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ASYMCA Holiday Cheer event aims to ease stress on families during the holidays

Armed Services YMCA, provided a respite from the challenges of military life with the ASYMCA Holiday Cheer event that was held Dec. 20, 2017.

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Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 stand with the winners of the Iron Rhino weightlifting competition at Del Valle High Intensity Tactical Training field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 13, 2017. The Iron Rhino event was the first weightlifting competition hosted by MWSS-374 where competitors had three attempts to reach their maximum deadlift, bench, and squat, to claim the title of Iron Rhino. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christian Lopez) - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 stand with the winners of the Iron Rhino weightlifting competition at Del Valle High Intensity Tactical Training field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 13, 2017. The Iron Rhino event was the first weightlifting competition hosted by MWSS-374 where competitors had three attempts to reach their maximum deadlift, bench, and squat, to claim the title of Iron Rhino. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christian Lopez)

Marines test their strength in first ever Iron Rhino competition

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 competed for the title of Iron Rhino during a weight-lifting competition at the Del Valle High Intensity Tactical Training field aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 13, 2017.

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Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Marksmanship Training Unit, surprised his daughter during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif, Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter) - Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Marksmanship Training Unit, surprised his daughter during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif, Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Combat Center Marines answer students’ questions, receive letters

Twelve years ago, a teacher in San Bernardino County delivered a package of 300 letters written to United States Marines to the Commanding General of the Combat Center and in return he received a box of 300 pens decorated with the American flag for each student who wrote a letter. For the past eight years Don Henry, U.S. history teacher of 15 years, has organized events that allow his students the opportunity to ask Marines questions in exchange for Veterans Day letters.

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