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Marines

News

Archive: 2010

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Base celebrates Unity/Multicultural Day

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany celebrated its 5th annual Unity/Multicultural Day at Boyett Park, April 15.Approximately 1,000 Marines, civilian-Marines and family members shared in the day filled with vendor booths, ethnic food samplings, presentations by the Child Development Center and performances by the Albany Marine Band and two Polynesian

Base observes Sexual Abuse Awareness Month

Victims of sexual abuse within the Department of Defense are the subject of Sexual Abuse Awareness Month during the month of April. Help is available for personnel at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and base officials want to ensure that reporting procedures are understood.According to the Web site http://www.sapr.mil/media/pdf/news/2010, the

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MCLB Albany hosts Marine All-Star Jazz Band

The 2010 edition of the Marine Corps All-Star Jazz Band formed at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany April 2 for four days of practice prior to leaving on a week-long tour that took them from local venues to Atlanta and to a Florida jazz festival.To become a member of the jazz band, each applicant from the ‘best of the best’ among the Marine Corps’

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Keeping children safe from playgrounds hazards

National Playground Safety Week, Monday through April 30, is recognized as a way to ensure children are safe whether they play indoors or outdoors.Playground safety is a concept that every parent and child caregiver should become familiar with. The National Playground Safety Institute recognizes that some hazards are related to equipment,

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In the rear with the gear: Logistics Command completes equipment retrograde

The massive logistics operation that began in January 2007 to retrograde Marine Corps equipment out of Operation Iraqi Freedom ended April 9 when the final pieces of equipment were processed through Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and the Kuwait Naval Base.The Multi-National Force-West completed the turn-in of Principle End Items on Feb. 10. As of April 2,

Water pipe breakage closes base roads

A main waterline break closed roads in the warehouse area of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, April 8.The closure affects Radford Street at Fifth Street and Wilkinson Way and also Fifth Street at Weed Place and Radford Street.The end cap of an older pipeline broke as contracted workers installed a new section of 10-inch pipe to an existing

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Base celebrates Earth Day

When the 40th Earth Day is observed at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany April 22, an expanded slate of activities is on-tap to help protect the environment and educate base personnel on the importance of clean air, water and land.Base officials have approved the largest list ever of activities here, ranging from, among many, planting flowers at

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The Albany Marine Band performs at ASU

The Marine Corps story is best told through the medium of music.The Albany Marine Band, Marine Corps Logistics Command, related this story to a large audience at the Albany State University Academy Center during their concert, April 8.“This program is designed to tell you the story of our service,” said CWO2 Christian E. Flores, band officer,

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CDC honors military children

The Child Development Center at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany honored their smallest Marine Corps family members with a parade, led by members of the Albany Marine Band’s Brass Call, through Buildings 3500 and 3700, April 1.According to the Web site www.defense.gov, there are 1.7 million American children and youth under 18 with a parent

H1N1 cases rising

Health officials are carefully watching a spike in cases of the pandemic H1N1 flu in the Southeastern United States. According to ABC News, Georgia has recorded an H1N1 increase, with 40 people admitted to the hospital for the flu during the last week in March.That is more than in any other state, according to Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the

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