Stories - Mar 2013

Jordan Pendexter, a 10-year-old student of North Terrace Elementary School, and a faculty supervisor hold traffic to help students cross the street, Mar. 12. As the faculty supervisor blows the whistle, Pendexter lowers the stop sign to signal the oncoming traffic. - Jordan Pendexter, a 10-year-old student of North Terrace Elementary School, and a faculty supervisor hold traffic to help students cross the street, Mar. 12. As the faculty supervisor blows the whistle, Pendexter lowers the stop sign to signal the oncoming traffic.

COPS to teach School Safety Patrol program

The Provost Marshals Office’s Community Oriented Policing Service have come together with elementary schools on the base to organize a School Safety Patrol program to instill and enhance vehicle and pedestrian safety at the schools here.“This program is in place to build partnerships with parents and students in the community using the resources

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Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese and Sgt. Maj. Derrick Christovale Sr., flank Federal Length of Service awaard recipients, from left, Linda Teason, Judith Ramiro, Reynaldo Euperio, and Patrick Christman in the commanding general’s conference room here March 12.Coglianese is the base commanding general and regional authority for five military installations in the Southwestern United States and Christovale is his senior enlisted advisor. - Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese and Sgt. Maj. Derrick Christovale Sr., flank Federal Length of Service awaard recipients, from left, Linda Teason, Judith Ramiro, Reynaldo Euperio, and Patrick Christman in the commanding general’s conference room here March 12. Coglianese is the base commanding general and regional authority for five military installations in the Southwestern United States and Christovale is his senior enlisted advisor.

Employees awarded for up to four decades of service

The base commanding general presented Linda Teason, Judith Ramiro, Reynaldo Euperio, and Patrick Christman with Federal Length of Service awards in the commanding general’s conference room here March 12.The award recipients in descending order of years of service are as follows:Teason, an environmental protection specialist with environmental

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Commandant talks sequestration

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Micheal P. Barrett, have released a video regarding a white letter Amos published about sequestration March 8.The video describes the impact of the budget resolution known as sequestration on Marines, their families and the Corps altogether, while emphasizing the

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Cpl. Raquel Martinez fires an M16 A4 service rifle during the Western Division Matches at Wilcox Range here March 6. "I won first place for individual rifle," said Martinez, a range coach for Edson Range with Marine Corps Recruit Depot. - Cpl. Raquel Martinez fires an M16 A4 service rifle during the Western Division Matches at Wilcox Range here March 6. "I won first place for individual rifle," said Martinez, a range coach for Edson Range with Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

Diverse learning at Division Matches

Sixty-three shooting teams competed in the 2013 Western Division Matches at Wilcox Range here from Feb. 25 to March 8.More than 300 shooters from west of the Mississippi participated in rifle and pistol shooting matches with distances that varied from 200 to 600 yards.“There are four division matches every year,” said Capt. Nick Roberge, the

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Recent courts-martial results published

The Legal Services Support Section – West has provided the adjudication results from recent courts-martial proceedings conducted at West Coast Marine Corps Installations.To view the results click this link.

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Sgt. Anthony A. Arriaga, an athlete with Team West, wipes his weapon during the Marine Corps Trial’s shooting competition here March 4. - Sgt. Anthony A. Arriaga, an athlete with Team West, wipes his weapon during the Marine Corps Trial’s shooting competition here March 4.

From patrolling the streets of Marjah to competing in an Olympic-style event

It seemed to be just another routine patrol for a squad of Marines walking the streets of Marjah, Afghanistan in July 2010. For one motivated corporal, who was the leader of a three-man fire team from 2nd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, this patrol would change his life forever.As Anthony A. Arriaga and his team continued their patrol two gunmen

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Time to prepare summer uniforms

In accordance with all-Marine message 007/08, Marines are directed to change to the summer season uniforms effective 2 a.m., March 10, in conjunction with the daylight-savings time change.The uniforms are as follows: desert utility, service "A" and “C”, blue dress "A", "B", and “D” and blue-white dress “A” and “B”.For more information refer

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Courts Martial - Courts Martial

Recent courts-martial results published

The Legal Services Support Section – West has provided the adjudication results from recent courts-martial proceedings conducted at West Coast Marine Corps Installations.To view the results click this link.

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Sgt. Derrick Williams, left, communicates with the command center about wind calls as Sgt. Michael Lomartire, center, and Cpl. Andrew Smith, right, prepare the RQ-7B Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle, for a launch conducted here Feb. 27.Williams was the plane captain and quality assurance chief for this exercise, and all of the Marines are UAV technicians from Marine Unmanned Vehicle Squadron 3 and VMU-4. - Sgt. Derrick Williams, left, communicates with the command center about wind calls as Sgt. Michael Lomartire, center, and Cpl. Andrew Smith, right, prepare the RQ-7B Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle, for a launch conducted here Feb. 27. Williams was the plane captain and quality assurance chief for this exercise, and all of the Marines are UAV technicians from Marine Unmanned Vehicle Squadron 3 and VMU-4.

Unmanned aerial vehicle squadron starts training at Pendleton

Marine Unmanned Vehicle Squadron 4 conducted its first field training exercises at Camp Talega since the unit’s official move here from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The unit held its first change of command between Lt. Col. Kyle J. Moore and Lt. Col. Matthew C. Shortal on Feb. 22, symbolizing the squadron's official move from Yuma to Camp

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Retired Col. Jay R. Vargas, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, gave a speech during the opening ceremony of the Marine Corps Trials here Feb. 28.Wounded and ill Marines will be competing in the 2013 Marine Corps Trials here March 1-6. - Retired Col. Jay R. Vargas, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, gave a speech during the opening ceremony of the Marine Corps Trials here Feb. 28. Wounded and ill Marines will be competing in the 2013 Marine Corps Trials here March 1-6.

2013 Marine Corps Trials begin

For 316 warriors from around the globe, participating in an Olympic-style competition may have once been just a dream. But as the participants stood, representing their countries during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Marine Corps Trials on Feb. 28, many of those national and international Marines may have realized their dreams were beginning to

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