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Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw (third from left), commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, and Col. James C. Carroll (second from left), commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, show off the ‘coveted’ Salty Sandbagger trophy after the Marine Corps’ victory, April 25. The Salty Sandbagger Golf Tournament is a twice yearly friendly competition between the Marine base and the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s business community.

Photo by Pamela Jackson

Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw (right), commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command, and Col. James C. Carroll, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, show off the ‘coveted’ Salty Sandbagger trophy after the Marine Corps’ victory, April 25. The Salty Sandbagger Golf Tournament is a twice yearly friendly competition between the Marine base and the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s business community.

Photo by Rachelle Bitterman

Maj. Frank Sierra, information solution architect, Command, Control, Communications and Computers Department, Marine Corps Logistics Command, runs one of four laps around the track in heels to support the Lily Pad’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event at Deerfield-Windsor School’s Webb Memorial Stadium in Albany, Ga., recently.

Photo by Pamela Jackson

(Left to right) Petty Officer 2nd Class Perry Davis, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kurtis Glenn and Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Rozeboom, Naval Branch Health Clinic-Albany, make their way around the track wearing red high-heeled shoes. The Sailors participated in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event benefitting Lily Pad at Deerfield-Windsor School’s Webb Memorial Stadium in Albany, Ga., recently.

Photo by Pamela Jackson

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryce Barfield, Naval Branch Health Clinic-Albany, finished first place in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event benefitting Lily Pad at Deerfield-Windsor School’s Webb Memorial Stadium in Albany, Ga., recently.

Photo by Pamela Jackson

Master Sgt. Roberto Nolasco (left), operations and training chief, Military Operations and Training Branch, and Sgt. Tavarez Hayman, ammunition technician, Logistics Support Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, prepare to distribute ammo to Marines, Sailors and Marine Corps police officers taking the Combat Pistol Program course of fire qualification at MCLB Albany. The CPP training is one of several scheduled and conducted on the installation’s pistol range to facilitate annual qualification requirements for service members and law enforcement personnel.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Active-duty service members and Marine Corps police officers “take aim” in one of several Combat Pistol Program training courses officials host at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s pistol range throughout the year. As the combat marksmanship coach looked on, shooters fired live rounds at targets during their course of fire qualification. The CPP is a five-day training course held on the installation’s pistol range to facilitate annual qualification requirements for service members and law enforcement personnel.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Active-duty service members and Marine Corps police officers “take aim” in one of several Combat Pistol Program training courses officials host at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s pistol range throughout the year. As the combat marksmanship coach looked on, shooters fired live rounds at targets during their course of fire qualification. The CPP is a five-day training course held on the installation’s pistol range to facilitate annual qualification requirements for service members and law enforcement personnel.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Combat marksmanship coaches give the “all-clear” thumbs up after active-duty service members and Marine Corps police officers holster their weapons during one of several Combat Pistol Program training courses officials host at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s pistol range throughout the year. Shooters fired live rounds at targets as part of their annual course of fire qualification requirement. The CPP is a five-day course held on the installation’s pistol range to facilitate training for service members and law enforcement personnel.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Active-duty service members and Marine Corps police officers “take aim” in one of several Combat Pistol Program training courses officials host at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s pistol range throughout the year. As the combat marksmanship coach looked on, shooters fired live rounds at targets during their course of fire qualification. The CPP is a five-day training course held on the installation’s pistol range to facilitate annual qualification requirements for service members and law enforcement personnel.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Cpl. Peter Hernandez-fuentes, adjutant clerk, Marine Corps Logistics Command, dances with Lydia Olds, Spanish teacher, International Studies Elementary School, Albany, Ga., during the annual Unity Day celebration held recently on Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. The event is held to educate individuals on diversity and celebrate differences.

Photo by Joycelyn Biggs

A child from the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Child Development Center introduces himself as a future Marine. The annual event is held to educate individuals on diversity and celebrate differences.

Photo by Joycelyn Biggs

Marines visit the Asian/Pacific tent during the annual Unity Day celebration recently on the installation. The event is held to educate individuals on diversity and celebrate differences.

Photo by Joycelyn Biggs

Julie Robbins, natural and cultural resources manager, Installation and Environment Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, shares information with International Studies Elementary School, Albany, Ga., during the annual Unity Day celebration held recently on the base.

Photo by Joycelyn Biggs

Sgt. Frederick Graham, heavy equipment engineer maintenance chief, Organic Maintenance Unit, Marine Corps Logistics Command, removes reusable parts from scrapped equipment for shipment to installations around the Marine Corps. Graham said some of the parts may be requested for use by other branches of service as well. The sergeant, who was recently selected as LOGCOM’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, said one of the highlights of his military career was meeting one of the original Montford Point Marines, Henry L. Jackson, a World War II veteran and retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant. Jackson, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, was one of the 20,000 African-American Marines to attend basic training at Montford Point, North Carolina, between 1942 and 1949.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Henry L. Jackson, one of the original Montford Point Marines, is a World War II veteran a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant and a Congressional Gold Medal recipient. He was one of the 20,000 African-American Marines to attend basic training at Montford Point, North Carolina, on a mandate from then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the period between 1942 and 1949. An icon at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Jackson attends many of the installation’s events, tells the story of his earlier Marine Corps career and frequently gives advice to young Marines as well. He, recently, met one such Marine, Sgt. Frederick Graham, heavy equipment engineer maintenance chief, Organic Maintenance Unit, Marine Corps Logistics Command. Graham, who was recently selected as LOGCOM’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, listened as Jackson shared some of his experiences as a Montford Point Marine seven decades earlier.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Sgt. Frederick Graham (left), heavy equipment engineer maintenance chief, Organic Maintenance Unit, Marine Corps Logistics Command, meets one of the original Montford Point Marines, Henry L. Jackson, a World War II veteran and retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant. Jackson, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, was one of the 20,000 African-American Marines to attend basic training at Montford Point, North Carolina, on a mandate from then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the period between 1942 and 1949. Jackson and Graham, who recently met, shared some of their experiences in the Marine Corps.

Photo by Verda L. Parker

Staff Sgt. Rocky Fredin, goalie and team captain, All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team, practices hitting the soccer ball with his head during the All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team tryouts aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., April 25. Fredin, a native of Lawrenceville, Ga., has been nicknamed the ‘grand old man’ by his teammates because this is his sixth time being selected for the All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team.

Photo by Nathan L. Hanks Jr.

Sgt. Miguel Cebrero, goalie, All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team, blocks a shot from Sgt. Jean St. Germain, during the All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team tryouts aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., April 25. Cebrero is a supply chief with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Germain is a supply administration clerk with 2nd Radio Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Photo by Nathan L. Hanks Jr.

Cpl. Jesus Flores, team member, All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team, practices hitting the soccer ball with his head back to his partner during the All-Marine Men’s Soccer Team tryouts aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., April 26. Flores is a warehouse clerk with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Photo by Nathan L. Hanks Jr.