Tag Archives: Marine Corps

Scientific Research Benefits Cambodia

Posted on October 1, 2012 by glenn.selby

One of the best things about being an Ambassador at an active embassy – like we have in Phnom Penh – is that we are always implementing many projects that benefit Cambodia.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday | Tagged (NAMRU-2), BUMED, Corpsman, Defense, DoD, health, hospital, humanitarian, Marine Corps, medical, military, mission, Naval Medical Research Center, Naval Medical Research Unit-2, Navy, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy medicine, NMRC, U.S. Navy | Leave a comment

Worth A Thousand Words: I Said Your Military Right Recruit

Posted on September 30, 2012 by bniegel

Staff Sgt. Antonio J. Curry, a drill instructor aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, barks out instructions to align his platoon of fresh recruits Aug 30, 2012. Curry, who is on his second b-billet after completing a tour of duty as a recruiter, says his prior experience has helped him become a better drill instructor for his recruits. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kuande Hall)
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Posted in Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged drill instructor, instructor, Marine, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, military, platoon, Recruit Depot, San Diego, U.S. Marine Corps | Leave a comment

Suicide Prevention: Recognize, Act, Care And Escort Program

Posted on September 18, 2012 by bniegel

Thirty-three Marines committed suicide in 2011. Nearly an entire platoon of Marines, thirty-three deaths would severely cripple an infantry company fighting in Afghanistan. This year’s suicide prevention week, Sept. 9 to 15, highlights the importance of suicide prevention for the …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Act, Care and Escort program, Marine, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, military, R.A.C.E, Recognize, suicide, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Month, U.S. Marine Corps | Leave a comment

Worth A Thousand Words: It’s A Bird! It’s A Plain! No It’s…

Posted on September 15, 2012 by bniegel

Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), fly over the Arabian Sea Sept. 6, 2012. VMM-161 was transferring their aircraft to VMM-261, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S.S. …
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Posted in Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, Marine Corps, Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marines, military, MV-22, MV-22 Ospreys, Ospreys, U.S. Marine Corps | Leave a comment

Worth A Thousand Words: Get A Grip

Posted on September 14, 2012 by bniegel

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jacob Shepherd, a wireman with the 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team and a 26-year-old native of Bucyrus, Ohio, holds his 1-year-old son closely after returning to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, …
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Posted in Family Focus Friday | Tagged 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marines, Afghanistan, CH-53D Sea Stallion, CLB-3, combat correspondent, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, Cpl. Reece Lodder, deployment; family, embedded training team, Hangar 105, Hawaii Marines, helicopter, Helmand province, HMH-362, homecoming, journalism, journalist, logistics, Marine, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, Marines, MCB Hawaii, military, Operating Enduring Freedom, photographer, photography, photojournalism, public affairs, Reece Lodder, return, U.S. Marines Corps, writer | Leave a comment