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The USNS Lewis and Clark dry cargo/ammunition ship docks at Blount Island Command for shipment of supplies and equipment on April 8, 2015. - The USNS Lewis and Clark dry cargo/ammunition ship docks at Blount Island Command for shipment of supplies and equipment on April 8, 2015.

Active-duty Marines at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany wash vehicles to raise money for the service members to attend the 2015 Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Installation patrons lined up at the concrete bay across from the base Auto Skills Center, April 24, to take advantage of the offer and to support their efforts. The Marine Corps Birthday Ball Committee members urged the base community to stop by on Fridays, between the hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., now through November, for a complete exterior vehicle detail. - Active-duty Marines at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany wash vehicles to raise money for the service members to attend the 2015 Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Installation patrons lined up at the concrete bay across from the base Auto Skills Center, April 24, to take advantage of the offer and to support their efforts. The Marine Corps Birthday Ball Committee members urged the base community to stop by on Fridays, between the hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., now through November, for a complete exterior vehicle detail.

Randolph Scott, Capability Assessment Support Center project administrator, Marine Corps Systems Command, Albany, Ga., assists an Albany Young Marine with the proper rolling of his camouflage utility blouse sleeves at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, April 25. - Randolph Scott, Capability Assessment Support Center project administrator, Marine Corps Systems Command, Albany, Ga., assists an Albany Young Marine with the proper rolling of his camouflage utility blouse sleeves at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, April 25.

The Albany Marine Band plays its final tune at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany's Base Theater, Feb. 24, 2012. The equipment symbolizes the end of a 22-year era. Marine Corps Logistics Command officials honored the former Albany Marine Band with a display showcase and small ceremony April 28, 2015, in Logistics Command’s Headquarters Building, here. - The Albany Marine Band plays its final tune at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany's Base Theater, Feb. 24, 2012. The equipment symbolizes the end of a 22-year era. Marine Corps Logistics Command officials honored the former Albany Marine Band with a display showcase and small ceremony April 28, 2015, in Logistics Command’s Headquarters Building, here.

Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families should be aware that what they and others share about them online can place them in jeopardy. Any information that identifies an affiliation with the Department of Defense could make personnel a potential target of terrorist groups or a lone-wolf radical. - Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families should be aware that what they and others share about them online can place them in jeopardy. Any information that identifies an affiliation with the Department of Defense could make personnel a potential target of terrorist groups or a lone-wolf radical.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany opens its gates to employers, colleges and universities from around the state and region during its annual Career and Education Fair, April 22. More than 47 representatives filled Thomason Gym, here, to discuss their agency's offerings to prospective active-duty, veterans as well as interested civilian candidates. The career fair is organized by the Personal and Professional Development Program staff to primarily connect employers, colleges and universities with transitioning active-duty military and other qualified personnel aboard the base. - Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany opens its gates to employers, colleges and universities from around the state and region during its annual Career and Education Fair, April 22. More than 47 representatives filled Thomason Gym, here, to discuss their agency's offerings to prospective active-duty, veterans as well as interested civilian candidates. The career fair is organized by the Personal and Professional Development Program staff to primarily connect employers, colleges and universities with transitioning active-duty military and other qualified personnel aboard the base.

The Defense Health Agency, Office of Program Integrity has received a significant number of concerns from TRICARE beneficiaries regarding unsolicited attempts by “Call Centers” to encourage them to provide personal identifying information and health information so that they can allegedly provide prescribed cream medications to the TRICARE beneficiary. TRICARE and its contractors never call and ask for personal identifying information or health information. Beneficiaries can report the issue to Express Scripts Inc. — Express Scripts Fraud Tip Hotline: 866-759-6139; email: TRICAREfraudtip@express-scripts.com. - The Defense Health Agency, Office of Program Integrity has received a significant number of concerns from TRICARE beneficiaries regarding unsolicited attempts by “Call Centers” to encourage them to provide personal identifying information and health information so that they can allegedly provide prescribed cream medications to the TRICARE beneficiary. TRICARE and its contractors never call and ask for personal identifying information or health information. Beneficiaries can report the issue to Express Scripts Inc. — Express Scripts Fraud Tip Hotline: 866-759-6139; email: TRICAREfraudtip@express-scripts.com.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany firefighters/emergency medical technicians evaluate and provide medical treatment for burns and smoke inhalation to personnel as a result of a simulated fire at the Base Theater during the Raging Renegade active-shooter exercise, April 21. Installation Marines portrayed injured casualties for the exercise. - Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany firefighters/emergency medical technicians evaluate and provide medical treatment for burns and smoke inhalation to personnel as a result of a simulated fire at the Base Theater during the Raging Renegade active-shooter exercise, April 21. Installation Marines portrayed injured casualties for the exercise.

Cpl. Ariana Atterberry (right) lunges forward with her simulated knife outlined with red lipstick and thrusts it into Sgt. Nathan Phelps’ major organ, leaving a smeared, faux blood stain on his white T-shirt, during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program knife fighting techniques class at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s dojo, recently. - Cpl. Ariana Atterberry (right) lunges forward with her simulated knife outlined with red lipstick and thrusts it into Sgt. Nathan Phelps’ major organ, leaving a smeared, faux blood stain on his white T-shirt, during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program knife fighting techniques class at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s dojo, recently.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany personnel celebrate the installation’s military children with crafts, games and a movie at the Base Theater, April 14. Participants were greeted at the door and invited into a lace-decorated entrance and tables filled with “Frozen” character games, crafts, tattoos and assorted ring candies. At the end of the activities, the hit movie “Frozen” was the featured event of the evening. The overall activity was in continuation of the installation’s celebration of the Month of the Military Child, which is held annually in April. - Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany personnel celebrate the installation’s military children with crafts, games and a movie at the Base Theater, April 14. Participants were greeted at the door and invited into a lace-decorated entrance and tables filled with “Frozen” character games, crafts, tattoos and assorted ring candies. At the end of the activities, the hit movie “Frozen” was the featured event of the evening. The overall activity was in continuation of the installation’s celebration of the Month of the Military Child, which is held annually in April.