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Corps mandates new energy conservation policy

In an attempt to conserve energy, the Marine Corps has mandated all personnel shut down computer workstations at the end of each day, according to the Marine Administrative Message 0438/09 released July 9.Personnel are also required to shut down all peripherals including monitors, fax machines, printers and copiers during non-working hours. “To

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Corps closes first-term reenlistments

All first-term reenlistment boatspaces for the 2009 fiscal year have been filled, preventing initial contract extensions throughout the Corps, According to Total Force Retention System Message A0138.Boatspaces were closed after the Corps achieved its 2009 fiscal year end-strength goal of 202,000 active-duty Marines. First-term reenlistments are

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Private Matthew Kent, corrections personnel, Camp Pendleton Base Brig sits next to two of his competitors in yellow and green shirts as he prepares to make his 15 minutes to surf count in Pendleton’s 5th annual Surfing & Body Boarding Competition at Del Mar Beach, July 22 . - Private Matthew Kent, corrections personnel, Camp Pendleton Base Brig sits next to two of his competitors in yellow and green shirts as he prepares to make his 15 minutes to surf count in Pendleton’s 5th annual Surfing & Body Boarding Competition at Del Mar Beach, July 22 .

Pendleton wave-catching competition attracts thousands

More than 60 Marines and sailors competed in Camp Pendleton’s 5th annual Surfing & Body Boarding Competition at Del Mar Beach, July 22.The surfing contest was free and conducted as a portion of the base’s year-long USAA Camp Pendleton Cup Series competition.“Camp Pendleton has two of the best surf breaks in Southern California,” said Master Sgt.

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Navy Capt. C. Forest Faison III and newly appointed commander of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Navy Capt. Paul D. Pearigen, salute during the national anthem during a change of command ceremony, July 17. - Navy Capt. C. Forest Faison III and newly appointed commander of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Navy Capt. Paul D. Pearigen, salute during the national anthem during a change of command ceremony, July 17.

Torch passed to new Naval Hospital commander

Navy Capt. Paul D. Pearigen assumed command of the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital from Navy Capt. C. Forest Faison III during a change of command ceremony, July 17. Faison, former Commander of the U.S. Joint Medical Task Force, Kuwait, and nominee for appointment to the rank of rear admiral, will continue his career at the Bureau of Medicine and

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The sun begins to set over the Del Mar Boat Basin as patrons on the Sunset Harbor Cruise finish their two-hour journey along the Southern Californian Coast, June 26. - The sun begins to set over the Del Mar Boat Basin as patrons on the Sunset Harbor Cruise finish their two-hour journey along the Southern Californian Coast, June 26.

Petty officer second class James A. Eten, Field Medical Training Battalion student, tours newly renovated barracks for the first time, June 17. To help properly prepare the future corpsman for life on ship, the beds in the squad bays mimic those found on most basic naval vessels. - Petty officer second class James A. Eten, Field Medical Training Battalion student, tours newly renovated barracks for the first time, June 17. To help properly prepare the future corpsman for life on ship, the beds in the squad bays mimic those found on most basic naval vessels.

Field Medical Training Battalion open doors to new barracks

Field Medical Training Battalion held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the grand opening of their newly renovated barracks, June 17. For more than two years, Field Medical Training Battalion has been in the process of renovating their outdated squad bays. With the hard work and dedication from the FMT Bn. and a local construction company

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The ceremony commemorated Sgt. Brian E. Dunlap with a permanent display of his dress blue and firefighter uniforms that will remain in San Diego’s Hook and Ladder Firehouse Museum June 13. - The ceremony commemorated Sgt. Brian E. Dunlap with a permanent display of his dress blue and firefighter uniforms that will remain in San Diego’s Hook and Ladder Firehouse Museum June 13.