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Archive: May, 2013

President Barack Obama declares May 10 Military Spouse Appreciation Day. - President Barack Obama declares May 10 Military Spouse Appreciation Day.

President Barack Obama declares Military Spouse Appreciation Day

As long as there have been courageous men and women willing to protect our Union and our ideals, there have been extraordinary spouses at their side -- patriots in their own right who serve and sacrifice in ways many cannot fathom. They are moms and dads who take up the work of two during deployments, shuffling their careers and packing up their

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Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, Chaplain of the Marine Corps, visits chaplains and religious programs specialists at the Religious Development Center here to discuss spiritual resiliency in the Corps on May 6. - Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, Chaplain of the Marine Corps, visits chaplains and religious programs specialists at the Religious Development Center here to discuss spiritual resiliency in the Corps on May 6.

Chaplain of the Marine Corps visits Pendleton to talk spiritual resiliency

The Chaplain of the Marine Corps visited the Religious Development Center here to discuss spiritual resiliency in the Corps on May 6.“While here, I spend some time with the chaplains and religious program specialists to brief them on the state of the Chaplain Corps,” said Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, who visits Pendleton annually. “We discuss where

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Ms. Mindy Martini performs an alcohol breath-testing check on Seaman Terrance Scott during an intoxiclock® presentation during the hospital’s Alcohol Awareness Fair April 29. Martini is from the Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton Consolidated Substance Abuse Counseling Center and Scott is a logistical specialist from the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Material Management Department. The fair, held in conjunction with Alcohol Awareness Month, had representatives from the hospital and MCB Camp Pendleton. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael R. McCormick) - Ms. Mindy Martini performs an alcohol breath-testing check on Seaman Terrance Scott during an intoxiclock® presentation during the hospital’s Alcohol Awareness Fair April 29. Martini is from the Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton Consolidated Substance Abuse Counseling Center and Scott is a logistical specialist from the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Material Management Department. The fair, held in conjunction with Alcohol Awareness Month, had representatives from the hospital and MCB Camp Pendleton. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael R. McCormick)

Alcohol Awareness Fair at naval hospital

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton hosted an Alcohol Awareness Fair in conjunction with Alcohol Awareness Month at the Cmdr. R. W. Emerine Memorial Conference Room April 29. According to Petty Officer 1st Class Tamika Patanio, the hospital’s assistant Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor and assistant coordinator for the event, the purpose of the fair was

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