Docs MAP out combat medical aid
November 9, 2000 — A long line of field ambulances, with their distinguishable white boxes and red crosses plastered all over, roll in as morning breaks. The enemy attacked at dawn, and the Marines have suffered heavy casualties. The lives of this fresh batch rest solely in the hands of medical personnel at an echelon two facility, the second line of care, whose MORE
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Young Fox follows in pack leader's footsteps
November 9, 2000 — He gazed at the monitor intently as if expecting a different turn out or as if he had missed something the first time around. The video always begins with the title ?Unknown Russian Soldier? on a black background, but somehow it always seems like anyone?s story. The boot of a Chechen rebel is planted flat on the side of the Russian soldier?s MORE
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CFC benefits Marine family
November 9, 2000 — The Combined Federal Campaign is making a difference close to home. The CFC is helping a Marine family at Camp Pendleton overcome struggles with their child?s disability. Madeline E. Waldow, daughter of Sgt. Glen A. Waldow, criminal investigator, Security Battalion, was first diagnosed with autism in February 1998, at age 2. Waldow and his wife, MORE
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Online awards to expedite processing
October 19, 2000 — The Marine Corps took another step into cyber space with an on-line awards processing system that became effective Oct. 1. The Corps-wide awards system was designed to decrease processing time up and down the chain of command. With the previous method, once the awarding unit signed an award, a paper copy would be sent to Headquarters Marine Corps. MORE
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High-tech CEOs get hands-on training
October 19, 2000 — The armed services took a step to advance computer technology in the military by inviting chief executives from high-tech businesses to a ?hands on? demonstration of technology used by the military at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, Oct. 14. Camp Pendleton was one of five stops to different military bases made to help business MORE
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New SNCO Academy breaks ground
October 19, 2000 — Major General Edward Hanlon Jr, commanding general, Marine Corps Base, broke ground on a new Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Monday at the 52 area here. The need for a new SNCO academy culminated as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure of Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, leaving the old academy with no place to call home. In the MORE
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Coyotes keep watch, prey on unsafe tactics
October 19, 2000 — TWENTY-NINE PALMS, Calif. - Behind every successful Combined Arms Exercise here, there is a band of "coyotes" ensuring safety on the ranges and at times offering tactics to participating units. These "coyotes" are not small wolf-like dogs roaming the desert, but a group of 35 Marines, including reserve augments, with different occupational MORE
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Corporal's electric performance earns respect at MALS-39
October 12, 2000 — When it comes to keeping electrical equipment working in support aircraft, Cpl. Richard J. Williams has the job wired. But proficiency in his military occupational speciality isn't the only reason Williams, 30, is earning rave reviews. This 6-foot, 178-pound Camp Pendleton Marine leads by example as a hard worker with a good attitude, cohorts say. MORE
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Marines vote for new utilities
October 12, 2000 — Elastic boot-bands, foam knee inserts, detachable sleeves and sewn rank insignias are just a few of the changes being considered by the Marine Corps Uniform Board. The MCUB is looking at options to improve the utility uniform. "Our mission is to increase durability, improve combat utility and make the uniform Marine Corps-unique," said Major MORE
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Captain 'Americano' featured as role model
October 12, 2000 — A Camp Pendleton Marine, along with Gloria Estefan, Carlos Santana, congressmen and astronauts, are featured in a project displaying American Latino role models in the United States. Captain Humberto C. Rodriguez, UH-1N Huey pilot, with Marine Aircraft Group 46, Detachment A, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, is the only Marine highlighted in "Americanos: MORE
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