during a summer reading program at the Twentynine Palms Public Library, July 13, 2017. MORE

CMC visits Combat Center, addresses social media misconduct July 19, 2017 — Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, visited the Combat Center to speak to Marines at the base theater July 19, 2017. MORE

What I've Learned: Kevan Birkinsha July 18, 2017 — Lance Cpl Kevan Birkinsha, a radio operator with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, is a fan of admiring different styles of architecture. He travels the United States to admire the different architectural styles throughout the country. MORE

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