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Marines

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Archive: February, 2010

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High school students experience real-life NCIS

It may be easy to confuse television with reality. After all, that is what the producers, directors, make-up artists and special effects staff get paid the big bucks for. Television has a way of blurring the lines between fiction and the real world. Albany High School celebrated Law and Justice Day Feb.1 - 2 by inviting two special agents from the

Mobile Maintenance Facilities keep Naval fleet in business

A small branch of employees at Maintenance Center Albany keeps the Naval Air Systems Command working in comfort by providing much-needed refurbished workspaces. The Mobile Maintenance Repair Facility repairs eight, 20-foot modular mobile shelter units from the ground up each month to support the Naval Air Systems Command. Each unit is meticulously

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Base sound man retires

Cedric P. Robinson, computer specialist, Customer Service and Audio-visual Support Center, Computer Information Systems Branch, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, retired Jan. 29 with 35 years of service to the Marine Corps. Robinson became interested in computers and technology because of technical classes that were offered at John Herbert

Marines, sailors visit National Infantry Museum, Soldier Center at Fort Benning

Although military technology has changed drastically since the American Revolution, the hardships and experiences of the American soldier have changed little throughout the course of history. Marines and sailors of Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany learned this lesson, among others, as a part of a professional military education tour of the

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Teen dating violence addressed

Teen dating violence is the focus of a national education campaign this week and Family Services officials say it’s something new. “The legislation recognizing it is very new, something that went though in 2008,” said Jamie Hurst, victim advocate, Family Advocacy Program, Marine and Family Services, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. “So, each

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Marine Corps sets new tattoo policy

Is that tattoo worth it? Marine Administrative message 029/10, Amplification of Marine Corps Tattoo Policy, dated Jan. 15, updates previous Marine Corps policy on tattoos and contains major changes. “Now, officers, both commissioned and warrant, are limited to not more than four tattoos which are visible while wearing the standard physical training

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High CFT notes for Albany Marine Band

The Albany Marine Band proved they focus as much on physical fitness as they do on crisp performances when they averaged 288 out of 300, high first-class, on their recent Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test. To maintain their conditioning, band members conducted rigorous CFT fitness training Jan. 27 at the physical training field at Marine Corps

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