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5/10 Marine’s heroic actions honored with Bronze Star

SIERRA DEL RETIN, SPAIN

LANCE CPL. WALTER D. MARINO II 2nd Marine Division

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(Left) A Marine with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, returns from a patrol during patrol base operations training aboard Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 24. (Right) Frank Rodriguez, a Spanish Marine with Spain’s Third Mechanized Landing Battalion, points out an improvised explosive device indicator to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jhosue M. Escate, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Light Armored Reconnaissance platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, during counter-IED training aboard Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 25.

COURTESY STORY 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines and sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bataan Amphibious Ready Group completed the Spanish Amphibious Bilateral Landing Exercise, also known as PHIBLEX 2011, off the coast of Spain, June 29.

The exercise began June 22 and partnered 150 Spanish service members with 4,000 sailors and Marines from the 22nd MEU and BATARG for combined joint air and amphibious operations from the sea and on the shores of Spain.

“Spanish PHIBLEX was the culmination of over six months of very deliberate planning and coordination between 22nd MEU, Sixth Fleet, U.S. Embassy in Spain, and Spanish planners that paid off over the last 10 days

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with some tremendously valuable military-to-military training,” said Col. Eric Steidl, commanding officer of the 22nd MEU. Sharing the common bond found between brothers-in-arms, we and our Spanish counterparts developed lasting relationships and took away many valuable lessons learned.

This was truly a great experience and one that will be remembered for a long time. Congratulations to the Marines and sailors of 22nd MEU and BATARG for the safe and timely execution of a very dynamic and complex exercise.”

Spanish PHIBLEX was specifically developed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and develop professional relationships between the two forces.

“It was great to be out here conducting valuable training with our long-

standing Spanish partners,” said Capt. Steve Yoder, commander, Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 6. “Over the past several days we’ve tested our amphibious capabilities as a bilateral team, and I could not be more proud of how each sailor and Marine performed. This was truly a graduate-level exercise, and every person rose to the challenge by accomplishing each task smoothly, safely and professionally.”

PHIBLEX 2011 took weeks of planning and coordination between the Spanish and U.S. forces.

“The planning and the decision-making process was great to be a part of,” said Spanish Marine Corps Maj. Carlier Grana, operations officer, Commander Naval Group 2. “It’s always a benefit when our two countries can work together. In our current international environment

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Brig. Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., the acting commanding general for 2nd Marine Division, presents the Bronze Star award citation to Gunnery Sgt. Chad L. Miller, the radio chief for 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 29.

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emerging risks exist that make it extremely important for us to be familiar with one another.”

The bilateral training gave planners and leaders alike, a reason to laud this two-week training evolution.

“It was absolutely a success,” said Navy Capt.

Steve Koehltttter, USS Bataan commanding officer. “Having the opportunity to integrate with our Spanish counterparts throughout the planning and the execution of this exercise has built invaluable mutual trust and cooperation that our navies will be able to build upon for years to come. It was a tremendous experience for our sailors and Marines.”

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The Bronze Star, when awarded for bravery, is the fourth-highest personal award in the U.S. Armed Forces, and only given to stand-out Marines who have demonstrated outstanding courage under extreme circumstances.

Gunnery Sgt. Chad L. Miller, the radio chief with 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, is one such Marine.

On June 29, Miller was awarded the Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device for courageous actions in Afghanistan.

According to the award citation, in September 2009, Miller set up an overwatch element for fellow Marines who were conducting a meeting in Ganjgal village in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

When a large group of insurgents attacked the Marines in the village, Miller responded by coordinating lethal suppressive fires, giving away his position to the enemy in the process. Despite receiving a high volume of direct and indirect fire from prepared enemy positions, Miller spotted targets for his machine gunner and grenadier, both from the Afghan National Army, and also coordinated aerial fires by marking targets.

Miller manned the position for six hours until his fellow Marines regained control.

“Your entire career leads you up to maybe a certain instance – one moment that may happen,” said Miller.

“The award was for actions that happened out there, but I see it as everything I’ve done to lead up to that day and just pushing myself.”

The award ceremony took place in front of Miller’s wife and kids and service members from his battalion.

When the ceremony began, the surrounding audience quieted as Brig. Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., the acting commanding general for 2nd Marine Division, made his way to the center to present the award to Gunnery Sgt. Miller and thank him for his actions.

After the ceremony, Miller was swarmed by fellow Marines who personally thanked and congratulated him.

“He’s definitely a mentor for all the Marines including staff noncommissioned officers,” said Staff Sgt. Chaz G. McCaslin, the armory chief for the battalion. “He’s someone you can count on as a Marine and a friend.

The award is definitely well deserved.”

While modest about his own actions, Miller praised his fellow Marines and said the award was for his team.

“The mission and deployment that I was on – working with other branches – just shows how much more elite the Marine Corps is,” said Miller.

ith budget cuts looming on the horizon, it is more important than ever for Marines to evaluate their options. In a report prepared by the Marine Corps Force Structure Review Group, an initiative was proposed to drop the active-duty force from 202,000 to 186,000, resulting in fewer boatspaces for re-enlistments. This may cause problems for a lot of Marines who wish to continue serving, yet, it also provides a unique opportunity. One initiative to reduce the number of active-duty personnel is the Voluntary Enlisted Early Release Program.

The VEERP allows first-term Marines to get out up to 90 days before their original end of active service date. According to Marine Administrative Message 303/11, it is a “cost savings initiative” that will allow the shaping and sustainment of the force within the constraints of the approved budget. Approximately 37,000 fiscal year 2012 Marines are eligible for the program.

VEERP is a separate program from the early out for education, and the process, according to Robinson, is much quicker and can be used for the same purpose. Service members are still eligible for the full educational benefits they have earned, such as the GI Bill. For the VEERP, however, education does not need to be the only reason.

Gunnery Sgt. Tasha Robinson, the administrative chief with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, said her office has processed about 200 Marines for the program from the previous and present fiscal years and expects a lot more since the MARADMIN was published May 20.

“It’s a great opportunity for any Marine who wants to do it,” she said. “It gives them a jump start on their life after the Marine Corps. They can start school or a new career and still get the benefits of an honorable discharge.”

Marines need to be thinking ahead about those things, though. Johanna Rose, the supervisory education specialist at the John A. Lejeune Education Center aboard the base, said Marines need to be applying early and

getting in touch with schools in advance.

“Every school is a little bit different,” she said. “Start a year out from your EAS. Find out those financial aid and initial requirements and try to get them done prior to exiting. That will give you a leg up when starting.”

Rose, a mother of an active-duty service member, strongly suggests taking classes and College Level Examination Program tests while still on active duty, because it’s covered by tuition assistance.

“It’s at no cost to you, and who’s to say the Marine Corps doesn’t get thousands of early out requests?” she said. “It will make you more competitive.”

Marines wishing to use the VEERP must attend Pre-separation and Transition Assistance Program workshops and complete a final physical, all of which are good for a year.

The process of putting in a request takes about two weeks to complete.

Cpl. Erin Anderson, an administrative specialist with the Installation Personnel Administration Center, Headquarters and SEE VEERP 7A

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SemperSafe Semper Safe

MAN ON TH THE STREET If you could send anything to a deployed Marine, what wh would you send? ““Cookies or something really sweet, homemade re goods and pictures from go home, of course.”

By the Base Safety Office

Don’t let the heat stress you A few months ago, everyone was wishing for warmer days, and the bright sunshine. Those days are finally here, along with summer vacation. These longer, sunny days added with high humidity creates a dangerous condition. Long exposure to hot, humid weather interferes with the body’s ability to cool itself.

What Causes Heat Stress?

Factors leading to heat stress include high temperature and humidity, direct sun or heat, limited air movement, physical exertion, poor physical condition, some medicines, prior heat injuries and inadequate tolerance for hot workplaces.

Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion: • Headaches, dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting.

• Weakness and moist skin.

• Mood changes, such as irritability or confusion.

• Upset stomach or vomiting.

Symptoms of Heat Stroke: • Dry, hot skin, with no sweating.

• Mental confusion or losing consciousness.

• Seizures or convulsions.

Preventing Heat Stress: • Know signs/symptoms of heatrelated illnesses; monitor yourself and coworkers.

• Block out direct sun or other heat sources.

•Use cooling fans/air-

conditioning; rest regularly.

• Drink plenty of water — about five to seven ounces every 15 to 20 minutes.

• Also use sport drinks to replenish lost electrolytes, salts and minerals lost from sweating.

• Wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothes.

•Avoid alcohol, caffeinated drinks, or heavy meals.

•Know and follow your unit’s SOP for physical training and operations in hot environments.

What To Do for Heat-Related Illness: • Call 911 (or local emergency number) at once.

• While waiting for help to arrive, move the person to a cool, shaded area; loosen or remove heavy clothing; provide cool drinking water, fan and mist the person with water.

The sun’s rays make us feel good, and in the short term, make us look good. But our love affair isn’t a two way street: Exposure to sun causes many of the wrinkles and age spots on our faces and is the number one cause of skin cancer. Tanned skin is damaged skin. Nothing can completely undo sun damage, although the skin can sometimes repair itself.

It’s never too late to begin protecting yourself from the sun.

Things to remember about sun

Report crime anywhere in your community

and sun exposure: • Sun coming through your car windows can damage your skin.

• Up to 80 percent of the sun’s rays can get through clouds on an overcast day.

• Sand, water and the concrete around pools can reflect up to 85 percent of the sun’s rays.

• White fabrics also reflect the sun.

• A wet T-shirt lets in almost as much light as bare skin.

• Apply sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 30 or greater at least 30 minutes before sun exposure and then every few hours thereafter. Reapply after being in the water, as the sunscreen effectiveness may be reduced.

• Wear sunglasses with total UV protection.

• Wear wide-brimmed hats, long sleeved shirts, and pants.

• Avoid direct sun exposure as much as possible during peak UV radiation hours between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

• Perform skin self-exams regularly to become familiar with existing growths and to notice any changes or new growths.

• Eighty percent of a person’s lifetime sun exposure is acquired before age 18. As a parent, be a good role model and foster skin cancer prevention habits in your child.

• Cash rewards up to $2,500 • Caller never reveals his/her identity • Information must lead to arrest or apprehension • Reward is collected through code system

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Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Waldorf, Maryland

“A care package with sunflower seeds, candy or snacks that they can’t get there. A piece of home, maybe a local newspaper article, so they know what’s going on back home.”

Master Sgt. Delwin McCrea Marine Corps Installations East Kingstree, S.C.

“I would send them their favorite magazine.”

Lance Cpl. Nathan Hanson

2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division Ashville, N.C.

“Stuff to keep them busy.

Books, new music, and pictures of stuff going on at home.”

Lance Cpl. Brigitte Ng

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“I send my husband cereal that he can munch on like Captain Crunch, candy and baby wipes.”

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AIR QUALITY INFORMATION Policy Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all personnel employed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Information in this document is provided to assist local leadership (commanding officers, officers in charge, and directors) to make decisions regarding personnel affected by poor air quality, to include active duty, civil servants, and contract personnel. Personnel experiencing health problems due to poor air quality should immediately make their condition known to their commanding officer, supervisor, or the base commanding officer.

Background The North Carolina Division of Air Quality has issued a Health Notice for Coastal Regions of North Carolina as a result of wildfires in Dare and Pender counties. The smoke could cause unhealthy air quality in much of the coastal region of North Carolina and as far west as Raleigh, N.C. Air quality monitors, operated by North Carolina Division of Air Quality, have shown elevated particle pollution due to smoke from the fires. People who live in counties close to the fires, particularly sensitive groups (older adults, children, pregnant women, people who work or exercise outdoors, and those with heart and respiratory ailments such as asthma, bronchitis and emphysema), should limit their outdoor activities if they can see and smell heavy smoke.

Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality Index Values are high, symbolized as Code Purple (Very Unhealthy) for Dare, Duplin, Hyde and Onslow counties. Code Purple means that people who are sensitive to air pollution should avoid all physical activity outdoors.

Additionally, sensitive groups should avoid or reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune will remain under normal working conditions.

For those employees that suffer from preexisting respiratory or heart conditions, the commanding officer has implemented a liberal leave policy at the supervisor’s discretion and work conditions permitting.

How to Protect Your Family from the Health Effects of Smoke Pay attention to local weather reports.

Weather changes can rapidly increase smoke levels in your area. If it looks smoky

outside, stay in an air-conditioned facility.

Reduce outdoor physical activity to lower the amount of air pollutants inhaled.

Keep the fresh air intake closed and the filter clean to prevent bringing additional smoke inside. When smoke levels are high, keep indoor air clean by not smoking, vacuuming, or using anything that creates a flame, such as gas stoves or candles.

Note: If you don’t have an air conditioner, staying inside with the windows closed may be dangerous in extremely hot weather. In these cases, seek alternative shelter.

If you have asthma, other lung or heart disease, please follow your doctor’s advice about taking your medicines and following your asthma management plan.

Call your doctor if your symptoms worsen.

For more health-related information, contact Naval Hospital at 910-451-HELP (4357), and select option 2 to speak to the Nurse Advice Line. In extreme cases where smoke infiltrates buildings becoming an irritant to personnel, commanding officers may contact base facilities maintenance.

Naval Hospital will assist upon request as appropriate.

A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air. EPA calculates the AQI for five major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particle pollution (also known as particulate matter), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. For each of these pollutants, EPA has established national air quality standards to protect public health.

The purpose of the AQI is to help you understand what local air quality means to your health. The AQI is a guideline and does not trigger any required action (e.g. cessation of work) The AQI is divided into six categories. Each category corresponds to a different level of health concern: • “Good” AQI is 0 - 50. Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

• “Moderate” AQI is 51 - 100. Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people. For example, people who are unusu-

ally sensitive to ozone may experience respiratory symptoms.

• “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” AQI is 101 - 150. Although general public is not likely to be affected at this AQI range, people with lung disease, older adults and children are at a greater risk from exposure to ozone, whereas persons with heart and lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from the presence of particles in the air. .

• “Unhealthy” AQI is 151 - 200. Everyone may begin to experience some adverse health effects, and members of the sensitive groups may experience more serious effects.

• “Very Unhealthy” AQI is 201 - 300. This would trigger a health alert signifying that everyone may experience more serious health effects.

• “Hazardous” AQI greater than 300.

This would trigger a health warning of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected Air Quality – Dust Masks Smoke is a respiratory irritant that can cause scratchy throat, irritated eyes and nose, and can exacerbate conditions such as asthma, other chronic lung conditions, angina, or heart disease.

Dust masks or “nuisance masks” are normally worn for comfort against nontoxic nuisance dusts during activities like mowing, gardening, sweeping, and dusting. Examples are an employee who has seasonal allergies may wear the dust mask for comfort when working outdoors or an employee may use the dust mask while sweeping a dusty floor. Dust masks filter large particulates, i.e., ash, pollen, sawdust, not irritant smoke. These masks provide no relief from smoke inhalation and, in some cases, may cause harm (e.g. labored breathing).

Commanders/supervisors have been granted the authority by the base commander to suspend/limit outdoor activities should the air quality condition warrant.

Eye wash stations are provided in some work areas for employee’s use to rinse their eyes should the irritant smoke cause stinging/burning sensations. For those employees that suffer from pre-existing respiratory or heart conditions, the base commander has implemented the liberal leave policy.

For further information, contact the base safety office at 451-7449 or 451-5725, or refer to BO 6260.5B.

The Camp Lejeune story began 58 years ago. World War II had started and military planners were posturing forces for America's eminent entry to the fight. The need for an East Coast amphibious training facility was answered as the War Department purchased an initial 11,000 acre tract of land.

With close proximity to ports at Wilmington and Morehead City, Lejeune was a logistical gem. When planners added the remote pine forests and miles of beach the value of Camp Lejeune as a home training base for Marines was unbeatable.

Near the end of 1942, the base took on the name of Camp Lejeune, named in honor of the 13th Commandant and Commanding General of the 2nd Army Division during World War I. Maj.Gen. John A. Lejeune

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Company M, 42 Commando leads Operation Zamrod Olai STAFF SGT. JEREMY ROSS Regional Command Southwest

When a helicopterborne force of Royal Marine commandos with Company M, 42 Commando, dropped from the early morning sky at the outset of Operation Zamrod Olai, June 25, they came ready for a fight.

Instead of finding improvised explosive devices and small-arms fire, however, the commandos discovered a relatively quiet set of communities.

The Marines had good reason to expect heavy enemy contact, said Maj. Matthew C. Parker, Company M’s commanding officer.

The operation aimed to disrupt insurgent command and control and freedom of movement in the vicinity of Luy Chak and Luy Mandeh near the intersecting borders of Nad’Ali, Nahr-e-Saraj and Lashkar Gah Districts.

It was the place where 42 Commando’s Co.’s J and L had seen numerous firefights and suffered casualties from small-arms fire and IEDs during the previous month.

The other companies of 42 Commando operating in the area were constrained by a lack of manpower, so Company M was chosen to insert a strike force to temporarily flood the battlefield with coalition forces.

The compounds the commandos were scheduled to search had previously seen no coalition or Af-

ghan security presence.

“I was expecting our freedom of movement to be constrained by IEDs and at least harassing small-arms fire,” said Parker.

For a while it seemed that would be the case.

Less than an hour after the commandos, Afghan forces and Royal Engineers supporting them moved off from their landing zones, the morning quiet was shattered by the sounds of automatic weapons fire and explosions. Marines with 42 Commando’s Company L, located less than a half mile north of Company M’s landing sites, were engaged with insurgents. The fight continued just out of Company M’s sight for a good 20 minutes before a pair of coalition-dropped 500-pound bombs settled the matter.

