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Progress for I Marine Expeditionary Force and suicide prevention
The Marine Corps is a family that mourns when it loses any member and takes every precaution to eliminate death from preventable causes. Suicide is one of the most preventable causes of death in the Marine Corps, and statistics show the Corps' prevention efforts are paying off. “The implementation of the Never Leave a Marine Behind Program (NLMB) MORE
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Combat Convoy Simulator provides realistic training for Marines
Fallujah, Iraq, is more than 5,000 miles away, but in a dark room surrounded by movie screens, Marines were able to simulate patrolling in a convoy ready to engage enemy fighters in the battle weary town.Marines of 1st and 2nd Combined Anti-Armor Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducted simulated convoy operations in the Combat Convoy... MORE
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Spouses and children live a day in Marines’ boots
Spouses and children over the age of 14 waited quietly in formation while Col. Rick Uribe, Marine Aircraft Group 11 commanding officer, informed them of his expectations for the day’s events before the sixth annual MAG-11 Jane Wayne Day, July 27. MORE
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Stealth fighter makes San Diego debut
Courtesy of U~T San Diego
An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet landed in San Diego for the first time Tuesday, stopping in a city saturated with military and defense industry representatives invested in keeping the Pentagon’s costliest weapons program aloft. MORE |
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NHCP offers back to school and sports physicals
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton will conduct special back-to-school and sports physicals, Aug. 17 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Family Medicine Clinic. The physicals will be by appointment only for all TRICARE Prime beneficiaries, ages 5 to 19, enrolled to any of the Naval Hospital’s primary care clinics. MORE
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