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Compassion Devotion Caring - Child Development Center is more than a day care

As Marine Corps cadences echo around the Depot, faint laughter resounds just beyond the recruit-training boundaries. While drill instructors transform men into Marines, another team of individuals nurtures the playful spirit of youth at the Child Development Center here. For the past 25 years, the CDC has been caring for children of service members

Physical fitness tests mental toughness

Pull-ups: Pvt. Diego Camargolozano, Platoon 3141, demonstrates his might by pulling a perfect score of 20 pull-ups. Crunches: PFC LaNell Lamkin, Platoon 3137, bears down on the crunches portion of the physical fitness test. After the two minutes expired, he immediately muttered a few disappointing words. He finished with 93 crunches, seven shy of

Chicago, Milwaukee educators storm Edson Range

Cpl. Cory A. Foster, field instructor, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, explains a Crucible station to Rusty W. Bluse and Robyn Anderson, both guidance counselors from Milwaukee, at Edson Range, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Educators visited and toured Edson Range Tuesday during their week-long visit to San Diego in conjunction with Recruiting

Depot Dental promotes good habits for Children's Dental Health Month

Tooth decay is still the most common chronic childhood disease that will not resolve without treatment. Children need strong, healthy teeth to chew their food, speak and have a good-looking smile. Total health, both physical and mental, is enhanced through good dental health habits learned early and reinforced throughout life. With these facts

Schwarzenegger helps welcome fellow immigrants to citizen status

Several Depot Marines were among 207 service members who became American citizens Jan. 30 in a mass naturalization ceremony hosted by the Marine Corps and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service at Camp Pendleton's South Mesa Staff Noncommissioned Officers Club. Cpl. Renison S. Kirton, administrative clerk, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion and

RS Springfield Scores a Slam Dunk

Recruiting Station Springfield began a winter offensive with a slam dunk at the Basketball Hall of Fame, Jan. 29. The offensive, which is appropriately named "Operation Slam Dunk," is designed to maintain contracting and shipping momentum during challenging months of recruiting. The months February through May are traditionally difficult

Recruiters test new winter coat possibilities

As temperatures in the northern parts of the country hover around single digits and blasts of wind plunge them well below zero, Marine recruiters patrol the streets prospecting for our Corps' future in blue sweaters and thin tanker jackets. It's been five years in the making, but a warmer option for Marines on recruiting duty could be coming down

Marines team up with College Football All Stars

The United States Marine Corps participated in the 2004 Capital One College All-Star Challenge held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, January 30, 2004. The event attracted approximately 2,500 fans and spectators who witnessed some of the nation’s top players in college football compete in a unique skills competition. This is the

On a mission - Mormon serves Corps with high distinction

Instead of pursuing missionary service like many of his religious peers do at his age, Lance Cpl. Derek A. Smith, 19, chose an armed service. One of roughly 11 million Latter-day Saints is now the Corps' latter-day Marine, holding the highest distinction of any boot-camp graduate in his company. Though recruit training was tough, Smith, Company E's

Marine's sense of team makes drill field work

Teamwork is a must in sports. It binds a group of athletes together for a common goal, working together so they may receive their prize as one. The teamwork philosophy is used in many other facets of life. However, that may range from a job, maintaining a family or making Marines. Staff Sgt. Jerry McDonough, senior drill instructor, Platoon 2143,

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