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Steven Dancer (left), installation emergency manager, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, gives an update on some strategies and precautions the installation’s emergency operations, chemical protection and Naval Branch Health Clinic-Albany’s personnel are implementing to combat the Zika virus. Base officials, recently, hosted a meeting with state and local environmental control representatives to discuss the impact of the mosquito-borne illness as well as some countermeasures to reduce the mosquito larvae population. - Steven Dancer (left), installation emergency manager, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, gives an update on some strategies and precautions the installation’s emergency operations, chemical protection and Naval Branch Health Clinic-Albany’s personnel are implementing to combat the Zika virus. Base officials, recently, hosted a meeting with state and local environmental control representatives to discuss the impact of the mosquito-borne illness as well as some countermeasures to reduce the mosquito larvae population.

Food plots are ready, bow qualifications are complete and ladder stands are in place. Hunting enthusiasts have waited many months for the start of the 2016-17 deer hunting season, which begins Saturday, Sept. 10., aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. - Food plots are ready, bow qualifications are complete and ladder stands are in place. Hunting enthusiasts have waited many months for the start of the 2016-17 deer hunting season, which begins Saturday, Sept. 10., aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.

Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery Lawson conducts the abandon ship drill off the high-dive platform and into the Base Pool as part of the annual swim qualification aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Aug 24. - Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery Lawson conducts the abandon ship drill off the high-dive platform and into the Base Pool as part of the annual swim qualification aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Aug 24.

Major Lee Taylor, retired, keynote speaker, explains how reading and winning go hand-in-hand during Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Summer Reading Awards Program at Covella Pond, Aug. 20. - Major Lee Taylor, retired, keynote speaker, explains how reading and winning go hand-in-hand during Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Summer Reading Awards Program at Covella Pond, Aug. 20.

2nd Lt. Delaney T. Bourlakov (center kneeling) adjutant, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, poses with some of the female competitors at the second annual High Intensity Tactical Training Athlete Championship aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, Aug. 17. - 2nd Lt. Delaney T. Bourlakov (center kneeling) adjutant, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, poses with some of the female competitors at the second annual High Intensity Tactical Training Athlete Championship aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, Aug. 17.

Bill Boone, entrepreneur outreach specialist, University of Georgia, Small Business Development Center, facilitates a Boots-2-Business Workshop session at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Lifelong Learning Center, recently. Boone is credited with being the catalyst for developing the program and for bringing it to Georgia. The Boots-2-Business trains over 25,000 veterans per year, according to Boone. - Bill Boone, entrepreneur outreach specialist, University of Georgia, Small Business Development Center, facilitates a Boots-2-Business Workshop session at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Lifelong Learning Center, recently. Boone is credited with being the catalyst for developing the program and for bringing it to Georgia. The Boots-2-Business trains over 25,000 veterans per year, according to Boone.

Azalea R. Fluellen, (left), acting grocery manager, Commissary, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, conducts a customer survey with Patricia Wilson during her recent grocery shopping trip to MCLB Albany’s Commissary. Fluellen was recently recognized with an honorable mention for the Defense Commissary Agency 2016 Director's Customer Service Award, for consistently promoting customer service. - Azalea R. Fluellen, (left), acting grocery manager, Commissary, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, conducts a customer survey with Patricia Wilson during her recent grocery shopping trip to MCLB Albany’s Commissary. Fluellen was recently recognized with an honorable mention for the Defense Commissary Agency 2016 Director's Customer Service Award, for consistently promoting customer service.

Sakurano Maeda, left, purchases a pre-made bag of canned goods from Derrick Cade, cashier, Commissary, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, in support of the 2016 “Feds Feed Families” campaign at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Commissary, Aug. 5. - Sakurano Maeda, left, purchases a pre-made bag of canned goods from Derrick Cade, cashier, Commissary, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, in support of the 2016 “Feds Feed Families” campaign at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Commissary, Aug. 5.

Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw (left), commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, serves as the retiring official for Maj. Lee Taylor (right), operations actions officer/mission assurance officer, LOGCOM, in a ceremony at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany's Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Aug. 12. Taylor, who has devoted 30 years in service to the nation, began his active-duty career in the enlisted ranks, later attended Officer Candidate School and became a Marine commissioned officer in March 2002. - Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw (left), commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, serves as the retiring official for Maj. Lee Taylor (right), operations actions officer/mission assurance officer, LOGCOM, in a ceremony at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany's Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Aug. 12. Taylor, who has devoted 30 years in service to the nation, began his active-duty career in the enlisted ranks, later attended Officer Candidate School and became a Marine commissioned officer in March 2002.

Staff Sgt. John R. Harris Jr., training chief, Headquarters Company East, Marine Corps Logistics Command, sights in his bow during a practice at Marine Corps Logistics Albany’s Bow Range, Aug. 4. - Staff Sgt. John R. Harris Jr., training chief, Headquarters Company East, Marine Corps Logistics Command, sights in his bow during a practice at Marine Corps Logistics Albany’s Bow Range, Aug. 4.