Pamela Jackson, community plans liaison officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, will receive the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor, Friday. Jackson, a native of Albany, Ga., was selected for the award because of her work with childhood obesity. Jackson is the founder and CEO of The Youth Becoming Healthy Project, a nonprofit organization committed to reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity through nutrition, fitness education and physical-activity programs. - Pamela Jackson, community plans liaison officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, will receive the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor, Friday. Jackson, a native of Albany, Ga., was selected for the award because of her work with childhood obesity. Jackson is the founder and CEO of The Youth Becoming Healthy Project, a nonprofit organization committed to reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity through nutrition, fitness education and physical-activity programs.

A 196-foot communication tower was recently erected aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany to facilitate better first responder radio communication. Some users include Marine Corps Police Department, Marine Corps Fire Department and the Installation and Environmental Division. In a collaborative effort, MCLB Albany’s Communication and Information Systems Division and Installation and Environmental Division obtained funding to replace the old tower, according to Robbin Lamb, spectrum and land mobile radio manager, Communication and Information Systems Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. - A 196-foot communication tower was recently erected aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany to facilitate better first responder radio communication. Some users include Marine Corps Police Department, Marine Corps Fire Department and the Installation and Environmental Division. In a collaborative effort, MCLB Albany’s Communication and Information Systems Division and Installation and Environmental Division obtained funding to replace the old tower, according to Robbin Lamb, spectrum and land mobile radio manager, Communication and Information Systems Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.

‘Never forget where you came from and always give back’ is the motto of Nathaniel Lowman, commanding officer of the Albany Young Marines, and retired Marine Corps master sergeant.Lowman has lived by these words for the last 35 years and because of his service to the surrounding communities, he was awarded the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Award during a ceremony held at the Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center, Jan. 21. - ‘Never forget where you came from and always give back’ is the motto of Nathaniel Lowman, commanding officer of the Albany Young Marines, and retired Marine Corps master sergeant.Lowman has lived by these words for the last 35 years and because of his service to the surrounding communities, he was awarded the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Award during a ceremony held at the Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center, Jan. 21.