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Twofoldhunden: Marines relied on twinship through boot camp

"We do everything together," they said in unison.From tooling in their stepfather's woodshop to marching across Shepherd Memorial Drill Field as Marines, twin Pvts. Jeremy and Jeremiah Pimental, Platoon 1007, Company D, said they are always on the same page, through good and bad."Ever since I can remember, we've always done things together," said

RS Buffalo climbs to top, leads the fight

During the Annual Marine Corps Recruiting Command National Commander's Conference at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., Recruiting Station Buffalo, N.Y., was declared number one in Eastern Recruiting Region and presented the Gold Team Award for Fiscal Year 2004 by Brig. Gen. Richard T. Tyron, commanding general for ERR, Oct. 14. Major

Corps' top recruiting stations honored

The Marine Corps’ top performing recruiting stations were awarded the fiscal year 2004 (FY04) Superior Achiever Award in a ceremony held Oct. 13, here. The ceremony was part of a three-day commanders’ conference that gathered approximately 120 Marine officers from recruiting commands throughout the nation. The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen.

Future Marines Act as Victims to Support Local Community

Approximately 60 poolees from Recruiting Station Harrisburg, Recruiting Sub-stations Capital City and Carlisle participated in a full-scale emergency training exercise at the Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) September 18. The poolees imitated injuries ranging from minor bumps and bruises to fatalities to add realism to the exercise which is

Marine Corps bids farewell to highest-ranking Hispanic officer

Brigadier General Walter B. Gaskin assumed command of Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) this afternoon in a ceremony at the Lejeune Hall parade field here. Major General Christopher Cortez relinquished his final command and he retired after 33 years of service to the Marine Corps. Cortez retires as the highest-ranking Hispanic American

From a fractured Haitian home, he became a Marine by learning from scratch

It was a stormy night in Port Au Prince, Haiti, and the 15-year-old boy lay on his bare mattress shivering as the cold rain filtered through the ceiling and soaked his bed. "It was so bad," said Pfc. Nasson Nesthant in tears. "My mother and my sister and me sat in the house, cold and wet. Hungry." Nineteen-year-old Nesthant, now a member of Platoon

SoCal poolees visit depot, see boot camp beforehand

Prospective Marines from the recruiting substation in Van Nuys, Calif. - some joined by their parents and their recruiters - visited the depot Sept. 10 to get a beforehand look at training. Company A drill instructor Staff Sgt. Armando Figueroa guided the group around the base and explained different recruit training stages. While leading the tour,

DI dad keeps commitment

He committed to training new Marines, and he said that's what he'll do, even if he must be away from his son and daughter. Platoon 1097's senior drill instructor, Staff Sgt. Michael J. Brown, has served the last two years with Company B. The Marines there have supported him since he came to the company while in the final stages of a divorce. He

'Quarters One' becomes French Quarter

The depot and Western Recruiting Region commanding general held his annual officers' reception at Quarters One here Saturday. Brig. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr. invited more than 300 officers and community leaders to an evening of drinks, food, music and good conversation. "The general's officers' reception is a way to enhance camaraderie between the

Drill field longtimer talks about every Marine's first leader: the DI

For the past five years, two drill instructors - one man, one woman - have locked their cold, bronze gazes upon every graduating Marine to cross Shepherd Field. And they have manned their post without ever missing a ceremony.The monument - The Known Marine - was sculpted by John Chalk and chiefly envisioned in September 1967 by retired Sgt. Maj.

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