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Bobby Bowden helps honor Blue Star Mother

Imagine your mother standing on the 50-yard line of one of Florida's biggest high school football games. She is being honored for the courage and support she has given to one of her children who has joined the military and the crowd of more than 4,000 spectators offers up an overwhelming round of applause. Moments before the Lincoln Trojans kicked

Family of walk-ins enlist in Hawaii PCS

?If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,? is a rule of thumb that?s been passed down for generations. That philosophy was put to the test recently when Staff Sergeant Clarence Masayos found himself in the midst of a recruiter?s dream. Masayos, the lone canvassing recruiter of Permanent Contact Station Hilo, RSS Hawaii, RS Orange, Calif.,

Rifle--check, ammo--check, drawing pad and pencils?

Whoever thought artistic creativity would be a requirement for a Marine recruit? For the majority of recruits it's not. But for the tiny percentage of Marines who come in the Corps to be 4611s, the screening process is a bit more extensive. They have to be capable artists. 4611s are graphic illustrators. These "combat crayolamen" as they're

Truckers carry the message to millions

On any given day up to 180 million drivers take to the 4 million miles of roads, avenues and interstates spread across the United States. Enter the Marine Corps and truckers nationwide. Starting this fall motorists on America's highways and byways may see something different coming up in their review mirrors, semi-trucks towing big blue trailers

Firefighting Marine lives to save, serve country

Early on a rainy Saturday morning, Imperial County Rescue Squad 2865 was dispatched to a residential neighborhood for an emergency. Upon arrival, the firefighters and emergency medical technicians found a young woman laying on a mattress in labor. Working feverishly with sweat dripping from his brow, a young firefighter notices the baby crowning

Pakistani Marine ;'this is the country I call home'

Militant Muslim terrorists learned to fly the planes used in the Sept. 11 attacks at an aviation school in Florida. The discovery that the United State's most hated villains learned in America's backyard the skills necessary to carry out their malicious attack haunted Americans after Sept. 11. Today, a Pakistani-born Muslim man who also attended

One last charge;History comes alive for Band promo

On a crisp, clear, late September morning, in the northern most county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the last battle of the Revolutionary War was fought. Brave young men from all corners of our great land fought side by side in the green, blue and white uniforms of the famed Continental Marines. In swift pursuit of an elusive foe, this small

New Jersey H.S. Joins Marine JROTC Program

CLIFTON, NJ -- Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ was the latest school to join the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps with a commissioning ceremony last night. Major Stephen Neary, commanding officer of Recruiting Station New Jersey, presented the school with a charter certificate from the Secretary of the Navy to officially open

Marines join Hispanics' leap to the future

With the growing influence of the Hispanics' economic force, organizations of various proportions are dipping into the Hispanic market in a rather accelerated pace. Recently, during the 16th Edition Reception for the Hispanic Yearbook held at Casa Rectoria inside Universidad Del Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico a significant number of Latin American

Rising from the bottom to be on top

At the bottom of society's barrel lie those individuals who succumb to crime, and violence. And yet, as the saying goes, "the cream always rises to the top." Sgt. Reginald I. Villanueva, a drill instructor with Company M, stands as proof of this tried and true cliché. The 25-year-old describes himself as coming from the bottom of the barrel, giving

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