In the meantime, Company M continued its mission.

“I was actually trying to enjoy tea and a chat with a local elder,” said Parker, who added that his meeting proceeded throughout the engagement and ensuing air support.

At that point, the commandos braced for a day of enemy contact, but they would encounter no further resistance.

Working alongside their partnered Afghan National Police and Army troops, Company M’s commandos searched several compounds for evidence of insurgent presence. The company turned up no concrete signs of enemy activity in the dwellings.

Instead, the comman-

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross

Lance Cpl. Tom Welstand , a military working dog handler with 103 Military Dog Squadron, shares a moment with his search dog, Steegan, during Operation Zamrod Olai, June 25, in northern Nad’Ali District, Helmand province. Welstand and Steegan were operating in support of Company M, 42 Commando, who were sweeping the area to disrupt insurgent activity and movement. dos and the Afghan forces used the unexpected calm in their sector to meet with dozens of locals.

“The fact that my company wasn’t fired on and that the Afghan forces were able to spread the influence of the Afghan government, I would say this operation was a success,” said Parker.

Working with Afghan troops to spread the presence of the central and provincial government has been a constant theme of Company M’s deployment.

Since arriving in northern Nad’Ali in April, the company’s sectors have enjoyed relative peace and calm, said Marine Sam Richardson, a commando with Company M. The company’s forces are arrayed across a set of checkpoints in northern Nad’Ali District. From these small outposts the commandos typically pa-

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Afghan forces expand security CPL. ADAM LEYENDECKER

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fghan soldiers backed

by British and American troops pushed to a position northeast of the Helmand provincial capitol of Lashkar Gah to build a new patrol base and improve security in the city as part of Operation Qala Sharqay, June 19.

When complete, the operation will make Lashkar Gah the first city in Helmand province to boast security of purely Afghan National Security Forces.

“Our men have picked up good skills from coalition forces and we are now ready to take over security,” said Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Sheren Shah, commanding officer of 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps.

Though the 3rd Brigade was established just 18 months ago, coalition leaders have seen enough improvement to go forward with the operation put together by leaders of the 3rd Brigade.

The plan calls for the patrol base

being built to garrison more than 200 soldiers and to be finished around March 2012. During operations this week, the soldiers established a base to begin permanent security and prevent insurgent infiltration into the city.

“The people of Lashkar Gah are happy we are getting here,” said Afghan National Army Maj. Fatah Moheb, executive officer of 4th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps.

Afghan soldiers brought with them infantry and engineer teams to successfully execute the plan by first making use of locally available compounds.

The plan, which was drawn up by Afghan National Army officers from the 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps, was brought to and approved by Helmand Provincial Governor Gulab Mangal and coalition leaders.

The plan calls for spreading out Afghan soldiers outside the capital to help re-inforce Afghan Uniformed Police in the city. This will allow the AUP inside the city to focus on security in the urban SEE SECURITY 7A

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Sgt. Wayne Jackson, a troop sergeant with Company M, 42 Commando, and soldiers with the Royal Corps of Engineers, conduct Operation Zamrod Olai in northen Nad’Ali District, Helmand province. trol at least two or three times each day. The Afghan police and soldiers partnered with Company M also make their rounds in the area, both alongside the commandos and independently.

“It’s become quite quiet around here,” said Richardson. “You can tell we’re

on the ground a lot.”

The calm conditions of the area where the commandos typically patrol shows a way forward for the more troubled area where Op Zamrod Olai took place, said Parker.

“I think what’s going on there now is similar to what was going on here six

to nine months ago,” he said, adding that Company A, 3 Parachute Infantry Regiment’s efforts in the area before Company M arrived set the stage for the stability the commandos and Afghans now uphold.

In the wake of Op Zamrod Olai, the commandos will refocus on maintaining the peaceful and normal conditions they have enjoyed so far.

The hope is that the operation will help bring some of that stability to Luy Chak and Luy Mandeh, said Cpl. Andy Bain, a Marine with Company M. “Obviously there’s insurgent activity in that area, as we saw when we landed,” he explained. “To show that we can show up with 90 blokes on any given morning tells the insurgents there that they can’t expect to do whatever they want and expect to get away with it.”

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Security transferred to Afghan Forces in Helmand’s capital

CPL. ADAM LEYENDECKER II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

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he sacrifices made

by Afghan and coalition forces are beginning to make a difference in the Helmand province capital city of Lashkar Gah, where insurgents used to thrive and flourish by seizing control of poppy fields and safe houses.

Ten years into the war, Lashkar Gah is becoming the first major city in Afghanistan to be controlled completely by Afghan National Security Forces as coalition forces transfer the responsibilities to them.

The process began when Afghan National Army led Operation Qala Sharqay started, June 19, with the Afghan soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps.

“Our young men are ready to take over the security operations,” said Brig. Gen. Sheren Shah, commanding general of 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps.

“The coalition forces have done a great job at preparing and mentoring us for this process. We are confident in our ability to handle this task.”

At the crack of dawn, Afghan soldiers from Engineer Company, 3rd Brigade, immediately pushed toward setting up a patrol base that would establish security for the northeast side of Lashkar Gah. Carrying lumber, setting up tents, sawing wood, driving nails and raising the flag for locals to see from miles away, the soldiers did

not stop working even in the midst of gunfire. The only thing that would stop the Afghan soldiers from their hard labor was the sun disappearing in the western horizon. Yet, the work would continue the following morning.

From the planning to the execution of the operation, the Afghans were fully in charge with coalition forces present to offer suggestions.

“The Afghan soldiers are acutely tuned in to the needs of the community and very savvy when it comes to knowing what needs to be done to quell the insurgency,” said Lt. Col. Giles Woodhouse, commanding officer of 3rd Mercian Warriors in charge of the 3rd Brigade Advisory Group. “I believe their sufficient ambition and pride will see them through success.”

Though the 3rd Brigade was just formed 18 months ago, the improvement and development of the soldiers shows the determination and resilient character of the brigade, said Woodhouse.

When enemy insurgents tried to halt the progress of the operation, the ANA sent out their infantry and the engineers kept building.

Determined, the ANA silenced the enemy weapons on several occasions during the first two days of the operation. There was no doubt in watching the events that took place during the first few days that the Afghan forces were very much capable of deterring an enemy trying to penetrate into the city.

“Our men are going to have a positive impact on the security situation and

Photos by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker

(Above) An Afghan National Army soldier inspects his weapon after establishing a location for a patrol base to be built during Operation Qala Sharqay, northeast of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province. ANA soldiers are set to take over security operations in Lashkar Gah. (Right) An Afghan National Army soldier stands by the Afghanistan flag after establishing a location for a patrol base to be built during Operation Qala Sharqay, northeast of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, recently. have success,” said Maj. Fatah Moheb, executive officer of 4th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. “The soldiers are having a good impact on the locals and establishing a relationship with them. The people are happy we are here.”

Throughout the area, Afghan soldiers conducted shuras with the locals to gauge the needs of the population. Having lived in their shoes, the Afghan soldiers are able to understand the interests

of the community.

Through the connection and interaction with the local Afghans, combined with the improved war tactics of the 3rd Brigade, coalition and Afghan leaders alike see the professionalism and strides Afghan security forces have made. The transfer of security operations in Lashkar Gah to Afghan forces is just the beginning of the vision coalition forces have in Helmand province.

Retiree Corner with Randy Reichler

Concurrent retirement and disability payments It’s an Honor to Serve Those Who Serve Our Country

Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments restores retired pay on a graduated 10-year schedule for retirees with a 50 to 90 percent VA rated disability. Retirees with a 100 percent disability rating did not have to wait for the 10-year phase in period. Retirees with 40 percent or less disability do not receive CRDP. This inequity of some retirees benefitting from CRDP and some not continues being fought by some veteran organizations and legislators. In 2011, retirees were receiving 93 percent of the full CRDP amount along with their retired pay. In 2013 the full retired pay and full VA disability payment will be received by CRDP recipients each month. As with military retired pay, when a retiree deceases, the CRDP stops. To qualify for CRDP, retirees must meet the following criteria: 1. Have 20 or more years of active duty, or full-time National Guard duty, or satisfactory service as a reservist, 2. Be in receipt of 50 percent or higher VA disability pay. For retirees with 40 percent and less, they receive the percentage as a tax-reduction to their retired pay.

You must remember that VA percentage is a set dollar amount regardless of retired pay.

For example Veteran Affairs 40 percent is equal to $541 in 2011. So a retiree who receives $2,000 military retired pay only pays taxes on $1,459 of taxable income. Retirees who receive the CRDP were told it would be regarded as taxable income, but it has never been taxed and no 1099 has been sent from VA. Retirees should never forget to continue the fight to ensure all retirees with VA disability percentage receives CRDP. Combat-Related Special Compensation provides tax-free monthly payments of VA disability compensation to retirees for what is considered combat related injuries or illness. With CRSC, retirees can receive both their full military retirement pay and the VA disability compensation resulting form a injury of illness considered combat related. Eligibility requirements are the following: 1. Active or reserve component with 20 years of creditable service or medically retired, 2. Receiving military retired pay, 3. Have a 10 percent or greater VA disability. Certain training injuries can be considered CRSC, such as parachute training accidents, military martial arts training, injuries occurring during field training, training that simulates war. Armed conflict, instrumentality of war (combat vehicles, weapons, Agent Orange), are also included under CRSC. The injury must be documented to reflect how it occurred and circumstances involved. For further information on CRSC visit www.defenselink.mil or call the Retiree Affairs office at 451-0287.

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“I don’t want to have to deal with getting out and trying to start my next career,” she said.

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For more information on VEERP, see MARADMIN 303/11 at www.marines.mil or contact your unit’s company office to begin an administrative action request form and command checklist.

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Marines mentor Afghan Border Police PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS MATTHEW SNODGRASS II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

Marines with Border Advisor Team 1 met with Afghan Border Police to evaluate their status and offer guidance at Bost Airfield outside Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, June 19. The Marines met with the ABP leadership, took inventory of all their weapons, and verified their training was valid and up to date.

With the drawdown of U.S. security forces in Afghanistan soon to take place, the responsibility of protecting its border has become a major concern for Afghan law enforcement officials concerning the welfare of Afghanistan. To aide the transition of responsibility, Marines with Border Advisor Teams embed themselves with the ABP battalions, called Kandaks, and mentor them on how to effectively maintain order and conduct security operations as an indepen-

dent organization.

The 1st Company of the BAT 1 based in Lashkar Gah is composed of nine U.S. service members mentoring an ABP battalion of about 300 men. There are also teams in Khan Neshin and Taghaz that work with Team 1 in Lashkar Gah. “We’re teaching them how to run as a fully functioning security element,” said Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey Holliday, the non-commissioned officer in charge of BAT 1.

The primary mission of the teams is to make the ABP operate with the same effectiveness and efficiency independent of U.S. support.

“Success for us is the Afghan Border Police having a structured system of security and accountability with strong, capable leaders who can command a kandak with the same proficiency as we do,” said 1st Lt. Patrick Abell, a native of Akron, Ohio, and the mentor for BAT 1.

Upon arriving, Abell and the rest of the advisory team met with the officers of the post to brief them on the mission objectives of the day.

Once that was done, the team visited with the different Bost Airfield security checkpoints to evaluate their capabilities.

The first task of the Marines was to ensure the ABP were properly armed. Bost Airfield is a vital link for Lashkar Gah to the outside world and could be exploited by insurgents for smuggling purposes or as a target for attack.

“We want to ensure all ABP personnel have their own weapon,” Abell said. “We want them to be able to repel any threat insurgent forces could pose to them.”

After ensuring the Afghans had their own weapons, Abell began to take inventory of all the serial numbers for all the weapons and assign them to specific personnel.

This ensures that each weapon is under the supervision of just one person, instead of being passed between different personnel without any ownership or accountability for the weapon.

With weapons inventory and training certification verified, Abell

then met with Haji Samad, the ABP 1st Co. commander, to discuss current and future operations and logistics.

“Logistics is always a big concern for these guys,” Abell said.

“Whether it’s vehicle maintenance or weapons issues, they need to develop a system in which they can efficiently get what they need.”

Abell also pointed out that he stresses long-term planning as well.

“I’m already getting on them about obtaining enough cold weather uniform gear for the winter months, even though it’s the middle of summer,” he said. “They’re learning the sooner they begin planning for upcoming events, the easier the process goes.”

After Abell and Samad discussed security and logistics, the Marines ate lunch side by side with the ABP, which is a sign of respect in Afghan culture.

“We want them to know that they have our support,” Abell said.

“But we also want them to be able to stand by themselves.”

Help available for Lejeune Marines with post-traumatic stress disorder LANCE CPL. WALTER D. MARINO II 2nd Marine Division

Imagine you’re driving down a road with loved ones and suddenly a deer leaps in front of your car. Maybe you’re able to avoid the crash, maybe not – either way, that moment will affect you for the rest of your drive and maybe the rest of your life. Now multiply that by 100 and you might have an idea of what it’s like to encounter an improvised explosive device.

Psychiatrists at the Deployment Wellness Clinic aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., such as Robert Wilson, who described the above situation, help Marines and sailors who deal with issues like posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and family problems. Their goal is to help the service members re-

cover and get back to full-duty status through therapy and medication.

They follow a chart that categorizes Marines and sailors into four colored-stress levels: green, yellow, orange and red. The green zone represents a service member in an optimal state of mind while the red zone signifies disabling distress. Wilson stated that they usually receive service members in the red and work to get them to green.

While each Marine and sailor is different, so is the program, explains Sarah S. Spar-Alexander, a clinical psychologist for the clinic.

“Some thrive in group therapy, and for others, individual therapy is better,” said Spar-Alexander. Service members with serious issues sometimes feel separate from others in their workplace, explained SparAlexander. A group-setting involving Marines and sailors with similar

problems gives them a chance to relate with one another and feel a sense of camaraderie.

Whether working with a patient for two weeks or a few years, Wilson and Spar-Alexander love helping Marines and sailors.

“I’ve worked with lots of different people, and no other (group of people) has been as appreciative of the services we provide,” said SparAlexander. “I’m not one to go pick up a gun and go fight, but I feel like I’m doing a service to honor those who are doing that.”

Nodding his head in agreement, Wilson looked through his window and pointed to the road outside where Marines routinely exercise.

“Marines work hard – we see it every day,” said Wilson. “It brings the best out of us as providers to help people who give so much of themselves.”

Photo by Lance Cpl. Walter D. Marino II

Sarah S. Spar-Alexander, a clinic psychologist, sits down to discuss the services provided by the Deployment Wellness Clinic aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 23. Spar-Alexander works to help Marines and sailors dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

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Special duty selection improved: Marines can now indicate preference GUNNERY SGT. J. L. WRIGHT JR. Marine Corps Bases Japan

With the release of Marine Administrative Message 327/11 June 11, the Marine Corps has revolutionized the screening and selection process for special duty assignments.

The message announced the Corps’ transition from the Headquarters Marine Corps Recruiting Screening Team to the HQMC Special Duty Assignment Screening Team.

The HSST, formerly known for seeking out qualified noncommissioned officers and staff NCOs for recruiting duty, is now charged with screening and selecting the most qualified Marines for recruiting, drill instructor, combat instructor and security forces duty. However, the team will not screen for Marine Security Guard duty.

“The transition from HRST to HSST is a step in the right direction,” said Master Sgt. Matthew R. Spencer, career planner, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine EXERCISE FROM 1A landing craft utility boats that transported Marines and sailors, 7-ton trucks, humvees, tanks, artillery pieces and logistic support.

Bilateral training ashore included simulated fire and maneuver training with Spanish and U.S. Marine light armored reconnaissance vehicles, amphibious assault vehicles, M1A1 tanks, simulated close-air support with attack helicopters, patrolling, parachute op-

Corps Base Camp Butler. “It’s all about putting the right Marine in the right billet and keeping the special duty assignments staffed with quality Marines.”

Marines screened by the HSST will now rank their preferred SDA by type and geographic location, according to the message. For example, a Marine’s first choice may be recruiting duty in the midwest, while drill instructor duty on the West Coast may be their second and their third could be combat instructor on the East Coast.

“We want to afford Marines a greater opportunity to have a say in their career paths,” said Richard W. Spooner, the department head for Enlisted Assignments at HQMC. “Not everyone wants to be a recruiter or drill instructor.

This gives them an opportunity to let the screeners know up front.”

Staff Sgt. Kelly Lezama, an administrative chief at the Installation Personnel Administrative Center here, who aspires to become a drill instructor, says this is a great way for her to communicate her desires to the selection team.

erations from MV-22B Ospreys, rappelling, counter improvised explosive device training techniques and combat medical training.

The 22nd MEU and BATARG deployed three months ahead of their original schedule to relieve the Kearsarge ARG and 26th MEU. The bluegreen team conducted a wide range of integrated training throughout April to be able to arrive on station and immediately provide the combatant

SECURITY FROM 3A areas while the ANA soldiers serve as a buffer outside the city limits where small arms fire and improvised explosive devices have been a threat.

The Afghan National Army will be effective working in coordination with AUP stationed in the city, said Lt. Col. Giles Woodhouse, commanding officer of the 3rd Brigade Advisory Group.

Insurgents are still known to have strongholds outside of Lashkar Gah in places such as Yakchal and Populzay across the 601 Highway, a vital economic corridor in the region. By strategically placing Afghan soldiers in the area, locals and coalition forces will have a more secure freedom of movement from the capital to the rest of Afghanistan.

