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Marines

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Archive: November, 2002

Marines celebrate 227th Birthday;

More than 100 Marines and their guests attended the MCLB Albany sergeants and below Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Albany Nov. 7. A traditional cake cutting-ceremony kicked off the festivities. The base commander, Col. Joseph R. Wingard, presented the oldest and youngest Marines present with the first pieces of cake.

MCLB Albany meets goals of military transformation;

With the U.S. military currently fighting the war on terrorism, American forces are ready to deploy at a moment's notice. But once they are deployed, supply depots across the country must be capable of quickly and efficiently providing deployed forces with mission-critical items, the undersecretary of defense for logistics and materiel said Friday

NFL's Jaguars honor military;

The Jacksonville Jaguars paid tribute to the United States military at their last home game, which fell on the Marine Corps' 227th birthday. In the game the Jaguars defeated the Washington Redskins 26-7. The Jaguars began the tribute with the pre-game show in which members of each service were represented both by personnel and by their colors. A

Top elevates logisticians standards ;

One Marine is helping raise the standards for military logisticians by seeking self-improvement and trying to become better at what he does. Throughout the past year Master Sgt. Ouris Pellegrin, logistics operations chief here, has attended logistics related classes at Georgia Institute of Technology where he has learned some of the latest

Marine officer earns top honors with 'secret weapon';

Maj. Curtis Goyette is no rookie when it comes to skeet shooting. But a three-year layoff from the sport caused the former military all-American shooter to wish for a secret weapon. He wondered if he would feel like a novice at the World Skeet Championship held in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11-19. Shooting always came easily for Goyette. Even as a

ISO 9002 Registration;

The MCLB Albany Maintenance Center took another step forward recently by becoming ISO 9001 registered. According to Johnny Barthlein, quality department manager and ISO management representative, the registration will help the Maintenance Center maintain its high level of professionalism. The new ISO 9001 registration standards help hold top

MCLB Albany celebrates Corps' 227th Birthday ;

This year marks the Marine Corps' 227th year of existence since a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress on Nov. 10, 1775. To celebrate this proud day for Marines, employees, Marines and family members at Marine Corps Logistics Bases Albany gathered at Crouch Field here to watch a cake cutting ceremony. The

Albany celebrates Marine Corps' 227th birthday with football, ceremonies;

The Marine Corps Logistics Bases/Systems Command Knights and the Headquarters Battalion Vikings battled it out Tuesday for the MCLB Albany eight-man Tackle Football League championship. Both teams finished regular season play with a record of seven wins and two losses, which might have made people think the game was an even match. However, the

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