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Marines

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Archive: 2003

Marine's children top spellers ;;

Winner. W-I-N-N-E-R. Winner. That was the word most used to describe the 14 participants of Mock Road Elementary School's annual spelling bee. Among them were four children of Marines here. Parents and students filed into the Mock Road Elementary School auditorium where 14 fifth-graders sat in a single row across the stage. The teachers and the

Class helps smokers kick habit ;;

Many people have habits they would like to quit. Smoking or tobacco use and excessive drinking are serious habitual, even addictive, problems. The Health Promotions Program at the Branch Medical Clinic here and MCCS Personal Services at MCLB Albany have joined forces to help base personnel kick the smoking habit. A seven-week smoking cessation

MatCom Sergeant Major posted Friday;

The tradition of regularly changing military authority continued Friday at Schmidt Field when one sergeant major retired and another took up the reins. Sgt. Maj. Cassian Porcha replaced Sgt. Maj. Charles Tonn as the MatCom Sergeant Major in a post and relief ceremony which doubled as Tonn's retirement ceremony. Porcha arrived at MatCom from the

Travel safety crucial to America's 9-1-1 Force

When base personnel jump into their automobiles or board planes or other forms of transportation during this Martin Luther King holiday, they are often preoccupied with thoughts of spending time with friends and family. Spending the holidays with loved ones is significant, but travelers will also want to focus on the tasks at hand during a trip.

Toys rekindle memories of childhood play

Many people can remember playing with G.I. Joe action figures or Barbie dolls when they were children. Parents must tell their children, "You can't have that," or "You don't have enough money," when the children ask for the latest action figure - leaving that particular toy in the realm of unfulfilled dreams. Many of these children grow up, have

Marine marches to different beat, leads from front

It's easy to find a world of differences between playing a bass guitar and leading a marching band across a parade deck, but one MCLB Albany Marine says they both boil down to one thing: rhythm. Staff Sgt. Michael L. Diuguid recently made the transition from bass guitarist to assistant drum major of the MCLB Albany Marine Band and so far, he

King's dream still lives;

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'" The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an Atlanta native, spoke these immortal words almost 40 years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the famous March on

Employees' hard work pays off;

The employees at the MCLB Albany Self Service Store recently received a certificate by the National Industries for the Blind in recognition of their outstanding hard work to support the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program. The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, passed by Congress in 1938, is a law that directs federal agencies to purchase products from non-profit

Corpsman takes lifesaving to new heights;

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great

MatCom sergeant major bids farewell;

Some men join the Marine Corps to find themselves. Others join to escape. One Marine unintentionally did both. He joined the Corps to get away from his past and in doing so, found his future. Sgt. Maj. Charles Tonn, Materiel Command sergeant major, joined the Marine Corps in the early 1970s because it was literally the only branch of service that

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