Prior to Operation Qala Sharqay, there had been very little ANA footprint or coalition activity to the northeast of the capital.

In an area which previously had only temporary security, the operation will ensure the local populace will have permanent safety provided by the ANA command and control center set up by Afghan soldiers, said Woodhouse.

“Our young men are ready to take over responsibility that will be handed over in two to three weeks,” said Shah.

Ultimately, when Operation Qala Sharqay is complete, Lashkar Gah is scheduled to be the first major city in Helmand province to transfer security operations entirely to Afghan National Security Forces.

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“I have wanted to be a drill instructor since I was a young NCO,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to better myself as a Marine and impart that on other individuals — drill instructor duty will be the perfect place to do both.”

Lezama will be one of the first Marines screened under the new process, according to Spencer.

While staffing the more than 700 recruiter billets remains the priority for the screening team, Spooner says the pool of almost 3,000 Marines screened is ample enough to allow Marines the opportunity to have a choice in the matter.

This is a more efficient way of doing business, according to Spooner.

This is a positive change aimed at streamlining the process for selecting those best qualified for these challenging duties, he said.

Spencer agreed with Spooner and said this will also alleviate any shortfalls on recruiting duty, drill instructor duty and combat instructor duty.

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Perseverance, respect, fair play and sportsmanship.

These are the ideals that play a major role in the life of every Olympic athlete, both on and off the field. Through a new initiative led by the United States Olympic Committee, these ideals should also become a big part of children’s lives as well.

The Tarawa Terrace Community Center aboad Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Tarawa Terrace housing area hosted the first ever Olympic Day Thursday as children came out to take part in Olympic-style games and activities while learning about the Olympic ideals and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

“It was a great event that we could be a part of to honor the Olympics,” said Lorraine Fuller, recreation specialist at the Tarawa Terrace Community Center.

“It introduced the kids to some new sports that they might be inspired to participate in later in life and maybe go to the Olympics in later on and integrate the ‘Let’s Move’ initiative – getting the kids physically fit … I had a great time and I didn’t expect to have that much fun. Sometimes, you come into an event thinking it’s going to be more work, and it’s such a pleasure when it turns out to be so much fun. It was really rewarding.”

The day began with a video from Olympic and Paralympic athletes Lindsey Vonn, April Holmes, Donny Robinson and Bryan Clay introducing their respective sports and the Olympic ideals, the first of many times the children would learn about perseverance, respect, fair play and sportsmanship.

They then put their creative skills to the test as they created T-shirts and flags representing the United States, the Olympics and its ideals as they learned about what it takes for children to stay healthy and active. Afterward, they played variations of curling and the biathlon, which involved nothing more than cones and a corn hole set. But, the simple set-up provided one of the more entertaining events of the day.

“I think the best part was seeing some of the simplest games we set up come across and for the kids to understand what we were saying,” said Fuller. “With the biathlon, we had the cones set up. You first look at it and think it may be boring, but after we started playing, it turned into the most fun event out of them all and all we were doing was jumping around and throwing a beanbag at a target. But, we were really getting into it. Seeing the kids use their imagination and have a lot of fun with a limited amount of setup and equipment, we were able to have such a good time with this game. It was able to show kids and parents that you don’t always need fancy equipment to have a great time.”

In addition to the curling and biathlon games, participants also made stadium seating and rhythmic gymnastics ribbons, and played volleyball, badminton, soccer, golf and took part in a biggest splash and most creative dive competition at the Tarawa Terrace Pool.

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(Top) Caleb Topp takes a swing during Olympic Day at the Tarawa Terrace Community Center, Thursday. (Second from top) Lorraine Fuller (left), Liz Bolmer (middle) and Topp show off their t-shirts.

(Middle) Topp returns a serve during a game of badminton. (Second from bottom) Topp (left), Bolmer (middle) and Chad Wells enjoy the weather as they make stadium seats. (Bottom) Fuller serves during a badminton match.

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Fish becoming unusually difficult to find in surf Onslow Offshore With Dr. Bogus

Surf is as dead as it gets on artificials and is even weedy and muddy enough to grow tomatoes. The only things I’ve seen all week were a few blues small enough for flounder bait, a lizard and a short flounder or two. I should have put the small bluefish on for bait.

On top of the weeds and mud, there has been an abundance of smoke from either of the fires, the Pender County fire to the south on the southwest wind, and on the northeast wind from the Pains Bay fire up near the Alligator River. Both will be with us for some time to come.

If you want a few surfin’ fish, you’ll need to try real baits, shrimp, cut bait or sand fleas, which are in great abundance right now and are easy to catch as I mentioned last week.

After a very cold win-

ter and water temperatures averaging in the 40s for most of the winter, water temperatures have jumped too high too fast, somehow affecting the return of our normal distribution of summer species.

Surf temperatures for June for both the surf and sound jumped unexpectedly into the 80s by the first week of June, an honor we usually bestow to the Fourth of July.

June’s temperatures in the surf ranged from 77 to 81 degrees, and averaged 78.4 for the month, the sound ranged from 80 to 85 degrees with an average of 82 degrees.

Interestingly, if one plots the daily June water temperatures, you get a nice straight line with a slope of zero, a flat horizontal line for the month. June is typically a month of steadily rising temperatures, but I guess we peaked out

early this year.

Pier fishing is in the typical summer mode, no much of anything, not bu a lot of variety. The but Oc Oceanana Pier has a few cro o croakers and sea mullett. Bogue Pier has had let. sev several keeper flounder fin - finger mullet on a cork in tthe rough and muddy water, spots, sea mullet, sheepshead, sparse blues and Spanish and no kings again. It’s even hard to get king bait, so anything with fins will do right now. They did lose a tarpon and saw several roll early and late in the day.

Seaview Pier reports sheepshead, mullet, Spanish and blues and a citation pompano, but no kings at all for the entire month of June.

They did release two big tarpon at the pilings this week and, like the rest of us, are reporting lots of grass blowing in from offshore. Surf City Pier reports tarpon rolls a few blues and pins and not much else. Jolly Roger reports red drum on live and cut bait, a few flounder, early and late blues and Spanish, no kings, but again some rolling tarpon. A pretty early morning sight indeed.

So, where are the fish?

Many of the fish, both bottom and top (kings) are still offshore in 70 to 80 feet of water and deeper. Atlas Tanker is also a hot spot for what ever you may be looking for, but it’s a bit of a ride,

through the slot and 20something miles out of Beaufort Inlet.

There are also plenty of amberjacks over any hard structure artificial or natural and on whatever side of the Lookout shoals you happen to find yourself on. If you have never hooked one, give it a try - they pull about as hard as anything out there. Butterfly jigs, live or dead menhaden or on a fly, they are a blast.

The flounder bite still remains best on nearshore structure, reefs or rocks, many only two miles or less from the beach. Keypost Rocks and AR 315 and 320 are still good producers, along with AR 345, Lost Rock, Station Rock, 45-Minute Rock and AR 330. It’s a little farther out, but has great piles of concrete pipe that are great flounder habitat and there is far less fishing pressure than the closer reefs.

I have heard that many of the flounder catches show a high proportion of Gulf flounder instead of the expected summer flounder or fluke as they are called to out north.

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All-Marine Boxing Team Coach Jesse Ravelo looks on as he leads the AMBT in jumping exercises during a training session, recently.

Ravelo has boxers competing in numerous tournaments over the next two months and is looking to add more members to the elite team.

All-Marine Boxing Team looks to increase its ranks RUSSELL VATRNER Sports editor

The All-Marine Boxing Team has an important two months ahead of them.

They had the Last Chance Olympic Boxing Qualifier and Pan-American Games Boxing Games Qualifiers within the past week. Two of the team members, Jamel Herring and Damarias Russell, were guaranteed spots in the Olympic Boxing Trials in early August thanks to their victories in the Armed Forces tournament earlier this year. The team is also traveling to Texas later this month to defend their title at the Texas Games.

But, to AMBT Head Coach Jesse Ravelo, the next two months are vital to the team for a completely different reason. He is looking to add more boxers to his already elite squad that has three boxers ranked in the top eight in the country in their respective weight classes.

Kayak in the Sun Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Enjoy a free, scenic, one-hour guided tour through Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s waterways with the experienced guides in the Outdoor Adventures Division of MCCS. The trips are open to all authorized DOD identfication cardholders ages 10 and up, though a parent or guardian must accompany children ages 10 to 18. For more information, call 451-1440 or visit the Outdoor Adventures office in the Goettge Memorial Field House.

The AMBT will be hosting open tryouts every weekday at noon at the Area 2 Gym for any Marine, both male and female, who wants to try out for the team, which is one of the most respected teams in the Marines, and help beat the Army at the 2012 Armed Forces tournament.

“When I came here, I came for the challenge,” said Ravelo, the former coach of the Army’s boxing team.

“Now, since I’m here with the Marines, I’m all about them. Now, I want to beat the Army. My aspiration and my challenge is to beat the Army. To me, boxing is a challenge. That’s why I’m here. We want the Marine team to be number one in the Armed Forces.”

Boxers need to have some experience in the sport, as Ravelo doesn’t want just Marine “who walks in off the street.” They do not need to be experts, but they do need to be able to show they have the smarts and skills for the coaches to work with.

“We (also) want somebody who understands they need to be (a) Marine first,” he added. “They need to have the knowledge of boxing and some kind of skill. If they have the skills and we know we can make something out of them, then we want them. (They need) the heart, skills, the will to be a part of the All-Marine Boxing Team.”

All that boxers need to bring is a mouth guard as the rest of the equipment will be provided to them.

For those seeking more information, Ravelo asked that they visit his office in the Area 2 Gym rather than try to call or e-mail him. Ravelo also emphasized the need for female boxers on the team.

“I know there are some out there who are just itching to fight and just never knew about the team or that girls were allowed to fight,” he said.

“Female boxing will soon become an Olympic sport and is already a big part of the Armed Forces tournament.”

Whitewater Rafting trip Aug. 19 through 21 Outdoor Adventures will be hosting a whitewater rafting trip on the New River in West Virginia this August. The trip will include two full days of whitewater rafting plus an overnight riverside campout. The next payment for the trip is due July 15. For more information, visit the Outdoor Adventures office in Goettge Memorial Field House or call 451-1440.

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The Courthouse Bay Fitness Center will be hosting a free rock climbing and belay class Wednesday. The course gives participants a safe and enjoyable atmosphere to learn the basics and advanced techniques of both rock climbing and belaying. Register for the class at the Courthouse Bay Fitness Center. For more information, call 440-7447 or visit mccslejeune.com/fitness.

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The Leftovers’ outfielder Amanda Walsh Crittenden smacks a triple during a scrimmage at the Harry Agganis Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, recently.

Marines, spouses show off their skills on softball fields

RUSSELL VARNER Sports editor

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e careful if you want to tell these ladies they throw like a girl. Or hit. Or run.

They can play with the best of them.

Female Marines and military spouses have been taking part in an intramural softball league hosted by Marine Corps Community Services as a way to get their minds off the stress they deal with off the softball diamond, as well as to meet new friends and just have fun.

“It’s something to do outside of work and the family life,” said Lauren Peterson, coach and outfielder for Infinity. “It’s a little break ... I think it’ll give (spouses) a good opportunity to meet other people in the same situation as them and to get out there and have fun. (It’s good to) not be stuck in the

house all day.”

(I love) being in the Marine Corps and having active duty as well as (Department of Defense) individuals who still keep that spirit and family teambuilding,” added Shonuf assistant coach and recently retired Master Gunnery Sgt. Sharon Garcia.

“I think it kind of gives the military an outlet for them to express themselves and do well and maintain their conditioning.”

Since late May, these ladies have been meeting every Tuesday at the Harry Agganis Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to forget their troubles and play friendly and competitive games of softball. The five-team league has been a big hit amongst the ladies this year as everyone eagerly anticipates the start of the post-season tournament next week.

If the regular season was any indication, the

playoffs will be one for people to keep their eyes on.

Only one team, Shonuf, went undefeated in regular season play, while the rest of the league finished with either 2-2 or 1-3 records. A majority of the games were very competitive, often coming down to the last inning, like in Shonuf ’s season-ending 6-4 victory over the Leftovers.

The hard-fought contest saw Shonuf take an early 3-0 lead in the first inning off back-to-back RBI doubles and an RBI single, getting to the Leftovers before they could get settled into the game. The Leftovers would claw their way back into it, though, as they hit the first of two two-run, inside-the-park home runs in the third to get within one run of the league leaders.

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“My favorite part of the day (though) was playing volleyball because I don’t get to do it at home,” he added.

The goal of Olympic Day was to help kids become more active and teach them life lessons through sport and the Olympic ideals, things that they could apply to their lives off the field as well as on it.

“I think the biggest benefits of taking part in an event like Olympic Day is to introduce the kids to the Olympic ideals,” said Fuller. “The ideals aren’t only something you use in sports, but something you can use in your way of life and relationships … We often forget about those small things but it’s just a nice reminder and even a good lesson for the kids that participate.”

It seemed appropriate that the most important thing that the children took away from Olympic Day was not an athletic skill or something that would take years to cultivate, but, according to Fuller, rather something that they already use on a daily basis and most likely did not even realize.

“I think in a lot of activities that we did that everyone, including the staff members, learned to persevere, and in a military community, that’s really important,” she said. “We have to persevere through spouses, fathers, parents (and) mothers being deployed, we often have to persevere through these moments and that’s a great thing to take back with them.

Any of the (Olympic) ideals are important to take back with them (though).”

Indeed, Olympic Day made everyone faster, higher and stronger, just like the Olympic motto.

Photos by Russell Varner For more information on Olympic Day, visit www.tea(Top) Lorraine Fuller, recreation specialist at the Tarawa Terrace Community Center, kicks a soccer ball musa.org/about-usoc/olympic-day. through a hole during Olympic Day at the TT Community Center, Thursday. (Bottom) Caleb Topp spikes a volleyball for a point during a game. Volleyball proved to be Topp’s favorite part of Olympic Day.

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Now, expectations are higher than ever with the playoffs beginning soon as the teams will have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Games will become closer. Tensions will be higher. Hits will become more important.

At the end of the day, the trophies will be nice, but secondary to the friendships gain and fun had at these games. For these women, who go through more than most people could ever imagine, what’s most important is just the chance to get away from it all and enjoy themselves.

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Fundraising continues for Corpsmen Memorial CPL. JONATHAN G. WRIGHT Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

During the Vietnam War, various Marine units relied heavily on the Navy corpsmen who were the first responders to many attacks and traps. From their exploits during that war and the aspect of going out with someone from a different service to rely on for medical help spawned a pseudo-phrase for these corpsmen: “longhaired, loudmouthed, disrespectful S.O.B’s who would walk through the gates of hell to save a wounded Marine.”

Since then, in every climb and place a Marine has found himself fighting for the freedom and liberties of his country, a Navy corpsman was not far away. For the contributions and sacrifices made in the line of duty, in January 2008 the Corpsmen Memorial Foundation was established with the goal of creating a monument in honor of those brave sailors.

“Since 2008, we have a total of $40,000 - the result of various yearly fundraising activities going on around the base,” said Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew DesChamps, command senior chief of 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. “However, that’s not as much as we had hoped (to raise) over the past nearly four years.”

The amount needed to be able to break ground for a bronze statue slated to be placed in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens near the entrance of Camp Johnson is $500,000, yet with the total donations only one-twelfth accrued, more support is

needed to make this monument a reality.

“The goal we originally had when we started was to be ready to build by sometime next year,” said DesChamps. “While that may not look like a reality now, we’re not stopping until we have enough money - no matter when that may be.”

Abbe Godwin, the artist who designed the bronze Marine at the Beirut Memorial among other nationallyrecognized works, will be constructing the Corpsmen Memorial. While the funds are not yet collected, a miniature replica, which sits at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, models the planned look of the statue: a corpsman shielding a wounded Marine while he provides medical aid.

“It really epitomizes what corpsmen are all about,” said DesChamps. “With 22 Medal of Honors and a plethora of other awards, corpsmen have always given their all in support of their brothers-inarms in combat.”

DesChamps stressed the statue’s proposed location at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens as a fitting place for the memorial - it will sit by the entrance of Camp Johnson, where the Field Medical Training Battalion conducts its operations. When sailors come to FMTB to train to become corpsmen, they will see the legacy of their future just outside their gate.

While fundraising efforts have a long way to go, a multitude of fundraising opportunities are constantly happening, from golf tournaments to motorcycle poker runs to purchasing a brick to be placed in the walkway around the statue.

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Former Staff Sgt. George Young, a wounded veteran, sits on the Manpower to Horsepower car outside the Wal-Mart located on Yopp Road in Jacksonville, N.C., June 25. Manpower to Horsepower is a nonprofit organization meeting the transitional needs of combat veterans.

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ormer Staff Sgt. George Young hasn’t had the best run of luck. After being blown up twice in Iraq in 2005 he has had three surgeries on his shoulder, was left with two blown out knees, a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. He lost his eight-month-old baby girl and is the father to three children, two of which are disabled.

At one point in his life, he felt like he had nothing.

He wanted to give up.

But one thing turned everything around – a program known as Manpower to Horsepower, located out of Mooresville, N.C. “I wouldn’t be here without this program,” said Young. “With all of the things that have gone wrong within my life, this is the one bright spark that I look forward to.”

Manpower to Horsepower is a nonprofit organization meeting the transitional needs of combat veterans. The organization creates an atmosphere of mentoring, friendship and rehabilitation through the sport of racing.

