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Building the Future, Respecting the Culture, Preserving the Past

The island of Guam has a rich cultural history, beginning with the early period of habitation by pre-contact Chamoru society to the present-day ethnically-diverse community that has grown into one of the most important economic hubs in the Western Pacific. Since the establishment of Marine Barracks Guam in 1899 and the liberation of the island during WWII, the U.S. Marine Corps is proud to be a part of Guam’s unique story and seeks to honor the island’s past, present and its future. As the Marine Corps continues to make progress with the building of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, numerous steps are taken to respectfully manage cultural and historical sites and artifacts encountered, and to care for them in line with modern preservation law and accepted practices...

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Cobra Gold 18: Thailand, US kickoff Cobra Gold construction projects with pillar raising ceremonies

The Royal Thai Armed Forces, United States Armed Forces, and other regional partner nations held a pillar raising ceremony in two separate locations in the Kingdom of Thailand to signal the beginning of engineering civic assistance projects for Cobra Gold 2018, Jan. 24.The ceremonies involved the raising of the main pillar for new school buildings

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Workers drill holes in the wall of the existing Marine Corps museum at Triangle, Va., Sept. 24, 2015. A forklift will fit into the holes to carry away the entire section of wall. This space will be the site of an expanded education suite, a Marine Sports Hall of Fame, a Hall of Valor Gallery, a Marine Corps Combat Art Gallery, and two additional galleries depicting Marine Corps history from 1976 to the present day. - Workers drill holes in the wall of the existing Marine Corps museum at Triangle, Va., Sept. 24, 2015. A forklift will fit into the holes to carry away the entire section of wall. This space will be the site of an expanded education suite, a Marine Sports Hall of Fame, a Hall of Valor Gallery, a Marine Corps Combat Art Gallery, and two additional galleries depicting Marine Corps history from 1976 to the present day.

Final phase of construction at NMMC proceeding on schedule

A small, silver lining when mired in traffic on Interstate 95 northbound is catching a glimpse of the massive construction project on-going behind the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The project is more than an addition. It is the completion of the plan for the museum that was in place even before it opened to the public in 2006.

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Marines TV: 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition

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Building the Future, Respecting the Culture, Preserving the Past

Cobra Gold 18: Thailand, US kickoff Cobra Gold construction projects with pillar raising ceremonies

Final phase of construction at NMMC proceeding on schedule

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