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Marines

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Archive: 2008

MCLB Albany Navy corpsman earns top honors

Petty Officer 1st Class Dewel Jamerson, hospital corpsman, Naval Branch Health Clinic, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, knows that a military career based on hard work and a good attitude pays off. But his journey into military service almost didn’t begin with the Navy. “I first thought about the Air Force. I have an uncle who’s a colonel right

Blount Island Command supports Maritime Prepositioning Force

The mission for Marine Corps Logistic Command’s Maritime Prepositioning Force based at Blount Island, Jacksonville, Fla., is to provide prepositioned equipment and supplies that can be linked with Navy and Marine forces outside the continental United States during a crisis or incident. And one key to success is using operational logistics to meet

Local Marine to appear on History Channel

Although Hollywood has called him, he has not traded his diamond for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, yet. 1st Sgt. William E. Bodette Jr., first sergeant, Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, will be participating in a ten-part series on the History Channel called Battle 360. The series begins Friday and ends May 2.

Naval logistics team mulls changes

A sampling of the Executive Board of the Naval Logistics Integration program met at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Friday for their annual conference to review the latest proposals to streamline logistics services between the Marine Corps and Navy. Hosted by Maj. Gen. Willie J. Williams, commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, the

MCA civilian-Marines deploy to Iraq

On Friday, Maintenance Center Albany sent a group of 17 civilian-Marines, mostly mechanics and welders, to the Al Anbar Province in Iraq. These volunteers will join the 15 mechanics and four welders already in the theater of operations who are on six-month deployments. “This is mostly about the MRAP project,” said Cpl. Christopher Mayrand, Marine

CG MarCorSysCom assesses the GWOT during Town Hall meeting

“The Marine Corps has not had a Marine killed due to enemy action in Iraq since Oct. 19, nearly four months. You don’t hear a lot about that in the press. But things are going very well in Al Anbar (province),” said Brig. Gen. Michael Brogan, commanding general, Marine Corps Systems Command, as he addressed a Town Hall meeting for MarCorSysCom

Marine lives charmed life

When asked, he didn’t really recall how many times he and the convoys he rode in encountered improvised explosive devices. “It seriously got to the point where there was an explosion in the convoy at the other end and, it was kind of like, there’s another one I survived,” said Sgt. James C. Barber Jr., purchasing contract specialist, Contracts

CG MCIEast calls MCLB Albany “tight-knit”

Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson Jr., commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East, visited Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany on Thursday and Friday, meeting with base and Marine Corps Logistics Command personnel during the two days. Dickerson’s conclusion: “The community is a great community. They are all very supportive.” He called MCLB

Marines more than family; warriors

Most Marines face the challenge of leaving their immediate families behind when they deploy. That is not the case for three 4th Supply Battalion Marines. Cpls. Dohel Ortiz Jr., 25, Shayla Ortiz, 26, and Lance Cpl. Geraldo Ortiz, 23, all warehousemen with Detachment 2, Supply Company, 4th Supply Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces

Logistics Marine awarded Bronze Star

A field grade officer attached to Marine Corps Logistics Command was recently pinned with one of the Corps’ highest medals for his role in the Global War on Terrorism. Maj. Kevin R. Scott, supply officer, Blount Island Command, LOGCOM, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony held Jan. 3. Maj. Gen. Willie J. Williams, commanding

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