The center serves not only as a full

service, hands-on facility but a place where veterans can work together and receive a different type of therapy. It serves the dual purpose of helping them regain acclamation back into a productive society from post-combat stress and injury while affording them real-life racing exposure both at the shop and the tracks.

“Due to my traumatic brain injury, I forgot everything I used to know (about cars) in the past,” said Young. “I was really big into cars. The program is designed to take (service members) that have been injured and are in similar situations as mine and give them the skills they need in order to be successful in the workplace once they get out (of the program).”

Veterans with injuries ranging from TBIs and PTSD to those who are missing one or all of their limbs learn everything from the history of automotive sports and engine building to exotic metal fabrication and welding.

“They’re giving a good foundation for (veterans) that wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to go to school and learn these traits and actually be successful,” said Young.

Sue Roberson, founder of the program, created Manpower to Horsepower to not only give them vocational training, but also a therapeutic environment to transition them back

into society.

“I’ve got three kids to take care of,” said Young. “My oldest son is autistic, my youngest son is blind in his right eye and I have a daughter that’s 11 (years old). I wasn’t doing anything.

I would wake up and sit on the sofa all day. I didn’t care about anything, I didn’t care about life. With this, I’ve got hope for the future for the first time since I was hurt.”

While most veterans suffering from combat injuries feel hopeless and helpless, Roberson helps them take responsibility for their own lives, she said. “(Young) almost wasn’t here because he had given up,” said Roberson. “With this program, service members like him are able to make their own way and get back their own sense of pride.”

Many of the students don’t feel comfortable in large crowds, are on a slew of medications and struggle with hypertension but somehow the cars help them get past all of that.

“They suffer from never feeling like they could fulfill everything and be the men they used to be,” said Roberson.

“They build these cars, go to the tracks with them, they babysit them, they race them. It’s theirs to own as far as their responsibility.”

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Resale lot gives vehicles chance for new life SGT. THOMAS J. GRIFFITH

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The oil-based clay replica of the planned Corpsmen Memorial sits in the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune quarterdeck. Abbe Godwin, the sculptor of the bronze Marine at the Beirut Memorial, will create this life-sized Corpsmen Memorial, which will be placed in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens.

Anyone who has been to the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Commissary and Marine Corps Exchange has probably seen the vehicles lining the back of the parking lot. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and RVs sit, waiting for new owners to give them a second life.

The Marine Corps Community Services Vehicle Resale Lot, operated by Sports Branch, Semper Fit Division, MCCS, is a free area that can be used by any Department of Defense identification cardholders to display their for-sale vehicles. The high-visibility location is a lucrative option for sellers, because thousands drive by on Holcomb Boulevard every day.

“It’s an opportunity for a free place to park their car, boat or camper and try to sell it,” said Chris Alger, Sports Branch head. “They don’t have to pay for an ad in the paper or online and a lot of people looking to buy know to look there.”

The resale lot has been used for many purposes. Marines

sell their vehicles before a permanent change of station or in preparation of an upcoming deployment. Some patrons fix up cars as a hobby and sell them for profit. Others get rid of their cars to buy something new.

The lot has parking spaces for up to 116 vehicles, of which 90 are reserved for cars. Any vehicle that is eligible for a base decal can be displayed in the lot. That does not, however, include ATVs. Alger said at one point they had a dump truck in the lot.

Using the Resale Lot is simple. Patrons can either go to the Sports Branch office at Goettge Memorial Field House or to the website, mccslejeune.com/resalelot. They must fill out the one-page Resale Lot Authorization form, have a valid DOD identification card, registration, current vehicle insurance card and make sure the vehicle is clean and presentable. If a patron is trying to sell a vehicle for someone else, such as a deployed service member, they must have a power of attorney. Provided the interested party has all of the required documentation, SEE RESALE 3C

Therapists provide healing, recovery to service members PFC. NIK S. PHONGSISATTANAK

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hysical therapists, therapy assistants and technicians with Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune work to rehabilitate injured service members aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune so they can return to work, battle and live a healthier life.

“The primary services we offer here are muscular skeletal and neural muscular skeletal rehabilitation,” said Navy Lt. David Groves, a physical therapist and division officer with the Rehabilitation Services Department at NHCL. “The majority of that extends from orthopedic injuries. (Most of the service members we treat) are injured in theater, training operations or are performing rehabilitation after receiving orthopedic surgical intervention.”

The Rehabilitation Services Department is strictly geared toward post-surgery. Orthopedic surgeons at the hospital conduct a multitude of surgeries on anything from neck to toe. The majority of injuries are with knees, shoulders

and backs.

Each therapist sees 10 to 16 patients per day.

On average, the physical therapy department performs about 2,500 appointments a month.

“The biggest challenge for us now is trying to get all the patients that need to be seen for care,” said Groves. “It can be anywhere from a few days out for an appointment to a few weeks out, so that’s always a challenge. We try to flex our schedule so we can optimize the amount of patients that we see in one given day.”

There are also challenges with getting patients to these appointments, due to the many schedule conflicts they may have. Marines are busy working and training, and injuries are sure to happen.

“Marines perform at a very high level of athleticism,” said Groves “So taking someone who’s been reduced to a really low level of function after a surgery or a traumatic injury and bringing them all the way back up to full duty is a challenge.”

One of the most common injuries that can be difficult to recover from are back injuries, SEE RECOVERY 3C

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A Marine works-out at the physical therapy section at the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 15. The hospital helps rehabilitate service members that have been injured without a surgical intervention.

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Corpsmen train for fleet LANCE CPL. VICTOR BARRERA

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hroughout history, Navy corpsmen have been known to risk life and limb to save a Marine’s life. Even with rounds ricocheting overhead and the stress of battle weighing heavily on them, a corpsman has to maintain his cool as he uses his medical skills to apply a tourniquet or treat a sucking chest wound to an injured warrior.

Their calmness is not something that just comes to them naturally; it is something they constantly train for at the Field Medical Training Battalion East’s Combat Simulation Laboratory aboard Camp Johnson, June 29.

The lab is a building with several small rooms, each one equipped with an iStan, which is an advanced mannequin that can breathe, simulate wounds and provide the students with a more realistic casualty scenario. The rooms are all modeled to look like the inside of a mud and rock house.

“We’ve had the sim lab since last year, and it’s a great improvement from what we had before,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Alton Gehringer, a corpsman with FMTB-E. “Here we use the crawl, walk, run, method as we try and get the students to better deal with the stress they will be facing in combat.”

The first time the students went through the simulation, the lights were on and the instructors took them through the basic steps without any pressure.

The second time around some sound was added to increase the stress level a bit. For their final time through, all the lights were shut off, the sound of machine-gun fire and screams could be heard through the loudspeakers and instructors ensured the students were moving at a fast pace.

“Today’s scenario is an ambush, where a unit has been hit by an (improvised explosive device) and the students will have to deal with amputations and a sucking chest wound,” said Gehringer. “We have them simulate applying a tourniquet, moving the casualty out of harm’s way, ensuring the tourniquet is still secure and then looking for any more injuries.”

Although it may sound easy, with the sounds of screams and bullets, flashing lights and smoke filling the room, the stress and beads of sweat could be seen on the students’ faces.

With instructors present, the stress level was taken higher, causing some students to apply a tourniquet to a wrong leg or forgetting to maintain a low profile.

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Photo by Sgt. Thomas J. Griffith

The live oak, or quercus virginiana, on McHugh Boulevard aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was dedicated as the Bicentennial Tree July 4, 1976, in commemoration of the nation’s 200th anniversary.

Cables are now installed to help distribute the weight of its massive, sprawling limbs.

Lejeune landmark celebrates another year SGT. THOMAS J. GRIFFITH Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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t’s this Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune resident’s birthday, but no one will actually celebrate it. Its arms droop to the ground – years of holding the weight on its shoulders have worn it down. Scars decorate its dense frame, especially on its back where a large incision was made to help protect it. It has been here well before the base – even well before the Marine Corps.

The Bicentennial Tree, believed to be the oldest

Camp Lejeune helps protect, preserve endangered sea turtles PFC. NIK S. PHONGSISATTANAK

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Dinosaur fossils, the reminisce species that have long passed, get washed up on the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune all the time.

The Loggerhead and Green sea turtle are two species of reptiles that once lived among dinosaurs, but today their numbers have greatly decreased and both have been put on the list of endangered species.

The Threatened and Endangered Species Program with the Environmental Management Division aboard the base has played a big part in protecting the turtles.

“We have a field crew of five technicians with the Threatened and Endangered Species Program,” said Craig Ten Brink, a wildlife biologist with the Threatened and Endangered Species Program, Environmental Management Division. “During the turtle season, we’re out there every day - weekends and holidays included.”

The turtle season, which started May 1 and ends around Oct. 31, is when the program will kick it in full gear, as they work diligently around the clock.

“We know how many nests we have in the portion of Onslow Beach between New River island and Browns island, and although Browns inlet is an impact area, we still maintain our monitoring by air,” said Ten Brink. “Everything else on the beach is monitored right at the nests sites, so we have a pretty good handle on tracking the number of nest.”

The program also relocates nests from areas where the amphibious training portion of the beach are done, so training can continue with little or no interruption.

People that use the beach for recreational

purposes sometimes dig holes that the turtles can get stuck in. The turtles can also get tangled in trash or may be harmed if they attempt to eat trash that is mistaken as food.

Ten Brink said maintaining the habitat of the turtles is also important. He added that the plants that help create the sand dunes help to stabilize the beach so that the sand is settled and isn’t washed away. Protection of the turtles and their environment is also a requirement by the Endangered Species Act, so there is also a legal duty that comes with the work that the Threatened and Endangered Species Program does.

Everything is interconnected and every species plays a role in the environment. Sea turtles are part of the food chain, and losing a species can have a negative impact on the environment, so programs, such as the Threatened and Endangered Species Program, try to help nature maintain its balance.

“Turtles, just like any species, are part of the ecosystem, and they play a role in the web of life,” said Ten Brink. “I can’t say what would happen if they didn’t exist, but there would certainly be some negative effects.”

The turtles that nest on Onslow Beach have as much history as the service members who live and train here. When turtles hatch, they take to the sea and when they mature they return back to the same beaches they emerged from. It is up to the people of MCB Camp Lejeune and the Environmental Management Division if they want the sea turtles to continue live on the base.

For more information on ways to help protect the endangered species on MCB Camp Lejeune call the Environmental Management Division at 451-5003.

living tree on base, celebrates its approximately 420th birthday this year, and it shows.

Cables hold up its long, sweeping limbs that nearly touch the ground and concrete has been poured into part of the trunk for support and to stave off infection.

The live oak, or quercus virginiana, on McHugh Boulevard was dedicated as the Bicentennial Tree July 4, 1976, in commemoration of the nation’s 200th anniversary. It was estimated at 385 years old at the time.

“The Onslow County Bicentennial Commission probably asked the base if they had anything to contribute and that could

have been it,” said L. J. Kimball, a retired lieutenant colonel currently serving as a historian and vice chairman of the Museum of the Marine. “I presume that is the base’s contribution, and that is only a presumption.”

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was established as Marine Barracks New River in 1941 when the Department of the Navy purchased 110,000 acres of land for a muchneeded amphibious training facility on the East Coast. Since then, it has grown, and the Bicentennial Tree remains.

“The base was bleak in 1942,” said Kimball. “It would have been easy to

bulldoze everything, but someone, whose name is lost to posterity, decided to keep it.”

Jim Lanier, a master gardener at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension at the New Hanover County Arboretum, stated that the fact that live oaks generally grow crooked means they are hard to use for timber.

“While other oaks in the area were being lumbered, live oaks were not really being used,” he explained. “It’s hard to cut one of these down.”

According to the USDA website, live oaks grow from Virginia to the Florida Keys and as far west as SEE TREE 3C

OFF-LIMITS ESTABLISHMENTS The following businesses are designated by the base commander as “off-limits” Bell Auto Salvage II at 136 Abbits Branch Rd., Hubert, N.C. Botta Booms (A.KA. Private Dancer) at 3054 Wilmington Highway, Jacksonville, N.C. Carland at 2911 Route 17/ G.W. Highway Tabb, V.a.

Cash-N-Advance at 2235 Lejeune Blvd., Jacksonville, N.C. Centennial Enterprises, Inc. at 1489 East Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 2, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Headquarter’s Office) Club Mickey’s at 4441 Richlands Highway, Jacksonville (Closed) Coastal Smoke Shop at Brynn Marr Road, Jacksonville, N.C. D’s Drive Thru at 226 Wilmington Highway, Jacksonville, N.C. D’s Quick Mart at Richlands, N.C. Dash-In at 1316 Hargett Street, Jacksonville, N.C. Discount Tobacco G & H at Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, N.C. Doll House at Highway 258 West, Jacksonville, N.C. Easy Money Catalog Sales at 233-F Western Blvd., Jacksonville, N.C. Express Way at 1261 Gum Branch Road, Jacksonville, N.C. Fantasies at 4951 Richlands Highway, Jacksonville, N.C. Hip Hop and Hookahs at 311 South Marine Boulevard, Jacksonville, N.C. Illusions Richlands Highway, Jacksonville, N.C. Jacksonville Speedway Auto Parts (A.K.A. Raceway Auto Parts & Raceway Used Auto Parts) at 401 Blue Creek Elementary School Road Joshua Experience/Club Access at 200 Golden Oak Court, Virginia Beach, V.a.

King’s Drive Thru at 1796 Gum Branch Road, Jacksonville, N.C. Laird’s Auto and Truck Repair at 1197 Piney Green Rd. Jacksonville, N.C.

Moe’s Mart at 2105 Belgrade Swansboro Road, Maysville, N.C. One Stop Shop at 501 Corbin Street, Jacksonville, N.C. Par Tech (A.K.A. Military Circuit of Jacksonville) at 487-A Western Blvd., Jacksonville, N.C. Playhouse at 6568 Richlands Highway, Jacksonville, N.C. Pleasure Palace at Highway 17, Jacksonville, N.C. Private Pleasures (A.K.A. Carriage House) at 5527 Highway 258, Jacksonville, N.C. Reflection Photo at 353 Western Blvd., Jacksonville, N.C. Smart Buy Jacksonville, N.C. Smitty’s R&R at Highway 17, Jacksonville, N.C. Southern Comfort at 2004 Highway 172, Sneads Ferry, N.C. Speed Mart at 2601 Piney Green Road, Jacksonville, N.C. Student Assistance Company at 244 South Randal Road, Suite III Eglin, I.L. Talk of the Town II (barbershop is not off limits) at 114 Texie Lane, Jacksonville, N.C. Tender Touch (A.K.A. Baby Dolls) at Highway 258, Jacksonville, N.C. Tobacco Alley at 521 Yopp Road, Unit 106, Jacksonville, N.C. Tobacco Club at 487-B Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, N.C. Tobacco For Less at 439 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, N.C. Tobacco House Cigarette Center at 1213-C Country Club Rd., Jacksonville, N.C. Tobacco Leaf at 215 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, N.C. Veterans Affairs Service at Jacksonville, N.C. (This is a private organization not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs or the VA Outpatient Clinic.)

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(Left) A nest of Loggerhead sea turtles climb on one another after hatching from a nest on Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

(Right) Loggerhead sea turtles crawl towards the ocean from a nest on Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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THE GLOBE, CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. CORPSMEN FROM 2C “We aren’t just doing this to mess with the students,” said Gehringer. “All of the scenarios we have them go through are based off of our own experiences. Our instructors come here from the fleet, many of them returning from Afghanistan, and when I came here I brought experiences from Iraq. With a different battlefield,

we have different scenarios.”

Some of the instructors can remember a time when they came through the schoolhouse and they used other students as casualties.

The ‘casualty’ would just have a piece of tape on their leg or chest saying where a sucking chest wound or amputation point was.

“We’ve come a long way from just having a piece of tape on our

chest to simulate a wound,” said Gehringer. “With the tools we have here we can try and simulate a combat environment as closely as possible. Many of these students will probably have their boots in the sand six months from now supporting a Marine unit, and it’s our job to ensure that they will be well prepared for anything they will face.”

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RESALE FROM 1C the process could take less than five minutes.

“The biggest issue is that people don’t have all of the proper paperwork,” Alger explained. “Print new insurance cards, renew your driver’s license and get a power of attorney if you need it.”

Vehicles can be displayed for up to 90 days before owners must apply for an extension. If the lot is filled up, the vehicle will be placed on a waiting list; however, Alger said they have not had a waiting list in at least the past year. The lot usually operates at about 70 percent of its capacity.

The benefits of using the lot do not stop at the sellers. Potential buyers have the convenience of an on-base location and do not have to work with salespeople. They need not look further than a phone number listed on the Resale Lot Authorization form placed in a visible location, such as a windshield, of every vehicle on display. The terms of the sale are negotiated individually by the interested parties.

Some Resale Lot visitors even look for fun, including Staff Sgt. Michael Valora, a platoon sergeant with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. He just likes to look at the older cars and Mustangs, which the lot is in no shortage of with at least three currently on display.

“When I drive by and have a few minutes, I’ll do a quick loop and look for good deals,” said Valora. “I’m not looking for anything in particular, I just like to look.”

The Sports Branch receives numerous calls about the lot daily. Alger said some vehicles sell relatively quickly there, too.

“It’s an immensely popular program,” he said. “It’s a true community thing. Active duty to retirees and lance corporals to colonels — everyone has used the Resale Lot.”

