1st LAR showcases MAGTF’s defensive capabilities during ASEAN conference
April 28, 2014 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations are successful only if the environment is safe enough to sustain them. Marines may be called to parts of the globe where they must conduct humanitarian operations in one area, engage the enemy in the next and conduct peace keeping operations right after. Marine MORE
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By air, land and sea: SPMAGTF-ASEAN unwinds at sea
April 28, 2014 — AT SEA - The crowd roared as Lance Cpl. Michael Sigur, a supply clerk with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, finished singing “I Won’t Complain,” a smooth, Southern gospel hymn to a crowd of more than 200 Marines and sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD-23). Raising his hands to the crowd, the judges MORE
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Navy LT runs Boston Marathon as anniversary of bombing passes
April 28, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Last April, more than 5,600 athletes ran the Boston Marathon unaware that two bombs would detonate, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others – some so severely that they would never run again.For many, that experience would convince them to never run a marathon again, but not for Navy Lt. Traci Vander Molen, MORE
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Corpsmen take lead in operational preventative medicine
April 21, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Corpsmen are often recognized for the heroics they display on the battlefield while saving Marine lives. However, some of the unseen but essential work corpsmen conduct before and during operations is the less glamorous preventative care. To learn why this form of care is as equally important as the combat trauma care MORE
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New Jersey Marine pursues dream job as armorer
April 21, 2014 — AT SEA - Corporal Michael Yodice sat on a table surrounded by 10 M9 service pistols aboard the armory of amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). He had cleaned and inspected each weapon personally. As the sole Marine Corps armorer aboard the ship, Yodice, a small arms repair technician with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine MORE
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Special delivery: LS Co. drops ‘supplies’
April 21, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines with Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, took to the skies to practice aerial resupply procedures and meet their quarterly jump standards from a C-130 flying 1,500 feet above Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11, 2014. It may not seem necessary that these MORE
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Fueling the fight from ship to shore: Bulk Fuel Co. demonstrates capabilities of an Amphibious Assault Fuel System
April 15, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - For the first time since 1997, Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, began construction of an Amphibious Assault Fuel System aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 2, 2014.The last time the AAFS was set up it was only capable of transporting 600,000 gallons of fuel. In MORE
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Strengthening the brotherhood: CLB-5 trains at the leadership reaction course
April 15, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - With the Kevlar on his head, the encouragement of his brothers, and his bravery, Pfc. John Vernon, landing support specialist, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, took hold of the rope firmly, drew in a deep breath, and jumped. After swinging for a moment, he joined his MORE
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No better friend: Marines and sailors showcase humanitarian capabilities during ASEAN conference
April 15, 2014 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - More than 190 Marines from 1st Marine Expeditionary Force embarked as Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force ASEAN to showcase the MAGTF’s territorial defense, humanitarian aid and disaster relief capabilities in support of U.S. Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, during his visit alongside delegates MORE
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Ardent Sentry 14 preps 1st MLG for disaster response
April 15, 2014 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group participated in the Department of Defense’s annual exercise Ardent Sentry, a joint program focusing on Defense Support of Civil Authorities, from March 27 through April 3, 2014. During the exercise, U.S. Northern Command, the lead agent for DoD, worked with its interagency partners to MORE
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