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Marines

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Archive: 2008

Battle Color Detachment to perform tonight at Civic Center

The United States Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment will treat citizens of Albany and the entire surrounding community as well as base personnel attending, to a sensational performance tonight at 7 p.m., at the Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Maj. Gen. Willie J.

Young Marines experience Law Enforcement Day

When members of the Young Marine program met here Saturday, they had the opportunity to participate in Law Enforcement Day. Several local law enforcement agencies presented displays and talked to them about leadership, character and the dangers of drugs and gang participation.The Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Police Department put on a

Sgt. Correy S. Savage, ammunition chief, Logistics Support Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., was recently named Non-commissioned Officer of the Quarter.

Sgt. Correy S. Savage, ammunition chief, Logistics Support Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., was recently named Non-commissioned Officer of the Quarter.Savage’s main responsibility is to issue ammunition to all units on the installation and can often be found at the base’s ammo bunker in support of his largest customer,

Multi-million $$ changes for Marine Corps Exchange

The Marine Corps Exchange at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., will soon undergo a $5M renovation that represents the first upgrade to the facility since it was built in the mid-1970s.It means the MCX will suspend operations in the current facility and relocate four “main” businesses for a six month period, projected from March 2009 and

Marine Corps pilot program looks at critical infrastructure

The Marine Corps Critical Infrastructure Program Pilot Critical Asset Risk Assessment, part of a Department of Defense-wide focus, is in the initial phase and a team of eight inspectors and three observers completed their review of critical Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany infrastructure recently “Its purpose is to review and evaluate those

Disability Employment Awareness Month Month focuses on talent, strength of disabled employees

In 1945, Congress enacted a law declaring the first week in October each year, “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” In 1962, the word, “physically,” was dropped from the declaration in an attempt to recognize others with various non-physical disabilities.In 1988, Congress expanded the week to a month and renamed the event “National

LOGCOM rewards employees for hard work with awards, fun

Marine Corps Logistics Command held its fourth annual LOGCOM Employee Recognition Day at Boyett Park here Oct. 16. Hundreds of employees turned out to witness numerous employees receiving awards and even more people enjoyed the picnic and games provided.After the invocation, national anthem and posting of the Colors, Michael Madden, executive

Preventative maintenance project uses Lean Six Sigma

Heating and cooling units on base will be more efficient thanks to a preventative maintenance assessment based on the Lean Six Sigma process.“Preventative maintenance is an investment in that it extends the life of equipment, buildings or infrastructure. It’s an investment in reducing the number of failures that we have to take care of through

Battle Color Detachment to visit Albany

The Battle Color Detachment will once again perform at the Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center in downtown Albany, Ga., Oct. 23. Doors to the Civic Center will open at 6 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7 p.m. The BCD is a precision performance by three units attached to Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. Marine Barracks, also known as 8th &

Process improvements speed HMMWV outputs

Maintenance Center Albany, which has a long history of working on High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles, stood up its current HMMWV production line in March 2007 with the receipt of an order to process 20 HMMWVs on an “expedite” schedule. Since then, more than 736 additional HMMWVs have been sent to MCA for “Inspect and Repair only as

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