“CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In accordance with a weeklong deployment for training exercise, the Marines and Sailors with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., took part in combat convoy simulator training at the Tactical Vehicle Simulation Center at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 16.

Training in teams of up to five, the Marines took to the $10 million high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle simulators with anticipation and a willingness to hone the interactive combat skills that were taught throughout the annual squadron exercise…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/05/23/marines-train-with-combat-convoy-simulator.html?ESRC=marine.nl

“MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Staff Sgt. Justin M. Rettenberger, an instructor with Field Medical Training Battalion West, and a native of Dubuque, Iowa, received the military’s fourth highest combat award during a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, May 23.

Rettenberger received the combat distinguishing “V” device, for valor, with his medal.

Rettenberger was selected for the Bronze star for his heroic actions while conducting combat operations against insurgent forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from March 8, 2012 to June 30, 2012, according to the award citation….”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/05/24/marine-receives-bronze-star-passes-on-knowledge.html?ESRC=marine.nl

“NEW ORLEANS – Before Cpl. Thomas “Cotton” Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the South Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his “last life request” to anyone who might find his diary: Please give it to Laura Mae Davis, the girl he loved.

Davis did get to read the diary – but not until nearly 70 years later, when she saw it in a display case at the National World War II Museum.

“I didn’t have any idea there was a diary in there,” said the 90-year-old Mooresville, Ind., woman. She said it brought tears to her eyes….”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/05/27/marines-diary-gives-brief-look-at-brief-life.html?ESRC=marine.nl

“Memorial Day is one of those holidays where the true meaning gets lost in the shuffle. First there’s the confusion over what Memorial Day is even about. Then there’s the question of who it is for.

My favorite way to prepare my 4-year-old for upcoming events or challenges is through library books. Since we’ll soon be attending a Memorial Day run and remembrance ceremony, I want to at least give him a point of reference on the subject.

But it took me by surprise when one of the children’s books we acquired suggested that Memorial Day is a day that people remember those who have died – regardless of whether they served. In the past, they said, it was just for the military. But now it’s just for any one who wants to have memorial-ish feelings for anyone else, no matter who they are or what they did….”

Forrás : http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2013/05/memorial-day-remember-all-or-just-military.html

“President Barack Obama created a brief twist Thursday to the Marine Corps’ legendary rifle creed at a press conference in the White House Rose Garden with the Turkish prime minister when a light rain fell and a Twitter storm erupted.

Obama requested two Marines hold umbrellas over himself and the Turkish prime minister to protect the world leaders from the rain. Viewers of the press conference quickly took to Twitter to comment on the odd sight of a Marine holding an umbrella.

“This is my umbrella. There are many like it but this one is mine. Without me, my umbrella is useless. Without my umbrella, I am useless,” Politico defense editor Phil Ewing tweeted after the  event….”

Forrás : http://kitup.military.com/2013/05/every-marine-an-umbrellaman.html