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GLOBE Serving Camp Lejeune and surrounding areas since 1944
THURSDAY JULY 21, 20 2011
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VOLUME 73 EDITION 29
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Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East, gave a speech during a ceremonial event marking the first shipment of biodiesel grown, processed and blended exclusively in North Carolina for the military, and delivered to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Monday. The delivery of the B20 biodiesel was the culmination of years or collaboration facilitated by North Carolina Eastern Region Region’ss Military Growth Task Force through a project known as Fuel the Force.
Fuel the Force project charts new course for local farmers, military PFC. NIK S. PHONGSISATTANAK Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
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or many years the United States has heavily relied on foreign energy resources to supply the nation with the oil which has supported its working force, as well as its fighting force. “We need to be energy self reliant,” said Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East. “I believe strongly that we have got to break our dependence on petrochemicals. You know it and I know it. Even worse than that, (it’s) a foreign petrochemical dependence. We need to start getting angles on that problem and do something about it.” Jensen passed this message during a ceremonial event which included the inaugural shipment of 800 gallons of biodiesel grown, processed and blended exclusively in North Carolina for the military, and delivered to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, 9 a.m. Monday. The delivery of the B20 biodiesel was the culmination of years of collaboration facilitated by North Carolina Eastern Region’s Military Growth Task Force through a project known
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as Fuel the Force. The driving force behind this project are North Carolina’s two leading industries, the military and agriculture, opening the doors to new development of infrastructures necessary for North Carolina’s farmers to provide the renewable fuels for the military. “This represents the first fruits of our effort to try to get homegrown biodiesel to our military forces,” said George Miller, program manager with North Carolina’s Eastern Region MGTF. “We want to promote the balance between the military and the community.” In 2007, the Marine Corps and Eastern North Carolina counties developed the MGTF to deal with issues within the region, but also implementing solutions with regional responses. “This is a momentous day for us (and) we didn’t get here in one jump,” said Jensen. “This is just the beginning of this power of partnerships that I believe in the very near future is going to fundamentally alter the way we do business.” The military is under a mandate to reduce its energy consumption 30 percent by 2015. With the support of the local community, such goals are possible. Through wise networking and resourcing, the innovative ideas and goals of the Marine Corps
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Mission first, safety always – all day, every day LANCE CPL. JOSHUA J. HINES 2nd Marine Marine Division Public Pub Affairs
Day iin and day out, Marines and sailors face difficult and dangerous situations. situ Both on and off the battlefield, without using common sense sen and good judgment, many dangers can arise. Every year, the Secretary of the Navy awards a small number of units i with i his prestigious Safety Excellence Award. In 2011, only 19 were selected and II Marine Expeditionary Force was among them. Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., commanding general of II MEF, accepted the award on behalf of II MEF, in Washington, D.C., July 7. What follows is his congratulatory message to all the Marines, sailors, and civilians of II MEF for receiving this award: Congratulations Marines, Sailors and civilians of II MEF. On 7 July 2011, Sergeant Major Green, Command Master Chief Heap, Mr. John Murray, Mr. John Kratochvila and I had the honor and privilege of representing you to accept the Secretary of the Navy’s Safety Excellence Award for 2011 from the Honorable Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy recognized only 19 commands/units from the entire Navy and Marine Corps. II MEF, VMAQ-2 and VMGR-452 were the sole USMC units recognized. What makes this award truly special is that it recognizes all the hard work and attention to detail YOU did during 2010 to keep yourselves and your fellow Marines, Sailors and civilians safe and mission ready. This highly competitive award comes at a great time – in the middle of the historically dangerous 101 days of summer – to remind ourselves to continue and renew our safety TTPs, and to use them. Thank you for what you did last year. Thank you for what you are doing this year – every day. I have every expectation that next year we will again be recognized by the Secretary of the Navy for individual and collective actions to keep all of us safe, sound and mission ready. As it says on your award: Mission First, Safety Always – All Day, Every Day. Bravo Zulu and Semper Fidelis!
John M. Paxton, Jr. Lieutenant General Commanding General II Marine Expeditionary Force
Sailor receives Silver Star for actions in Afghanistan LANCE CPL. WALTER D. MARINO II
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Installations East, Biofuels Center of North Carolina, Potter Oil, Piedmont Biofuels, North Carolina State Bio and Ag Engineering, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, North Carolina’s Eastern Region Military Growth Task Force, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and farmers of local Eastern North Carolina have been brought together to advance all of their mutual interests in maintaining the fundamentally agrarian nature of Eastern North Carolina “I think it’s awesome because it marries the (Marine Corps) and Department of Defense with local agriculture and it benefits the U.S. government and the taxpayers,” said Harold Taylor, responsible officer and contracting officer representative fuels with Marine Corps Base Supply Management, Communications, and business performance officer. When reporters asked what Jensen was thinking the moment he filled the gas tank of the test vehicle, he said, “This is a very small stone down a mountainside, and (we) hope that it gains momentum.” “It was no small task getting this fuel to the Marine Corps,” said Miller. “It was hard, but they got it done, thanks to some perseverance, a lot of red tape and paperwork - and for that I’d like to thank (Maj. Gen. Jensen) for being at the tip of the spear.”
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(From right to left) Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton, commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Mr. John Kratochvila, ground safety manager for II MEF, Sgt. Maj. Carl R. Green, sergeant major of II MEF and Mr. John Murray, director of the Force Preservation Department with II MEF, display the Secretary of the Navy’s Safety Excellence Award for 2011 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
fter providing medical t r e a t ment for two Marines who were shot during a firefight in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2010, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Emmott, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, was shot in the head. Miraculously, Emmott survived the injury and was awarded the Silver Star for his heroic actions. The award is presented for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States and is the
third highest award for valor in the United States armed forces. “I’m not upset about (the injury) at all,” said Emmott. “We had gotten into a bunch of firefights that day, and it seemed like we were winning. It was honestly a really good day – minus the fact that I got shot in the head.” Emmott’s family and fellow service members traveled to the Third annual Naval Safe Harbor Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 14 to witness Emmott and other service members receive awards for work and actions involving the military. “Jacob loves his Marines,” said Emmott’s mother. “We’re very SEE STAR 4A
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Emmott, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, stands in the center with his Silver Star citation. From right to left, Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Sgt. Maj. Michael P. Barrett, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps; and fellow Marines and sailors from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment at the Third annual Naval Safe Harbor Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 14. Emmott was awarded the Silver Star, the third highest award for valor in the United States armed forces, for his actions in Helmand province, Afghanistan, 2010.