The environmental team with Marine Corps Base Hawaii is making it their mission to maintain mission readiness while protecting endangered green sea turtles during the months of May through August aboard MCBH and Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. Most adult green sea turtles that feed throughout the main Hawaiian Islands migrate to French Frigate Shoals in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to nest. However, an increasing number of green sea turtles are now nesting on the beaches of the main Hawaiian Islands. Members of base environmental are monitoring and managing nesting sites across the beach aboard MCTAB...
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Appreciation and understanding of various weapon systems are a part of Marine culture. Typically, the M16 or the M240 are the first to come to mind. However, there is a more traditional weapon system being utilized by Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton personnel, and it has fostered a culture of its own. The bow and arrow is one of humankind's earliest weapon systems. It has been employed for combat and hunting for thousands of years by cultures across the world and across time. Tapping into this heritage, archers reconnect with the legacy left behind by the warriors and hunters that came before them...
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U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, conducted mobile aircraft fire fighting training alongside San Diego County firefighters at the San Diego International Airport in San Diego California, July 10. The Marine and local firefighters both need training and certifications to be able to perform the emergency and non-emergency events that occur on a daily basis. “This training exercise is for our folks to get the basic skills that they need to be able to handle the emergency instances down at Lindbergh Field,” said Colin Stowell, the fire chief with San Diego Fire-Rescue...
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Marines and future Marines from Recruiting Sub-Station Burbank, Recruiting Station Los Angeles, were invited to join the Justin and Kourtney Turner Food Bank at the Dream Center Foundation in Los Angeles to lend a helping hand to their local community. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Los Angeles County has seen an increase in more confirmed cases than the surrounding counties. Joined by other volunteer organizations, the RSS Burbank Marines sorted and separated food into 200 boxes which can feed up to 800 people...
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