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Archive: November, 2007

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Non-recruit quarterly blood donor numbers increase

Depot Marines, sailors, civilians and Coast Guardsmen broke a previous record by donating 107 pints of blood at the Naval Medical Center San Diego Blood Donor Center Bloodmobile parked outside McDougall Hall here Feb. 15. The blood drive collects from the depot quarterly in conjunction with all-hands safety stand-downs, usually before a holiday

Newly Enlisted take aim at future in Corps

As local reservists prepare for the call to active service and deployment, another group of young people unfamiliar with military life converged on the Perrysburg Reserve Center for some preparation of their own. Local enlistees joined their Marine Corps Recruiters at the Perrysburg Reserve Center Feb. 8 for a little training in Marine Corps

MCRC holds awards ceremony for best and brightest

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Marines honored by Asian community

Marine Corps Power Lifter Picks Up Recruiting Effort

Marine balances career, life

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Mail Call Actor R. Lee Ermey records the 68th episode of the History Channel's Mail Call aboard Depot

Mail Call Actor R. Lee Ermey records the 68th episode of the History Channel's Mail Call while Company L recruits run the obstacle course here, Feb. 3. During the episode, Ermey compared Marine Corps recruit training to Afghanistan's combat environment.

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Little brother paved way for new grad

Growing up in Salinas, a part of Central California split by gangs, avoiding trouble wasn't easy, but brothers Emanuel and Euderio Mireles managed to steer clear. Euderio, who graduates today with Company I and a meritorious promotion to private first class, summed it up best: "We never needed gangs because we had each other." Younger brother

Iwo Marines visit depot

Eight Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima attended the depot's Friday morning Colors ceremony and a recruit training company's graduation last week. The former Marines were invited as part of the depot's annual recognition of the famous 1945 battle immortalized by photographer Joe Rosenthal and his Feb. 23 picture of five Marines and one

Marine Corps Recruiting Command