Photo by Lance Cpl. Victor A. Barrera

An instructor looks at his watch as he times how long it takes a student to properly apply a tourniquet to a casualty during an exercise at the Field Medical Training Battalion East’s Combat Simulation Laboratory aboard Camp Johnson, June 29. The exercise was held in a dark building with strobe lights, fog and the sound of machine-gun fire and screams blaring through the speakers to put the stress of the battlefield on corpsmen, many of whom will deploy in support of Marine units in Afghanistan.

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An archive photo of the construction aboard Marine Barracks New River taken from the area 1 water tower, Jan. 2, 1942. The Bicentennial Tree can be seen on the right side of what is now McHugh Boulevard, facing in the direction of where the traffic circle is today.

TREE FROM 2C Texas. Lanier called it an icon of the South.

“The live oak is a traditional coastal tree,” he said. “It is limited not by how cold winter is, but needs a hot summer to do well. They are noted for their graceful shapes, are very easy to grow, drought tolerant, disease resistant, and just needs room. You can’t replace those in our lifetime.”

Their estimated lifespan is 300 to 400 years, making Lejeune’s Bicentennial Tree slightly older than average. “Today,” states the USDA website, “live oaks are protected for public enjoyment.” This must be true of the Bicentennial Tree. Marines run beneath its leafy canopy, rejoicing in the brief, shady reprieve, read while sitting between its branches and marvel at its majesty all on a daily basis.

Quite possibly the biggest tragedy of the Bicentennial Tree is how little is actually known about it. It is believed to be the oldest tree on base and the base has continued to maintain it, but not many people could give any information on why.

Wayne Crump, the Planning and Estimation supervisor at the operations section of Public Works Division, said several arborists have looked at it over the years and all agree it’s a special tree. In addition to an arborist, or tree doctor, checking up on the Bicentennial Tree annually, a lot of work has been done to keep the tree alive.

Base officials have uncompacted the ground surrounding the tree and have installed a lightning arrester system, because the tree has been struck by lightning on multiple occasions.

“As big and tall as it is, it’s a lightning magnet,” said Crump. “It’s been struck a few times before.

The copper wire attracts the lightning and drives it into the ground.”

They have even rerouted the sidewalk at one point, because runners have collided with the Bicen-

tennial Tree’s low-hanging limbs. It was replaced with a pervious concrete surface so water could soak through, one of the first places the surface has been installed on base. The tree’s limbs still have to be clipped by professionals occasionally to keep it from extending into McHugh Boulevard.

“Some people say the tree is encroaching on the road, but I say the road is encroaching on the tree,” said Crump.

Crump believes that the Bicentennial Tree will continue to be enjoyed by a new generation of Marines. A new dining facility with outdoor eating area is being built nearby, and he thinks some Marines may want to walk over to eat in its shade.

The Bicentennial Tree has a marker naming it the fourth stop on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Self-Guided Tour, but according to Bob Ceklosky, the Department of Public Safety operations chief, the program was shut down about two years ago.

“We don’t let people on base to do the self-guided tour anymore,” he explained. “There used to be booklets at the visitors center.”

In an era marked by budget cuts, who can say how many years the oak will continue? Regardless, the Bicentennial Tree will live on. Danny Marshburn, the program manager for the base’s Forest Management Program, said that representatives of the state forest service have collected seed from the tree.

“They collected some seed from it to grow it elsewhere — to grow trees off the genetics of this one,” he said.

Could it be that the Bicentennial Oak is hiding mysteries beneath the shroud provided by its canopy? Perhaps Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune himself once rested in the shade beneath. Or is it simply just a tree that has been here so long no one wants to get rid of it? Either way, happy birthday.

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Groves said there is a high prevalence of back injuries the physical therapy department treats. He added that there is multitude of ways an individual can injure their back and one reason often seen in service members is the carrying and maneuvering of heavy packs and gear.

“When there is a lot of force transmitted through your spine, it tends to cause degeneration a lot earlier,” said Groves.

In the future, the hospital hopes to get improved evaluation and treatment equipment for analyzing and treating patients.

The new equipment will increase evaluation data and analyze the working condition of specific jobs that all the Marines and sailors partake in. From this, the hospital will gear their rehab more specific to the job each service member does.

Currently, NHCL does not have the space for the new equipment, but needed space will be available when construction of the new hospital is finished in 2013, which will double the size of the hospitals current physical therapy section.

Providing Marines with an option to heal non-invasively when indicated or aiding in rehabilitation and recovery following surgical intervention are the primary routes for returning service members back to their full function allowing them to return to full duty.

“Seeing someone who’s in a state where they’re having trouble functioning, and being able to put my hand on, addressing that functional impairment and getting them back to doing what they want to do is very rewarding,” said Groves. “It’s goalcentered care. Every patient that comes in here is asked what their functional goals are as a Marine, in their everyday life and what level of function they want or need to get back to doing.”

It is from these goals and examination findings that the therapist and patient develop a plan of care to address the patient’s impairments and create a plan of care to work toward the achievement of the patients’ goals.

Whether it is being able to walk without crutches or running five miles, a therapy provider is going to address goals that service members have as individuals functioning in the military.

“We’re here to help people get back to their full capacity and physical therapy is a way to do it,” said Groves.

For more information on these rehabilitation services, call 450-4824 or 450-4750.

MEMORIAL FROM 1C “There are many ways to get involved - this isn’t a closeddoor ordeal,” said DesChamps. “We need new faces with new ideas to better get the word out about the memorial.”

DesChamps urges those celebrating the rich heritage of the Navy corpsmen be aware that, although they are already honored, their sacrifices made for the Marine Corps and the country as a whole will not be forgotten - especially when cast in bronze.

For more information about the Corpsmen Memorial, visit the website nccorpsmenmemorial.net.

HORSEPOWER FROM 1C However, the car isn’t the only thing that pulls these guys out of their rut.

“When they start working together in the shop, they almost turn into their own platoon again,” said Roberson. “They become each other’s support system. They refuse to talk to the psych, but they will talk to each other because they know that they understand what they’re going through.”

Roberson has no psychological training – just real-life exposure, and she says that’s all her students need.

“I don’t paint them an unrealistic pretty picture, but I do have one rule,” said Roberson. “We do not contemplate or commit suicide because there is nothing we cannot do as a family, and that’s what we are here, a family.”

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201 RUSSELL LEWIS CT- 3 bedroom, 2 bath recently renovated home.

Marinas nearby and close to Courthouse Bay. $825 per month.

Realty World - Ennett & Associates (910) 327-3600.

399 PERU RD - 3 Bedroom, 2 bath home with storage building and carport. Lawn maintenance and trash pickup included in $850 rent. No pets.Convenient to Courthouse Bay and MARSOC. Realty World - Ennett & Associates (910) 327-3600.

595 PERU RD - 3 Bedroom, 1.5 bath brick home with carport and large yard.

Near marinas and convenient to Camp Lejeune. No pets . $950 Realty World - Ennett & Associates (910) 3273600.

1000 WELLS RD. REDUCED! $119,000. MLS#119047. LIKE NEW! BOSCH digital appliances. BOSCH front load washer/dryer! Big rooms that are bright & airy! Closets everywhere! Pretty eat in kitrhen w/pantry & baking station! Dining room. Laundry rm w/utility sink!

Whirlpool tub/seperate shower! Long vanities! Lg lot! New septic, decks & interior items! Just Awesome! No City taxes!

Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 1005 GREENWAY ROAD. Reduced to 264,900! MLS#119270 Gorgeous Country Club area. Much desired.

Minutes to everything yet it’s like a secluded haven with rolling streets. 4 BRs (Master is MASSIVE and vaulted) 3 full bathrooms. 2 car attached and 2 car detached that’s long enough for your boat! Screened porch. Fenced.

Call Cherie Schulz today!

910-389-7411 101 SAINT ROAD, $185,000, $938 a month (P/I, 30 yr, 4.5%, no money down) New floorplan! Like no other!

Lg, front, side load 2cg. Marble like pillars at entry & dining! LR , fpl, formal dining or office. Split BR. Awesome master bathrm! Covered back porch! Sod, gutters, ceramic tile, stainless steel appliances, & more! County taxes! Richlands schools! Builder offers closing costs!

MLS#116961 Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 TWO HOMES CONNECTED BY BREEZEWAY. Private guest house/in-law quarters in rear of property is 1600 sq.ft. with a walk-out basement to covered cement patio. Front house is 2000 sq.ft. Both houses have large screened porches. Very peaceful and private, but close to everything. $259,000.Hampstead.

910-270-1081 103 ARABIAN CIRCLE. A steal!

Priced below appraised value! Tax value is $337K! $299,900 MLS#121056 MAJESTIC! IMMACULATE! Tall columns, side load 2cg, high ceilings & gleaming hdwd floors. 11+ room brick home is 3500+ htd sq ft! 3.5 bathrooms.

Modern kitchen.

Solid maple cabinets. Formal dining. Laundry rm.

Several huge bonus rms. .75 acre.

Pool & club house. Easy Hwy commute to Bases. Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

2 DUPLEXES FOR RENT. 2 Bedroom at $550 and 3 bedroom at $650/month plus deposit. New River area. Call 910-934-0483.

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HAMPSTEAD. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT all appliances, incl W/D. $750 month. Southern Comfort Apartments.

Call owner, 910-232-3976 or 910-547-4324 to see units.

FOR RENT. 2 bedroom mobile home.

Clean, quiet park. Central heat and air. No smoking and no pets!! Water, lawn care and trash service provided.

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ROOM FOR RENT ASAP, 3 Bdrom 2 flbth. Convenient Location 6 mls to Camp Lejeune. Professional/student fmale. Smoke-free environment. $300 monthly + 1/2 utilities. Call (910) 915-5514 or email: mariatravelspecialist@yahoo.com

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$139,000 ~ Charming 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with two car garage in Richlands. Move in Ready! Vaulted Ceilings, Refrigerator, Plenty of Storage Space, Sodded Front Yard, Garage Door Opener with Remotes and More... Call Jody Davis at CHOICE Realty (910) 265-0771. www.soldbysamnjody.com $153,400 - 4 BR/2BA/2 CG on 0.37 Acre - Move into your new home TODAY. Located in Ashbury Park, Richlands. Open and Spacious layout with mud/laundry room located off of kitchen, two car garage with garage door opener & remotes, vaulted ceiling, kitchen comes with ample amount of cabinet and counter space, side by side refrigerator with ice & water dispensers, dishwasher, electric range/ovenwith range hood.

Ceiling fans in Master Suite & Great Room, Overhead lighting in all bedrooms, Neighborhood Play Area, 10 Year Builder’s Warranty & More.

Call or Text Jody Davis at CHOICE Realty (910) 265-0771 www.soldbysamnjody.com HOME/LAND PACKAGES STARTING AT $355,000 IN HOGAN’S LANDING, HUBERT. Hogan’s Landing is a Unique Waterway Community located off of Bear Creek Road. This private neighborhood offers Waterfront and Waterview Homesites, Deep Water Boat Slips and a Community Pier on the Intracoastal Waterway. To view available homeplans offered by St. Thomas Custom Home Builders please visit: www.soldbysamnjody.com or Contact Jody Davis at CHOICE Realty (910) 265-0771

WATERVIEW HOMESITES STARTING AT $86,000. Private Waterway Community of Hogan’s Landing.

Located off of Bear Creek Road in Hubert. Waterview Lots are close to an acre each. Deep Water Boat Slips Also Available.

An Absolutely Beautiful & Scenic Location for YOUR Dream Home. Call or Text Jody Davis at CHOICE Realty (910) 265-0771 www.soldbysamnjody.com

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263 Folkstone Rd. 3 BR/2 BA. Unfurnished, Patio home, easy access to HWY 17, fenced in back yard, washer/dryer included. Pets Neg. Available July 1st $1395 mo ----------------------------------214 Silver Creek Loop Rd. 3 BR/2.5 BA. Unfurnished, Patio home, in Mill Creek, fenced in back yard, open floor plan, like new with washer and dryer! No Pets.

Available NOW $1495 mo ----------------------------------1333 HWY 172 Sneads Ferry 3 BR/2 BA. Unfurnished, double wide, on large lot, easy access to base, Hwy 17 and beach. No Pets.

Available July 1st $995 mo ----------------------------------240 Swan Point 3 BR/1 BA. Furnished, new furniture, gas logs, new kitchen, new bathroom, new carpet, new windows, water and electric included with cap. No Pets.

Available May NOW $1995 mo ----------------------------------1203 St. Regis 2 BR/2 BA. Furnished, oceanfront, pool, tennis court, fitness center, rent includes water, sewer, trash, basic cable, wi fi. No Pets.

Available July 1st $1195 mo ----------------------------------128 Topsail Reef 1 BR/1 BA. Furnished, oceanfront condo, rent includes water, sewer, trash, internet and tennis courts.

No Pets. Available Sept. 1st $725 mo ----------------------------------303 Rose Bud 3 BR/2 BA. Unfurnished, located in Holly Ridge. Water, trash and sewage included. Washer and dryer, fast access to Surf City and HWY 17. Pets Neg. Available July 1st $1295 mo

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$$VA Interest Rate Reduction$$ NO CASH TO CLOSE - Rates at an all time low! Call Southern Trust Mortgage at 910-378-4440 today! $158,900 - 4 Bedroom , 2 story Home on large corner lot. Just minutes to the Piney Green Gate, shopping & restaurants. Over 1,900 Sq. Ft. of Spacious Living.

Attractively updated, large bedrooms,gorgeous light fixtures and ceiling fans, wet bar, plus heated & cooledsunroom. Back yard is fenced and has metal shed that conveys with property. Seller also offers a home warranty. PRICED TO MOVE! Don’t wait, call Alyson Price at CHOICE Realty today.

(301) 305-2081 www.AlysonPriceRE.com 100 KAYAK CT, SWANSBORO $199,900. Lots of extras! This is a Very Impressive Home! 5 min to beach, located between Camp Lejeune & Cherry Point. Call Bluewater Real Estate-800-752-3543 or www.BluewaterMilitary.Com 100 OCEAN SPRAY-Cedar Point. $109,900. This home is now priced below value of a recent appraisal. FHA approved foundation.

Centrally Located Between Cherry Pt & Camp Lejeune. Call Bluewater Real Estate 8 0 0 - 7 5 2 - 3 5 4 3 . www.BluewaterMilitary.com

NEW CONSTRUCTION SINGLE FAMILY HOMES located in Maysville just 22 minutes from Camp Lejuene Back gate on 172. 3 bedroom 2 bath, 2 car garage, custom cabinetry, open floor plan with vaulted ceilings.

Walk-in closet and double vanity in Master Bedroom. Appliances include refrigerator, smooth top range, microwave range hood, and dishwasher. Heated square feet ranges from 1251-1273. 2-10 Home Buyers warranty. Listing price of 129,900.00 Call Megan Johnson for more information 910-934-7674 103 CALDWELL COURT. Freshly painted home with open floorplan & sunroom. Beautiful two story foyer with Palladium window & laminate wood flooring, formal living & dining rooms, kitchen w/breakfast bar, family room w/FP, Master BR w/ FP, Master Bath w/stand alone shower, & jetted tub. Home sits on a quiet cul-de-sac & has an enormous fenced in yard! Chuck Compton (910) 330-5413 103 ECHO RIDGE RD, Swansboro $184,500. Like new Ranch with split bedroom floor plan, centrally located between Camp Lejeune & Cherry Point. Call Bluewater Real Estate 8 0 0 - 7 5 2 - 3 5 4 3 o r www.BluewaterMilitary.Com 103 QUAIL NECK CT. Cape Carteret, $ 1 9 7 , 0 0 0 . R E D U C E D, R E D U C E D ! estate sale’’AS IS’’ condition. Please make any offer. Golf Course lot on cal a sac in Star Hill. www.BluewaterMilitary.com 105 THAMES DR. $184,900 MLS#121320.ONE HUGE HOME! Need space? TRY to outgrow this home! Formal living room w/fpl,

sitting area off of the foyer, very large den with fpl, very big eat in kitchen are all downstairs! Upstairs are four spacious bedrooms. The master has its own covered balcony that is as big as a deck!! Screened in porch.

Fenced yard. No city taxes. Next to base! Call Cherie Schulz today!

910-389-7411 109 CORRAL WAY - Spacious and affordable 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with vinyl siding, vinyl replacement windows & almost new heat pump!!

Located at end of quiet cul de sac in lovely Horsecreek Farms. Reduced to only $135,000. Best buy in the neighborhood!! MLS 115975 CHOICE Realty 910-330-4481 1094 HUFFMANTOWN RD. $236,800, 26.25 acres on Celestial Farms! Reduced price! Beautiful land!

Tucked away cedar sided, metal roof, 2B/1, Fpl. 33x6 porch. 4 pastures.

Pond. 9 stall barn. 20x40 Wrkshp.

Water/electric all around. Retire, work the land, lease out for weddings, parties, etc! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 111 LITTLELEAF COURT. Lovely, well cared for 3BR, 2BA home on 3/4 acre and just minutes away from the front gate of New River Air Station.

The vaulted ceiling gives you that great open feeling as soon as you enter!

Just painted, dining room w/sliding glass doors which lead out to the porch & yard ,nice sized bedrooms, bonus room & wired detached garage. Located at the end of a cul-de-sac in a great little subdivision. A must see! Rosemary Slone (910) 330-3022 114 SHADOWBROOK DRIVE. This beautiful 4BR, 2BA home has been wonderfully maintained and loved. It has beautiful ceramic tile in the foyer, kitchen, dining room, bathrooms & hallways.Family room adjacent to kitchen with a pass through to the dining room, wood burning FP, spacious bedrooms, 5 decks, one with hot tub, one a sundeck & one a play area! Too many great features to mention!Located near the Lejeune main gate. Veronica Judd (910) 389-4104 116 BARBOUR DRIVE, gorgeous mature hdwd tree. Covered porch.

