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Archive: 2008

Tropical Storm Fay slams region with rain, wind

Tropical Storm Fay dumped heavy rain, brought heavy winds, flooding and tornado warnings to the region when she swept through the area Friday through Tuesday. No serious damage or injuries caused by the storm were reported at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, where base officials had planned for possible emergency actions before the storm’s

Army briefs transformation, modularity to LOGCOM

Two U.S. Army officers briefed 60 Marines and civilian personnel from Marine Corps Logistics Command on the Army’s Transformation and Modularity Program, Aug. 19, at the Base Conference Center here. Army Lt. Col. Dan Graves, chief of Current Concepts and Modularity for Combined Arms Support Command, Ft. Lee, Va., and Army Maj. Guillermo Torres,

Far from the storm, a reservist perseveres

Cpl. James McCormick, a reserve heavy equipment mechanic with General Support Maintenance Company, Reserve Detachment Rock Island, Illinois, 4th Maintenance Battalion arrived here last week to assist the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Norway with vehicle maintenance. His home and his fiancée are back in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, or at least they

Marine inducted into Ranger Hall of Fame

Col. John Ripley was inducted into the U. S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame during ceremonies conducted June 11 at Ft. Benning, Ga., making him the first Marine ever invited to join the small fraternity of Hall of Fame Rangers.“To express how this feels is jolly difficult. The Rangers are almost a legendary entity. They’ve been around since the

LOGCOM’s chief of staff retires

In a ceremony marked with pomp and dignity Friday at Maintenance Center Albany, Col. Kevin T. McCutcheon, chief of staff, Marine Corps Logistics Command, accepted his retirement after 32 years in the Marine Corps. Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and LOGCOM dignitaries attended showing their support and extending their best wishes to McCutcheon

MCA workers vie for state honors

When Bonnie Matthews and Michelle Rodriguez met on the job at Maintenance Center Albany two years ago, they never thought they’d be coaching each other on how to win state level competition in the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership program. As two of four Albany Technical College GOAL finalists, they’re honing their presentations they’ll make

Military units support Albany Marathon

On Saturday, with the clouds hanging low and the temperature at a firm chill, both Marines and Navy personnel aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., supported runners in the second annual Snickers Marathon Energy Bar Marathon organized by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce. The Marines sponsored and manned a hydration station near

MCLB Albany celebrates another birthday

March 1 marked the 56th birthday for Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. “The 56th birthday of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany reminds me that our base, our mission and the missions of our tenant organizations are as relevant as ever as we continue to play a vital strategic role in the Marine Corps’ combat and security operations overseas,” said

Local youngsters go to the dogs

Twenty-eight children, aged three through five, visited Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany on Friday. The children were from the Lee County Head Start program. Dana Price, teacher, said the children were studying animals and fire safety during the week and their trip fit right in. At MCLB Albany, the children visited the kennels viewing a dog

CDC kids have “fun” at the dentist

Children enjoy visiting the dentist as much as adults, right? Not if you ask pre-kindergarten kids from the Child Development Center at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany who visited the Dental Health Clinic Feb. 26. They listened attentively as a children’s book based on Dora the Explorer was read to them, and they swarmed over the chairs in the

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