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Married To The Bag

Within 1st Marine Corps District there are more than 298 married canvassing recruiters. Without sacrificing mission, how can the sacrament of marriage and quality of life be enhanced during these hard times? According to Navy Chaplain Ronald R. Ringo, director of the Chaplains Religious Education Development Operation, Marine Corps Base Camp

Marion recruiter leaves troubled life behind, gives back to community

Growing up in the mean streets of Miami often leaves teens with little options. Add on a lackadaisical approach to school and an utter disrespect for public law and the result is an almost certain trip to a juvenile correctional facility. For one recruiter assigned to Permanent Contact Station Marion, N.C., a life behind bars could have very well

Marine Receives Chancellors Award

Staff Sgt. Christian J Kapey, fiscal chief / supply administration chief, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, was recently awarded the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. The award ceremony was held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany, N.Y. where Kapey, a Syosset, N.Y.

Fat Albert jets through the South

Blue and gold F/A-18 Hornets roared through the skies over awestruck crowds at the first air show at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., April 16-18. The Blue Angels are one of the most widely recognized military flight demonstration teams in the world, but while the Navy boasts ownership of the team, several Marines play a pivotal role in each of

Florida recruiter uses life experiences to find America's finest

On the streets of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Elvis K. John-Baptiste grew up noticing there were not too many people who received an education. His mother a schoolteacher did what she could to help them and her son, but there were many who grew up without it nonetheless. Later, when he was into his high school years, John-Baptiste moved to

RS Springfield Hosts Annual Pool Meet

Marines and poolees from Recruiting Station Springfield gathered at Westover Air Reserve Base May 1, for a day-long competition to determine who had the best poolees in the area. Nearly 400 poolees from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont competed in six events, but only one team could win it all. The day's events included

Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran receives decoration for heroism

If you stretch your imagination, recruiting and combat have many similarities; the workplace is characterized by long workweeks, very little quality time with family members, a lack of conventional support and the ever-present potential risk of failure. However, failure in recruiting results in a tarnished career, whereas in combat, it could mean

Marines Attend NFL Draft

The National Football League Draft was held April 24, at Madison Square Garden, N.Y. and Marines and Soldiers from the surrounding areas were invited by the New York Metropolitan United Service Organization (USO) and the NFL to attend as honorary guests. Several Marines were on National television with the Commissioner of the NFL, Paul Tagliabue,

Hispanic publication highlights Marines

The Library of Congress boasts more than ten million items within its Hispanic collection, an estimated one million books and periodicals on Latin America alone. It is in the setting of this impressive collection that the United States Marine Corps joined with TIYM Publishing at a special event to release the 2004 Hispanic Yearbook, an

REMEMBERING THE BEAST

Without regard for what anyone watching might think, the drill instructors locked together in a tearful embrace. The news weighed heavy on their hearts: their best friend had fallen in combat. Sgt. Scott McLaughlin and Staff Sgt. David Watts retreated to a vulnerable state of mourning as they met at the Locker Room here April 7, just hours after

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