Foyer opens to vaulted, LR w/fpl!

You’ll love the massive kitchen w/ 2 sinks & access to deck & screened porch. Formal dining rm. Lg “mans cave” FROG. Laundry rm. Spacious BRs. AWESOME master BR & WIC!!

Fenced. Like new. Hubert! No subdivision feel! BRING OFFER! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

All BRs are good sized. Walk in closet in the master BR. Beautiful & durable laminent flooring. Move in ready!! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 125 FOREST LINE DRIVE, NEWPORT. $85,900. Backs to National Forest, located minutes from Cherry Point. Seller Will Pay up to $3,000.00 in Closing Cost w/Full Price Offer!!! Call Bluewater Real Estate 800-752-3543 or www.BluewaterMilitary.Com 33 SWEETWATER DRIVE. Don’t miss out on this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with garage. Minutes to MCAS New River and Topsail Island.

Hardwood floors, privacy fenced yard, fully equipped kitchen and freshly painted interior! Located on a HUGE .63 acre lot!! $145,000. Lois Hutchins, Choice Realty (910) 330-4481.

136 SAYERS LANE.Owned by Dept. of Veterans Affairs!

3BR, 2BA manufactured home in Richlands offers privacy and lots of room! Large living room and huge backyard. Home sits on 1.69 acres. Great price at $72,900! Home is eligible for VA vendee financing, 100% for owner occupant & 95% for investor. Susie Montag (910)340-0487 138 COOPER ROAD, RICHLANDS,$325,000. Custom built home with over 5 acres. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 ba,familyroom. Oversized garage has 2000sf. In-ground salted pool.

MLS:120451 Call 910-324-3723 1458 OLD FOLKESTONE ROAD. From the moment you walk into this amazing 3BR, 2BA home you will feel instantly soothed by the calming colors of this tastefully decorated house. Beautiful kitchen w/ceramic tile, upgraded lighting, island & walk-in pantry.Living area features gas FP with built in entertainment center above it. Home sits on .84 acres with family friendly backyard, great for entertaining & BBQ’s, close to beach & 5 mins from back gate. Vikki Stumpf (910) 265-6901 150 ABERDEEN LANE. This Home Sells Itself!!

New Stainmaster Carpet, Paint, Vinyl Flooring & Gorgeous Wood-Laminate Flooring Throughout!

A Country Delight Nestled On A Solid Acre of Land! It has THREE Wood Decks!

HUGE Laundry Room right off of the kitchen!! Wet & Dry Bar also! HUGE Master BR w/Garden Tub & Dual Vanity Sinks! Eat-In Kitchen w/all appliances. Close to all bases & Hwy 24 Bypass. Will Sell Soon. Don’t wait, call Today! Jonathan Strader (910)340-4480

116 BARBOUR ROAD. $223,000 MLS#121715 Gorgeous mature hdwd trees, covered porch, through the foyer to vaulted, open LR w/fpl! You’ll love the massive kitchen w/ 2 sinks & access to deck & screened porch.

Dining rm. Lg “mans cave”, Laundry rm. Split BR. AWESOME master BR & WIC!! Fenced. Like new. Hubert! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411

SELDOM USED 2d HOME, 2500 sq ' TH, stainless steel, 3BR, 21/2 BA; screened porch, 2-car gar, lagoon & golf view, gated (Brandywine Bay), Morehead City, between Cherry Point & Camp LaJeune. Lots of active duty and retirees. $321,500. Call our realtor, Rosemary Green, Cannon and Gruber 252-241-6801.

116 LONGLEAF DRIVE - SWANSBORO $199,500. A little piece of heaven is back on the market at a new price.

Has it’s own boat ramp. Owner’s will consider financing. Call Bluewater Real Estate 888-354-2128

ENNETT TOWNHOUSES- 3 bedrooms, 3 baths with appliances, storage room and screened porch. Located on Old Folkstone Road in Sneads Ferry convenient to Base, beaches and schools.

Affordable at $122, 900. Realty WorldEnnett & Associates (910) 327-3600

117 KOONCE CIRCLE. Gorgeous 4 BR, 2.5 BA with rolling backyard surrounded in Azalea, Magnolia and mossy Dogwoods. The Master Bedroom was built as a mother-in-law suite with private entrance. Beautiful wood floors throughout the house and Formal & Informal dining rooms are just two of the wonderful features of this beautifully maintained home.

Van Dupius (910)389-9700 1170 HWY 258. Adorable 3 BR,1.5 bath home. Beautifully remodeled for you! New paint, flooring, kitchen, baths, etc. Your chance to stop renting! Ceramic tiled sunroom off of the eat in kitchen! Laundry room. All BRs are nice sized! You’ll love the just under 1 acre gorgeous yard that has your very own pond! More land available. Bring your horse! Big shed.

Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

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118 BOBWHITE CIRCLE-Cape Carteret. $249,500.

Plantation shutters, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, irrig. system.

Home is midway between Camp Lejeune and Cherry Pt, minutes from Emerald Isle beach! Call Bluewater Real Estate @ 888-354-2128.

120 LIVE OAK DRIVE, MLS #117737 LOVELY & POPULAR COMMUNITY! 3 br/2 bath on 1.37 acres of land!

Cleared and wooded. Foyer opens to large, open LR w/vaulted ceilings and a fpl. Spacious kitchen has great views of the backyard & its wildlife.

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6C july 7, 2011 165 HADNOT FARM, SWANSBORO $169,500. Traditional 3 bedroom and 2 bath. Beautifully manicured corner lot with a fenced backyard!

Great location to either Lejeune or Cherry Point. Call 800-752-3543.

1658 HALLTOWN ROAD. A Homeowners Dream! Beautiful 3BR, 2.5BA home with large bonus room (optional bedroom). Formal living areas, family room w/FP open to a spacious eat-in kitchen. Large laundry room, huge master bdr, master bath w/separate shower & jacuzzi tub.

Spacious front & backyards w/trees & covered deck. Over 2500 Sq. feet!

Priced to sell! Rynell Burt, Choice Realty (910) 526-4756.

167 MAREADY ROAD $257,000 MLS#120406, 1.47 ACRES HOLDS THIS HUGE CEDAR CIDED HOME w/2 stalls & big, wired, cement floored workshop! Extra lg rooms throughout! 1st floor master suite.

Big LR, spacious family rm, oversized dining rm, mud rm. Huge walk in storage or perfect for craft rm/office.

One BR has an 11x11 room off of that room! Walk in closets & closets galore! Fpl. Fencing. Big Deck. Front and back driveway. Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

174 OLD 30 ROAD . GREAT Starter Home in a GREAT Location! This 3 BR home is close to everything.

Upgrades include laminate wood flooring, freshly painted, new cabinets & new counter tops.

Wooden deck, wood privacy fence, play set, & two outside sheds. Easty commute to base. Chuck Huff (910) 465-7876.

176 LAGUNA TRACE. Country Club Living right on the 7th Green!

Stunning, 2 Story, 3BR, 2.5 BA Home with Bonus Room & Sunroom.

Vaulted ceilings, palladium Windows, gas log fire place, heated & cooled sunroom that exits to deck, trey ceiling in master suite w/wic, over sized bath, separate shower & garden tub. Kitchen w/granite countertops, breakfast nook & tons of counter space. Dual heat pumps & 3+ car garage. Too much to list! Rosemary Slone, Choice Realty (910) 330-3022 185 TOBACCO ROAD. Waterfront Hubert Estate. Less than 2 miles from the Camp Lejeune back gate.

Great Crabbing, Shrimping, Fishing, Jet Skiing, Kayaking or Boating Right Off Your Own Private Dock!

Beautifully maintained 4BR, 2.5 bath with a great Open Floor plan. Large one acre lot. About 10 minutes by boat to the Intracoastal Waterway and about 20 mins from three different inlets. Value Your Privacy?

Then this is a must see!! Monte Hutchins (910)358-0358.

195 E RIDGE COURT, $179,900 MLS#118846 Quality crawl space built home by Cecil Davis that are hard to find! Too many too extras to list! Exterior hot AND cold water taps! Decorative driveway. Handmade Oak cabinets. 42 inch fpl! His signature oversized 2cg and Lg, raised back deck. Huge kitchen, stainless appliances! Slick ceilings. $5000 Buyer allowance! No city taxes! Near New River base! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

2020 COLONY PLAZA. Beautiful home In The Exclusive Heritage Square subdivision with community clubhouse, pool, lawn & exterior. maintenance. Call Bill Betts at (910) 330-6098.

209 WOODCREST COURT. Tasteful 3BR, 2BA home in desirable school district. Over 1800 sq.feet of living space! So many upgrades, including new wood flooring, roof, vinyl siding & windows. Large laundry room & game room, formal dining room, breakfast nook & privacy fenced yard. Come and see this beauty! Quick move-in possible. Low traffic cul-de-sac.

Pamela Valdes, Choice Realty (910) 330-9138.

215 PORTLAND PLACE. Spacious 3BR, 2BA home in quiet friendly subdivision.Large living room w/vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace, formal dining room, large kitchen, beautiful sunroom..htd & cooled, large backyard, 2 car garage and freshly painted throughout. Too much to mention, must see to appreciate all this home has to offer.Chuck Huff, Choice Realty (910) 465-7876.

215 STAGECOACH DRIVE - Fabulous 4 bedroom, 3 bath home with garage, fireplace, hardwood floors, fully equipped kitchen and 2 master suites in lovely Carolina Forest! Best buy in the neighborhood. Priced $53,000 BELOW tax value!! MLS 121395 CHOICE Realty 910-3304481 217 REGALWOOD DR. $145,900, MLS#121201.

Sweet home!

Beautifully upgraded 3BR, 2Bath!

When you walk in you’ll know you are home! LR & den, pretty kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Gleaming hardwood floors. Laundry rm. French doors to Deck. Already fenced for you! Near Lejeune’s Piney Green gate! No city taxes. Call Cherie Schulz today at 910-389-7411 224 BUSCH DRIVE, $121,700 MLS#119044. AWESOME KITCHEN COMPLETE WITH ISLAND! HUGE! Spacious LR splits the BRs. ALL BRs have walk in closets! Master bath is what everyone wants! His/her sink, garden tub, separate shower, etc.

Laundry rm with door to back yard.

Storage shed. Close to 1.85 acres on a cul de sac lot! Lot’s of room to roam. No city taxes! Popular Richlands schools. Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 300 OSPREY RIDGE DRIVE -Emerald Isle - $169,900. 3 bedroom/2.5 baths.. private end unit with extra common area. Easy access to beach, bike path,stores and restaurants. Call Bluewater Real Estate-888-354-2128 or www.BluwaterMilitary.com 301 MARTHA. REDUCED-$280,000.

MLS # 117538. 4BR on almost acre fenced, lot speckled w/trees. Open community rooms are huge yet warm and inviting! Extra lg BRs. Master suite is its own retreat. Double doors to luxurious bathroom! Beautiful hdwd flrs throughout most of the home.

Pantry, laundry rm, mud room. Side load 2cg. Deck. Wide front porch! $6000 for Buyers expenses! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 303 FOXHALL ROAD, NEWPORT $163,000. 3 Bedroom and 2 Bath!

One level home in great condition within short drive to Morehead & Cherry Point! Call Bluewater Real Estate or www.BluewaterMilitary.com 311 APPALOOSA CT, SWANSBORO. $189,900. Spacious ranch-style home on over an acre! About mid-way between Camp Lejeune & Cherry Point. Call Bluewater Real Estate 8 0 0 - 7 5 2 - 3 5 4 3 o r www.BluewaterMilitary.Com www.CampLejeuneGlobe.com

The Globe, Camp lejeune, n.C. 311 SILVER CREEK LANDING RD, SWANSBORO. $299,900. Great location just 7 minutes to Emerald Isle, and midway between Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point. Croatan school district, too! Call Bluewater Real Estate 888-354-2128 313 BROOKSTONE WAY. Only a few quality homes left in Brookstone! The Maple, a 4BR, 2BA home for the growing family. Priced at just $170,500 this spectacular home has plenty of living space. Matching stainless steel appliances to include microwave & refrigerator. Garage door opener with key pad. Close to schools, base & shopping. Low country taxes. John Troup, Choice Realty (910) 539-3148.

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315 KIRBY QUINN Road. MLS# 114054 BREATH TAKING! $280,000! 27+ Acres you’ve been looking for! Gorgeous rolling acreage bordered by trees. 2 Homes!! One story 3/2 brick. 2cg. Sunroom. Den. Formals. 2 story 1/1.5 is perfect for farm hand, guest house, rental, etc!

Call Cherie Schulz at 910-389-7411 316 STARLIGHT LN. 1 ACRE! $107,000, $542 a month (P/I, 30 yr, 4.5%, no money down). Seller pays all of your closing costs! $4000!

Cheaper than rent! 3 BIG, Split, BRs, 2 BTH! ALL have walk in closets!

HUGE LR! Open eat in kitchen & formal dining. Pretty home that looks just like new! Freshly painted in warm colors. Laundry rm. New decks.

Located off Belgrade Swansboro Rd. MLS#116888 Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

363 A I TAYLOR RD. REDUCED! $108,900 MLS#118842 HUGE .97 ACRE YARD!! Have your garden! Your animals are welcome! Not a subdivision! Lovely 7 room home w/2.5BTHS in Richlands! LR and den! Massive eat in kitchen. Vaulted master. Deck. Cheaper than renting!

Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 405 SILO COURT. 3 bed/2 bath private, backs to woods, meticulously maintained. $1000 back. Ask How. Alyson Price (301) 305-2081 422 W. BRANCH. A STEAL @ $95,000. Stop renting! Gorgeous, remodeled, split 4Br/2B home on wooded cul de sac lot! Must see the huge LR and kitchen. Massive. New Roof, Floor, cabinets, counter tops, toilets, fixtures, lighting, etc. Slick ceiling, Huge Yard!! Seller pays your closing cost & home warranty! Buy this home Cheaper than you can rent!

Perfect for Cherry Point/Camp Lejeune needed areas. Cal Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 440 HUNTING GREEN. ONLY $128,500 MLS#118847 You can’t rent this 3 BR home for this price!

Freshly painted exterior. Eat in kitchen with french doors to fenced yard and patio. Fpl. Located right off Gum Branch Rd for easy access to town, Lejeune and New River! Seller helps with your closing costs! Call Cherie Schulz at 910-389-7411 463 OLD FOLKSTONE ROAD. Live the Good Life!

Country Ranch Near Topsail Beach Convenient to Sneads Ferry Military Gate & Easy Access to Wilmington or Jacksonville, 2100 HSF with huge den, 2 car garage, Fenced Yard & Above Ground Pool - on 1.25 Acres! Peggy Stanley (910) 358-9787 585 FRANCKTOWN RD $149,900.

Looking for that nice piece of land to put a home & huge workshop on?

How about a piece that has a building in place!! Build your home or just use the building for your business! 3000 square foot building (30x1000) with electric on approx. 2.23 acres! The lot is approx 210x445. 4 bay doors in front and 1 in back of the building.

MLS#119860 $149,900. Call Cherie Schulz at 910-389-7411

is right under your snout.

601 PELETIER LOOP SWANSBORO, $124,900.

Corner one story Townhome overlooking Golf Course!

Great location to either base, close to the Beaches!! Call Bluewater Real Estate 888-354-2128 or www.BluwaterMilitary.com 630 PAR DRIVE, Rock Creek golf course! No city taxes or HOA’s!! Great floor plan! Both formal rooms off foyer. Big square kitchen overlooks a very lg lowered den w/fpl & has views of the wide upstairs loft! Nice! 4 BRs, 2.5 baths. Closets galore. Laundry room. Side load 2cg. Fenced.

Screened porch. Patio. Beautiful lot.

BRING OFFER! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 758 WETHERINGTON LANDING JUST $113,950. Stop renting! Like New! Gorgeous split 3Bed/ 2 Bath home.

Massive LR with Corner fpl. Huge Kit. with lots of cabinets, counters, plus a pantry & island. Stainless Appliances.

Awesome master bathroom. New fixtures, toilets, much more. You’ll love the land it sits on, too! Easy drive to Jacksonville & beaches. Seller pays closing costs! Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411.

81 CRUSH CT, SWANSBORO $118,000. Nice complex with swimming pool, in walking distance to shopping, located close to Swansboro schools, 15 minutes to Camp Lejeune, & 10 minutes to Emerald Isle beaches. Call Bluewater Real Estate 888-354-2128 833 MILL CREEK RD, NEWPORT $169,000. Just outside of Newport, close to Cherry Point and Beaches!

Lots of upgrades, 12x12 storage shed! Call Bluewater Real Estate 800-752-3543.

854 MILL RIVER RD-Completely remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath home with fireplace, garage, new carpet and new paint!! Qualified buyer can move in and rent until closing! A steal at $149,900.

CHOICE Realty 910-330-4481 948 ETON DR. $239,900. 4br/2ba single story brick house in Country Club Hills. Granite counter tops in kit, wet bar and mst bath. SS appliances.

Hardwood floors, ceramic tile. 9’ ceilings. Crown moulding. Fireplace.

Screened in back porch. Fenced yard.

