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'Ready Battalion' competes for the Spartan Cup August 19, 2014 — Approximately 1,000 Marines, sailors and family members of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, held their annual family day and field meet Aug. 14, 2014, at the W.P.T. Hill Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The event gave members of the battalion a chance to introduce their families to the unit, and MORE

Marines take rare chance to fire missiles September 5, 2013 — Shouts of ‘Back blast area, all clear!’ followed by the roar of missiles taking flight broke the tranquil morning at G3 range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. as Marines with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment took the rare opportunity to conduct live-fire training with the Javelin and tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided or TOW missile systems MORE

1/6 gets crew-served January 23, 2013 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A breeze blew across the field, picking up dust and depositing it on the Marines preparing themselves for an assault. The squad leader in a final attempt to motivate the Marines said only a few words, “Same as before boys, find your target and kill it.” The Marines after receiving the cue from their section MORE

Corpsmen rescue wounded Marine during firefight May 21, 2012 — When the Marines reached the hilltop, they knew it was going to be a rough day.They had already taken fire, and they were patrolling in an area that coalition forces had rarely been since the decade-long war began. At the top of the hill, the Marines took fire from insurgents when one of their brothers was wounded.Petty Officer 3rd Class Eduardo D. MORE

Supplying victory one round at a time May 18, 2012 — A Marine is useless without a rifle. A rifle is useless without ammunition. At 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, ensuring magazines are full is the job of the battalion’s sole ammunition technician. Sgt. Waylon Sliker, from Sparta, N.J., has, so far, provided more than 630,000 rounds of ammunition to keep Marines in the fight this deployment. MORE

From firefighter/EMT to Navy corpsman May 18, 2012 — Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Sears is always walking around with a smile as he interacts with the Marines in his unit. “I joined the Navy because (back home) I was a firefighter and an emergency medical technician, and the area was pretty saturated with people who were trying to do pretty much the same job. I had just had my son, so I MORE

Lejeune Marines clear Afghan valley of insurgents May 18, 2012 — As the early morning sun peeks over the mountains the Nimruz province of Afghanistan, the Marines and sailors with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, began an operation in the Gostan Valley. The Marines staged their vehicles at the top of the hills overlooking Gorozan, the first village they were set to clear. As a show of force MORE

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