2 car garage. Close to base, shopping and hospital. Will assist in closing costs and pay buyers agent fee.

Call 910-355-2499 or mini@ec.rr.com ARE YOU MOVING TO OHIO? This house is for you. For details go to-http://www.navicamls.net/displays /?n=232&i=209387&k=GN5YLZ BREATHTAKING, BEAUTIFUL & PRIVATE. Gorgeous Custom Built Home with 11 Acres and Waterfront on Queens Creek in Hubert. Over 3,600 Square Feet, 3 car attached garage, oversized detached 2 car garage with storage space. Attention to detail, upgrades galore & space throughout. This Property is Truly ONE of a Kind and a MUST SEE. Call Alyson Price at CHOICE Realty today (301)305-2081 Click below to view virtual tour. http://www.shareitvideo.com/watch. php?v=241555676872672

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The Globe, Camp lejeune, n.C. CEDAR POINT VILLAS, B35 - CEDAR POINT - $139,900. Awesome view, amenities include pool, clubhouse, daydock, boatramp and marina area.

Great Location! Call Bluewater Real Estate - 800 - 752 - 3543 or www.BluewaterMilitary.Com COMING! CLASSIC SOUTHERN STYLE HOME. Huge pillars! Balcony!

A STEAL of a DEAL! Your chance to own this magnificent 4 br, 2.5 bath home on the golf course! NO HOA’s or city taxes yet down the road to town! Owner says “Let’s sell!” Side load 2 car garage, formals, eat in kitchen, etc. Priced tens of thousands below others WITH closing costs for you! Freshly painted interior, too!

Call Cherie Schulz 910-389-7411 HUBERT.EXECUTIVE STYLE HOME. Features 11 acres. Numerous fruit trees. Privacy, serenity & elegance!

Alyson Price, Choice Realty (301) 305-2081.

OPENING NEW MARKET IN ONSLOW COUNTY. Looking for 20 new business partners for our international wellness company who want change in their financial situation. This business opportunity can be done part time. It is portable and can be done from anywhere in the US. A private business reception is scheduled for 7:00PM July 12th.

Contact us at TellekampGroup@hotmail.com www.CampLejeuneGlobe.com

REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Wanted for large real estate firm in Jacksonville, NC. Our market is outstanding and our agents are very successful. Will train and assist with education.

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2 CURIO CABINETS $150. Oak China cabinet, 2 tier, $300 OBO. Leave a message 910-353-5735.

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Excellent condition. All for $250.00 OBO. Leave a message 910-353-5735

ALUMINIUM STORAGE FOR SALE! 10x10 Needs some work still in strong condition. $150.00 or best offer. Call (910) 915-5514 BARLY USED GERBER if you are interested, want to see a pic just text me i also have a SOG and some other military gear 4 sale just ask.

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KC YELLOW LAB PUPPIES. Excellent temperaments, Comes with 1st shots, papers, puppy pack. $600..Ready July 10, now accepting deposits. www.luckylabradors.com Melissa 910-346-3742

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Call 863-899-2448 BOSTON TERRIER PUPPIES. 8wks old "NO PAPERS" $250.00 rdy to go now.

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ROTTWEILER PUPPIES. AKC reg, first shot, paper trained, wormed, will be big. Parents on site, family rasied, great with kids and other pets. $650 (910)340-2983

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(Above) Sixteen men and women from 13 different countries recite the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the annual Fourth of July Celebration aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4. (Right) Service members and their families watched an impressive fireworks display at the annual Fourth of July celebration aboard MCB Camp Lejeune.

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ervice members and their families gathered at W.P.T. Hill Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for the annual Fourth of July Celebration, July 4.

The festivities were free and open to the public. More than 20,000 people took advantage of the eventful evening filled with music and fun for the entire family.

The sun settled in and a cool breeze swept through the base. Even the smoke from the wildfire that has consumed more than 30,000 acres in the nearby Holly Shelter Game Land seemed to lift for the evening.

Vendors lined the side of the field near Holcomb Boulevard, offering funnel cakes, hotdogs and other American favorites. Musical guests included Bobbie Allen, the JaneDear girls and the 2nd Marine Division Band.

“It’s a big day in the U.S., but especially in the Marine Corps because we’re called to defend the country,” said Col. Daniel J. Lecce, base commanding officer. “I think it’s important to recognize (Independence Day) with a grand event like this.”

Additionally, a group of service members became United States citizens in a naturalization ceremony.

This is the third year in a row a naturalization ceremony has been held along with the July Fourth festivities.

“E Pluribus Unum means from many one,” said Lecce. “From many

countries, we come together to make one.”

Lejeune welcomed 16 people, including 14 Marines, from 13 different countries as new citizens. The candidates were from places near, such as Canada and Mexico, and also from far places like Burundi, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Panama, Peru and Trinidad. A few of the Marines have already served on combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

“These guys earned it the hard way,” said Lecce. “It’s because of their efforts, and that’s what makes it so great.”

Sgt. Clein Bismas, a digital wideband transmission equipment operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, was one of those Marines. He had already served in Afghanistan. Bismas has been in the Marine Corps for nearly four years and wants to become a Marine Security Guard, an occupation for which U.S. citizenship is a requirement.

“It feels great, awesome,” said the Marine from Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. “I guess it’s just a whole new experience for me.”

The evening closed with an impressive fireworks display launched from Goettge Memorial Field House.

Flashes of gold, red and green illuminated W.P.T. Hill Field in what Yolanda Mayo, the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Community Services deputy operations officer and emcee for the evening, called one of the best displays anywhere.

Photos by Sgt. Thomas J. Griffith

More than 20,000 people attended the annual Fourth of July Celebration at W.P.T. Hill Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4. Bobbie Allen, the JaneDear girls and the 2nd Marine Division Band performed for the crowds, a naturalization ceremony made 16 men and women U.S. citizens and an impressive fireworks display rounded out the evening.

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‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ packs punches, secures success Now playing at Camp Lejeune “KUNG FU PANDA 2” (PG) “Kung Fu Panda 2” is a computer-animated 3-D family film that follows the 2008 hit “Kung Fu Panda.”

In this continuing story, Master Po, voiced by Jack Black, the loveable clumsy, karate-wielding, pot-bellied panda, joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an older enemy with a deadly new weapon.

The old gang is back and Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five.

But Po’s life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins. Only then will Po be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.

The cast of the original film reprise their voice roles. Among the famous voices that can be heard again are the Furious Five: Angelina Jolie as Tigress, a South China Tiger; Jackie Chan as Monkey, a Golden Langur; Lucy Liu as Viper, a Green Tree Viper; Seth Rogen as Mantis, a Chinese Mantis; and

David Cross as Crane, a Rec-crowned Crane.

Also on hand are Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu, a Red Panda; Jean-Claude Van Damme is Master Croc, a Chinese Alligator; Michelle Yeoh as the Soothsayer, a Goat; Victor Garber as Master Thundering Rhino, a Javan Rhinoceros; Dennis Haysbert as Master Storming Oxen, an Ox; and Gary Oldman as the nasty Lord Shen, who is an Indian Peafowl.

Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson boosts the action sequences with 3-D filming and challenges Po to bigger and crazier locations, putting the viewer right in the middle of the battles and therefore making this sequel more mind-blowing and entertaining.

“Kung Fu Panda 2” returns with more martial arts in this masterful 3-D animation presentation. This film just might surpass the original one in excellence.

Now playing in Jacksonville “BAD TEACHER” (R) “Bad Teacher” is a comedy that is centered around a foul-mouthed and misbehaving teacher who has her own agenda.

Cameron Diaz (“Knight and Day,” “My Sister’s Keeper,” “The Box”) stars as Ms. Elizabeth Halsey, a prickly middle-school languagearts teacher with no regard for anyone but herself.

She uses curse lan-

FRIDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 6:30 p.m.

“The Hangover Part 2,” R, 9:15 p.m.

SATURDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 3:30 p.m.; FREE PREMIERE “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2,” PG-13, 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 3:30 p.m.; “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” PG-13, 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY “Priest,” PG-13, 7:30 p.m.

MARINE CORPS BASE CHAPEL SCHEDULE ROMAN CATHOLIC Saint Francis Xavier Chapel (Bldg. 17) Weekend Mass: Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. & 11a.m.

Traditional Latin Mass: Sunday 12:30 p.m.

Weekday Masses: Monday through Thursday 11:45 a.m.

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guage, smokes pot, dresses inappropriately and cares little for her classroom.

Elizabeth’s goal for the future has always included plans for a breastenhancement surgery and ditching public education as soon as she could snag a rich husband.

So when she is dumped by her wealthy fiancé, she sets her plan in motion again to win over a rich and handsome new substitute.

Justin Timberlake (“Social Network,” “Alpha Dog”) stars as Scott Delacorte, a newly hired younger teacher, who catches her eye and she begins to woo him.

Elizabeth reforms her teaching style in order to seduce him when she finds out that he has family money.

Lucy Punch (“Dinner for Schmucks,” “Hot Fuzz”) plays Amy Squirrel, Elizabeth’ energetic and well-liked colleague,

FRIDAY “Jumping the Broom,” PG-13, 6:30 p.m.

“Bridesmaids,” R, 9:15 p.m.

SATURDAY “Prom,” PG, 3:30 p.m.; “Jumping the Broom,” PG-13, 6:30 p.m.; “Bridesmaids,” R, 9:15 p.m.

SUNDAY “Prom,” PG, 3:30 p.m.; “Thor,” PG-13, 6:30 p.m.

MONDAY “Something Borrowed,” PG-13, 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY “Jumping the Broom,” PG-13, 7:30 p.m.

who also has great affections toward Scott.

At the same time Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent but nice gym teacher, Russell Gettis, played by Jason Segel (“I Love You Man,” “Knocked-Up”), who suffers her verbal abuse.

The consequences of Ms. Halsey’s wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an

FRIDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 7 p.m.; “The Hangover Part 2,” R, 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 7 p.m.; “The Hangover Part 2,” R, 9:30 p.m.

SUNDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 3 p.m.; “The Hangover Part 2,” R, 6 p.m.

MONDAY “Kung Fu Panda 2,” PG, 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY “The Hangover Part 2,” R, 7 p.m.

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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday of every month: 11:45 a.m.

Benediction at 8 p.m.

Holy Day Masses: As announced, 11:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Confession: Saturday 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

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EASTERN ORTHODOX St. Nicholas Chapel, Camp Johnson Divine Liturgy: Saturday 10 a.m.

For more information, call 450-0991 LATTER DAY SAINTS Camp Geiger Chapel Worship Service: Sunday 5 p.m.

For more information, call Elder Zollinger at 381-5318 2T7:1 LIVE (Youth Group) Meets in Bldg. 67 (Second Deck in Classroom 2) Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m.

PROTESTANT Main Protestant Chapel (Bldg. 16) Worship Service: Sunday 10 a.m.

Children’s Church and Youth Service provided Midway Park Extreme Chapel Contemporary Praise & Worship Worship Service: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Youth Group, Children’s Church and Nursery provided Tarawa Terrace Chapel Main TT Chapel (Bldg. TT-2469) Worship Service: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Courthouse Bay Chapel Main Courthouse Bay Chapel (Bldg.

BB-16) Worship Service: Sunday 5 p.m.

Camp Geiger Chapel Main Camp Geiger Chapel (Bldg. TC 601) Worship Service: Sunday 5 p.m.

Camp Johnson Chapel Main Camp Johnson Chapel (Bldg. M-16) Worship Service: Sunday 9 a.m.

JEWISH The Jewish Chapel (Bldg. 67) Sabbath Service: Friday 7 p.m.

For information about other faith provisions (Muslim, Buddhist, etc), call 451-3210.

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Co-starring are John Michael Higgins (“Couples Retreat,” “Yes Man”) as Principal Wally Snur; Eric Stonestreet (TVs “Modern Family”) as Elizabeth’s roommate; and Phyllis Smith (TVs “The Office”) as Lynn Davies, Elizabeth’s shy and only friend.

Jake Kasdan (“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “Orange County,” “Zero Effect”) directed this dark comedic tale of a teacher who neglects her pupils while keeping alcohol and pot in her

classroom storage.

“Bad Teacher” is an uneven, over-the-top, raunchy comedy about the tough teaching profession. Just in time to say ‘School is out for Summer.’ However, this film turns into a dreadfully bad attempt and miserable failure at crude humor and bad behavior and is truly a stinker rather than relaxing summer entertainment.

Ms. Huneycutt is the public affairs assistant at the base Public Affairs Office.

For information on concerts, festivals, special events and classes up and down the Carolina coast, check out What’s happenin’ Carolina each week. To add your event, e-mail amy.binkley@pilotonline.com. Space is limited to availability.

Flow Circus July 12, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Come and watch Paul Miller’s comedy and juggling act at the Tarawa Terrace Community Center. The stellar act, “One Toy, Many Stories,” was recently showcased on Disney Cruise Lines.

The free event is part of the Children’s Summer Reading Program presented by the Harriotte B. Smith Library aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Participants in the program should bring their reading logs. For more information, call 4513026 or visit www.mccslejeune.com/srp.

Midsummer Night’s Murder July 12, 6:30 p.m.

Murder and mystery are on the menu for participants in the Teen Summer Reading Program. Join the super-reading sleuths as they follow clues to find out whodunit at the Harriotte B. Smith Library aboard MCB Camp Lejeune. For more information, call 451-3026 or visit www.mccslejeune.com/srp.

D.E.F.Y. Leadership Camp Aug. 2 through 12 Do you have a youth between 9 and 12 years of old? Want to add some fun to their summer and to meet new friends? If you answered yes, this is the camp for your child. Drug Education for Youth is a self-esteem building program that provides kids with the tools they need to resist drugs, gangs and alcohol. The camp is free, but space is limited. Register your child today.

Children must be Department of Defense dependents. Applications are available online at www.hq.navy.mil/defy, or building 302 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information call 451-2865.

Couplehood to Parenthood Workshop July 12, 13 and 14 Having a baby is great, but the stress of a growing family can be a lot. This free 90-minute workshop, taught by licensed professionals from Military & Family Life Consultants, can help.

You’ll learn how to handle the many changes that parenthood brings, identify ways to avoid conflict, recognize the importance of marriage enrichment and discover ways to keep both parents involved even during deployment.

Free child care information and process will be shared upon registration. The workshop is available at three different days and times for your convenience: July 12 at 9:30 a.m., July 13 at 6:30 p.m. and July 14 at 11:30 a.m. Open to all DOD patrons. For more information, call 451-2864.

Breastfeeding Support Group Every third Thursday of the month, 9:30 to 11 a.m.

This support group takes place at the Onslow County Health Department, 612 College Street, Jacksonville, N.C. For information call 450-0081 ext. 245.

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The Beirut Memorial Room in the USO of N.C. Jacksonville Center is fully furnished and decorated with a sign featuring each life lost. The room was dedicated early this year in a ceremony with many of the family members and friends of the Marines and sailors who passed away in attendance.

USO of NC Jacksonville Center celebrates 70 years of service stories and memories.”

A USO volunteer said when her father first came to the USO in 1942, there was only one room and it was only half the size that it is today.

A lot of time has passed since then and the USO has expanded in the size of building as well as in heart.

With a ballroom and stage making up the majority of building space, it makes it an ideal place to hold events.

“A lot of the units have their functions here because it’s more of a relaxed atmosphere,” said Fisher. “Spouses always come here to have potlucks, and we’ve even held a fashion show here for them.”

The USO is always offering new outlets and programs for military families. Programs such as United Through Reading are available, where service members read a book to their child and have it videotaped, so when they are deployed their kids can read a book with

PFC. NIK S. PHONGSISATTANAK Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

The USO has been there through thick and thin, tending to service members and their families throughout the world since 1941. During World War II, the USO became the service members’ “home away from home” and they started a tradition of tending to the troops.

For the USO in Jacksonville, North Carolina, the helping hand has become wrinkled through the years, but its mission to help and support has only blossomed.

“This is the oldest continuously operating USO in the world,” said Deborah Fisher, director of the USO of North Carolina, Jacksonville Center. “The building has been here since 1941. It’s got such a rich history and we have a lot of veterans come by to share their

mom or dad every night and stay familiar with their parents voice and face.

“There’s also a program called Smiles Over Miles where service member and spouse get a (free) membership for internet video messages,” said Fisher. “Last month a lady brought her son in to open up birthday presents and blow out a candle on a cupcake for his dad to see.”

Besides the many programs that help families stay in touch during deployments, they offer supplies to families that may be struggling due to bad circumstances.

“There’s a full kitchen where we can make hot food and serve cold beverages,” said Fisher. “We also have a family pantry with non-perishable foods, for military families in times of financial difficulties. We also provide assistance with tornado (or hurricane) relief efforts that hit the community.”

The USO has been able provided many things for military families, from recreational events to humanitarian support.

“We just want to help take a little bit of the weight off of their shoulders,” said Fisher. “We have such heavy deployments, and being able to provide comfort to the service members and their families, by letting them know that there’s an organization that they can count on while their gone, is great. I love putting a smile on the families’ and troops’ faces.”

The USO in North Carolina is largely funded by donations from individuals and corporate sponsors. It operates with a small group of full-time employees with a network of approximately 700 volunteers that help to support nearly a quarter of a million patrons each year during events such as deployments, homecomings and unit functions.

For more information on USO services call 451-3411 or visit www.uso-nc.org.

• Mirrors & Wall Art • Elegant Lighting • Cabinets & Countertops Photo by Pfc. Nik Phongsisattanak

Food supplies are collected and stored at the Jacksonville USO, and given to service members and families that need aide. Supplies were recently given to families for tornado relief efforts.

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Persistent poodle keeps woman alive CPL. JONATHAN G. WRIGHT

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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hen someone hears a story about a dog saving someone’s life, they envision a large, strong canine performing some act of animal heroism.

However, try imagining a dog the size of a one-gallon milk jug pulling someone away from the brink of death.

This was the case when Tassie, a one-foot long, eight-pound ball of heroic fluff, kept Marna Martin, a disabled Navy wife, from passing away while unconscious in her home, April 27.

Suffering from polyneuritis, or the inflammation of a couple of nerves which may result in paralysis and muscle degradation, the main side effect of her debilitation is random vaso-vascular syncope attacks, or periods of sudden unconsciousness.

Such attacks are not predictable, so Martin’s toy poodle became her alarm, being able to sense when a syncope attack was about to hit.

“I have these a few times a week due to my polyneuritis, so Tassie is trained to stay with me and alert me if a syncope is coming,” said Martin. “Her alerts give me about 15 minutes to prepare for an otherwise unpredictable period of unconsciousness. Normally, she would just escort me to my bed and let me go to sleep until the syncope passes.”

Whenever some form of medical attack happens, there are certain chemical changes that occur within the body, such as a hormonal drop, which slightly alter an individual’s body and skin scent – not nearly enough for a human nose to take notice of, but just enough for a dog to catch.

“When a diabetic’s blood sugar level

is about to drop, a dog can pick up on the change in that person’s scent, such as a hormonal drop, and warn them,” said Vince Reina, master trainer at the Southland Dog Training facilities out of Tampa, Fla., which trains dog to become medical aides.

“There’s no sixth sense or intuition to it – it’s strictly physiological. Their scent system is so much more advanced than ours, so it’s a matter of training them to notice the telltale scents of an attack and know how to act,” he continued.

Such was the case with Martin and Tassie. Originally Tassie acted as a psychiatric service dog, helping Martin cope with her post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks during her husband’s various deployments.

After a while Tassie was able to recognize the certain scents that would eventually lead Martin’s syncope attacks, warning Martin when such an attack would occur and prompting her to lie down to avoid injury.

However, on the afternoon of the 27th, Martin received a telephone call saying that the grass in the backyard of her house was too tall and needed to be cut.

With her husband out of town for the week, she decided she had to do it herself – something which could prove strenuous for the now wheelchair-bound Martin.

Not 10 minutes into starting, Tassie was frantically barking and nipping at Martin’s heels, more persistent than usual in her warnings of an upcoming syncope attack.

Martin made her way to her bed, but Tassie would not stop.

“She didn’t let me go to sleep,” said Martin. “She was frantic, licking my face and wrists and nipping my fingertips to keep me from passing out. She would

also run between me and my 12-year-old daughter, who, because of these actions, contacted 911.”

By the time the paramedics arrived and transported Martin to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, her blood pressure had dropped to 39/27 – it took multiple times to even get a reading.

Due to the combination of her usual medication and the additional physical exertion, Martin’s blood pressure dropped lower than was usual during a syncope attack and was in danger of not returning.

“Without Tassie’s intervention, I

would have died that afternoon,” said Martin. “My 12-year-old would have been dealing with a corpse.”

Doctors at the naval hospital were able to stabilize Martin’s blood pressure long enough for it to return to its normal state, and returned home to her family no worse for the wear.

While this may be seen as just another animal hero story in the annals of pet history, it has made a world of difference in the lives of Martin and her family.

If one eight-pound poodle hadn’t acted as she had, that family would feel the heavy loss of a wife and mother.

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Tassie, the eight-pound poodle that saved Marna Martin’s life the afternoon of April 27, is able to sense when syncope attacks, or periods of unpredictable unconsciousness, are about to happen. This is what allowed Tassie to keep Martin from dying after her blood pressure dropped below an unsustainable rate, alerting Martin’s daughter to call paramedics.

NHCL receives new mammogram units LANCE CPL. VICTOR BARRERA Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

In the United States, it is estimated that one in nine women will develop invasive breast cancer.

In 2010, about 39,800 women were expected to die from breast cancer; however, death rates have been decreasing since 1990. One reason being early detection from mammogram screenings.

Since the fall of 2010, Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has had two new full-field digital mammogram units that increase Navy radiologists’ ability to detect micro-calcifications during screening mammograms.

“These are state-of-theart machines,” said Lt. Cmdr. Marcel Macgilvray, chief radiologist with the

NHCL. “No one has better equipment for screening mammograms than we do right now.”

The new units are much more sensitive in detecting micro-calcifications, one of the markers radiologists look for while screening mammograms for signs of breast cancer.

“We still recommend that women follow the American College of Radiology guidelines to begin annual screening mammography at age 40,” said Macgilvray. “If they have a primary relative who was diagnosed with breast cancer, however, we recommend they begin annual screening mammograms 10 years prior to the age of their relative’s age at the time of diagnosis.”

An annual check-up is recommended and is also covered by TRICARE, the primary health care provider for service members

and their dependents.

“We encourage women who have a concern to come in,” said Macgilvray.

“If they found a new lump or something their worried about, they can see their provider first, but they can also self-refer by calling 450-3470 and we will get them in to be seen.”

This can help in diagnosing patients faster and if required, give them the appropriate attention right away.

“Studies have shown that breast cancer happens to one in nine women, so it’s not a matter of ‘maybe’ it will happen, it’s just a matter of when it will happen,” said Macgilvray.

“Getting screened is a way women can be pro-active and give themselves the best chance to find signs of breast cancer early. Our new digital equipment really helps us in this fight against breast cancer.”

Photo by Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright

(Above) The full-field digital mammography machine, newly acquired at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, replaces the older analog diagnostic machine, screening breast tissue in the mammography section of the NHCL Radiology Department. (Left) Stephanie Williams, a mammographer with the mammography section, Radiology Department of Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, examines the tissue of a scanned breast after being X-ray’d by the new full-field digital mammography machine.

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edged in between endlessmilesofbeaches, the charm and beauty of downtown Swansboro, NC lies on the White Oak River. A few miles east of Camp Lejeune sits the quaint historic area dubbed “The friendly city by the sea.”

The welcoming community makes it a great spot to set sail on the mighty Atlantic.

If you head downtown and don’t have a clue where to go, make the Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center at 203 West Church Street your first destination. The friendly staff, abundance of information, and the public restrooms make this a great starting point.

This summer Swansboro has a new additiontoitsdowntowncharm.June23,2011 marked the grand opening of the Olde Town Square Pavilion. The project was launched by the Swansboro Board of Commissioners, who have engaged in multiple projects to better the community. The project was funded in part

by Onslow County Tourism and a private donation by Keith and Rebecca Walsh.

The Pavilion is an 800-foot bandstand that will serve as a live entertainment venue. It will house musical performances, festivals, and special events--including a puppet show for children of deployed parents next spring.

The Seaside Arts Council was formed to encourage community access to the performing arts, and the Council and its Co-Presidents Kathy Kelly and Angie Cooper could not be more enthusiastic about Pavilion’s opening.

“The new pavilion will be a great resource to further promote the arts in Swansboro.

We have needed an outdoor venue like this for a long time. The Seaside Arts Council’s mission is to make Swansboro a major center of cultural activities in the area. The new pavilion puts us one step closer to achieving that goal,” says Cooper.

The Pavilion will host one of Swansboro’s most notable festivals, Swanfest, which is a free Sunday concert series.

“The support of the community of our Fall and Winter performing arts series through ticket sales and memberships has made it possible for us to bring these free summer concerts to Swansboro. Contributions from the Town of Swansboro, Onslow County Tourism and Onslow Memorial Hospital are greatly appreciated as well,” says Cooper.

The fun begins this Sunday evening with Big Drink Music Co. Folks can head on over to Swansboro with blankets and lawn chairs for the start of the show at 6 p.m.

There are plenty of shops and restaurants withinearshotofthePavilion,sosettlingdown for dinner with a view during a performance makes Swansboro an unbeatable place to spend a Sunday evening this summer.

Swansboro Music & Pawn Swanfest have you feeling inspired? Head to Swansboro Music and Pawn. After years of experience in the music and pawn industry, former military child and store owner Don Whalen opened his doors in 2001.

For over decade Whalen has prided himself serving Eastern North Carolina as a discount music center. According to Whalen, “Our main focus is specialized retail music, music is first here.”

“We are family-oriented and friendly.

People enjoy coming in because I know them and they like that,” Whalen says.

The shop boasts a variety of new and preowned instruments and accessories and also offers guitar lessons and a Fender certified repair technician on site.

The pawn shop serves as a federal firearms license dealer. In addition, they buy and sell an array of items including jewelry, gold, and coins. Collateral loans are also available.

Soul Serenity Day Spa If music alone is not enough to soothe your soul, Soul Serenity Day Spa in Swansboro will certainly do the trick.

Soul Serenity offers unique holistic health experiences and services All therapists are certified through the International Association of Colon Hydro therapists. Owner Lenna Shepard spent many years working with doctors’ offices and performing hydrotherapy. When her husband accepted a position as a project manager aboard Camp Lejeune, Shepard took her previous knowledge and experience and created Soul Serenity. Outside of colon hydrotherapy, Soul Serenity offers body wraps, cellulite reductions, detox foot baths, facials, massages, permanent cosmetics, waxing, and time in their infrared sauna.

In a therapeutic environment, owner Lenna Shepard and her fellow therapists are committed to assisting individuals in being educated about and reaching optimal wellness levels. In fact, Shepard spends the majority of her time working with military personnel.

“I assist with weight loss and diet counseling, it is important for the military men and women to take their diet seriously to lose weight in a safe manner,” says Shepard.

Soul Serenity’s therapeutic options are also popular with military personnel.

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(Top) Swansboro community members who played a key role in the construction of the Olde Town Square Pavillion pose for a picture before the ribbon cutting marking its grand opening on June 23, 2011. (Above left) The Swansboro Music Center & Pawn Shop from Highway 24, east of Camp Lejeune. (Above right) Soul Serenity Day Spa in Swansboro, NC offers ten different types of facials for all skin types, and a variety of packages for military members and families.

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Don’t forget the necessities NAVY LT. RICHARD H. WIESE

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Many of us grilled out last weekend, while spending time with family and friends. I imagine several folks had their list of necessities in order to have a successful cookout. As we gathered in our different groups, I hope we did not forget about another group of men that gathered 235 years ago.

On a bright sunny day in Philadelphia, 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence.

The first, largest and most famous signature is that of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress. The youngest signer was Edward Rutledge, at 26 years old, and Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old was the oldest. Two future presidents also signed: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Two sentences are well known – one toward the beginning of the document and the other contains the last words written. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.�

Noah Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines “endowed� as, “To enrich or furnish with any gift, quality or faculty.�

God has definitely blessed this great country of ours, but more than the macroscopic view of God’s blessings, I would implore you to look for evidence in your own life.

Too often we take a trip to the grocery store to buy all the necessities for a successful cookout and as we decide between mesquite or hickory flavored barbecue sauce and whether we want brisket, chicken or ribs, we never give a thought to thank God for allowing us to be born in such a wonderful country.

Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.�

Yes, we should spend time with our family and friends, but make it a point to worship the true and living God. Ask yourself, “Where would I be if it were not for the grace of God?� God Bless America.

Photo by Pfc. Nik Phongsisattanak

Children of service members gathered supplies for an art project during the Crafty Campers event hosted by Armed Services YMCA at Tarawa Terrace aboard the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune housing area, June 28. During the event the children discussed ways to be safe while doing summer activities.

Campers get crafty at Armed Services YMCA PFC. NIK S. PHONGSISATTANAK

It alleviates a little bit of stress off of the parents when they can take their kids to a safe environment where they’re learning something and having fun.

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hildren gathered to kick off the Crafty Campers program hosted by Armed Services YMCA at Tarawa Terrace aboard the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune housing area, June 28.

The program is open to children of authorized Department of Defense identification cardholders ages 6 through 10.

Denise Cordova, assistant program director with Armed Services YMCA Parents dropped off their kids for the Sunny Days event, which is one of the six weekly events offered in Crafty Campers from June 28 though Aug. 2. “Today we’re actually going to discuss summer safety and decorate sun glasses for the crafting

portion,� said Denise Cordova, assistant program director with Armed Services YMCA. During the interactive discussion, Cordova talked about appropriate behavior and asked questions about the different types of safety gear for

Photo by Pfc. Nik Phongsisattanak

Arts and crafts supplies are collected together on a table for children to use during the Crafty Campers event hosted by Armed Services YMCA at Tarawa Terrace aboard the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune housing area, June 28.

The event was one of six weekly events offered in Crafty Campers from June 28 though Aug. 2.

activities such as biking, swimming and plain old fun in the sun.

After reviewing safety tips and lessons, the children were able to begin their masterpieces.

The YMCA provided sunglasses with cases for all of the kids to decorate any way they wanted.

Cordova asked the children what they liked most about art. The first to answer said, “It’s a way to show how we feel.� Another said, “I get to use my imagination to be creative,� and one simply replied, “I just like to paint.�

The young craftsmen scattered decorative supplies all over their work table.

All of them seemed focused on their projects, breaking out of their tunnel vision only to inquire for help or for a pit stop at the restroom.

They let their creative imaginations take control and some seemed as if they forgot the need to blink. “The goal of Crafty

Campers is to give the children more things to do,� said Barbara Robinson, program director with Armed Services YMCA. “They get a chance to come in and show off their (artistic) crafts. It also gives the parents a cheaper way of providing a summer camp that doesn’t cost hundreds of dollars a month, because Crafter Campers is only $25. The events last for six sessions and we provide all the supplies.�

The YMCA has been a proud supporter of services members, veterans and their families, helping in any way they can to improve and promote a safe and healthy lifestyle. “It’s a great opportunity for (us) to give back to the community,� said Cordova. “It alleviates a little bit of stress off of the parents when they can take their kids to a safe environment where

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Though most of you had no idea I was even gone, I recently had the opportunity to bunker down in an orphanage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to do missions work and serve the people in the city and the surrounding villages for almost two weeks.

Everything was foreign to me – the language, the culture and especially the intensity of the equator sun. Trust me, my freckled, porcelain skin could tell I wasn’t in North Carolina anymore.

I have traveled before, but nothing had prepared me for the paradox of a third-world country, where an extremely impoverished people live among actual pigs in the shadow of a prominent shopping mall.

Many of my friends in the Marine Corps have told stories of the culture shock they experienced while deployed overseas, but there’s nothing like seeing suffering with your own eyes to put things in perspective.

I have tales to tell for years to come, but there was one aspect of my trip where I felt completely at home.

My small group of seven, led by a former reconnaissance Marine, was invited to visit the Honduran army base and meet with the commanding general.

My imagination went wild.

I perked up at the thought of being an ambassador for the United States and took pride knowing that I would be representing the Marine Corps, even if it was only

as a civilian.

I dressed the part of professional journalist, pen and notebook in hand, ready to write anything of importance during our meeting.

Unfortunately, Unfortun my instincts, wh which smelled a good story, were blocked by the four years of French I took too throughout high school and college.

I secretly hoped Michael JJ. F Fox would show up in his Delorean to take me back in time and tell my younger self to go with the crowd and choose Spanish.

My desire to be different proved detrimental as I tried to figure out what in the world was being said around me.

However, I did learn one thing as I listened to the conversations between my leader and the colonel.

There is no word for Marine except Marine.

At first, I found it funny that there was no translation, but then, what is the need really?

The word Marine, capitalized to distinguish from aquatic wildlife, evokes honor and pride to those who hold the title and strikes fear into the hearts of their enemies.

My translator, who was a true-life caricature of a soldier, complete with bulging biceps and a flat top haircut, presented a thought to the colonel and the rest of us that I haven’t been able to shake.

He said, “The true metamorphosis isn’t that a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. No, the true metamorphosis is realizing that the butterfly can never turn back into a caterpillar.”

I can’t think of anything that could more aptly apply this principle than a Marine.

You go into boot camp, somewhat unaware of how your life is about to change, and you come out a completely different person.

Sure, you still have your opinions, personality and things that make you distinctly you, but

after all the drills and exercises, your muscle memory won’t allow you to go back to business as usually.

You either fly or die.

I’ve been told there is no such thing as an exMarine. There are those who retire and those who used to be in, but once a Marine, always a Marine.

There is no turning back.

Looking at our time with the colonel, I can’t help but think it was more significant than any of us realized, but that’s how it usually goes when you are caught up in an assignment, isn’t it?

When you’re elbows deep in completing what you’ve been tasked with, you don’t have time to worry about petty things like medals or ribbons or acclamations.

We weren’t sniping terrorists, but our mission was important. We were sent off with words of appreciation and invitations to come back when we visit the country again.

As we pulled out of the gate, I noticed a sign I had missed on the way in.

I couldn’t tell you what all it said, but two words I recognized – mission and vision.

Before all else, the soldiers kept their mission and vision ahead of them to keep them focused.

A mission is a specific task or duty assigned to a person or group of people. A vision is the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be.

Think of it like a map.

Your mission gives you the route, but your vision anticipates when you need to turn or move.

Both must line up in order to get you where you need to go.

You have to keep your sights straight so you don’t get lost, whether your mission is to be a good man, a good Marine, a good mother or even a good friend.

Set your mission and vision forward at all times because there is no reverse gear in military life.

Courtesy photo

My group and I posing with Col. Ephraim Wilfredo Oliva Lopez, commanding general of the Honduran Army in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, recently.

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