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Brazil native shatters myths about female Marines April 15, 2010 — A female Marine who hails from the South American country of Brazil is shattering all myths about what it means to be a female Marine. Lance Cpl. Soraya Silva, a combat engineer with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, earned the title, U.S. Marine, just one year ago and is already on the cusp of becoming a MORE 0 Comments
Woman balances motherhood, weightlifting team while leading Marines April 12, 2010 — Women serving on active duty in the military have a difficult time balancing family life and their careers as working women. Staff Sgt. Alkedra Johnson is a U.S. Marine who understands the difficulties women face when raising a family and developing a career in the Marines. As the platoon sergeant for Utilities Platoon, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, MORE 0 Comments
Marine corporal exceeds expectations, helps fight cancer March 29, 2010 — Dependable. Determined. Motivated. Those are just three of the many words Gunnery Sgt. Derrick Hayes, assistant staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the flammables section, 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, uses to describe Cpl. Dana Hineline. "She is just simply outstanding," he noted about Hineline. "If you need MORE 0 Comments
Female Marine leads platoon, inspires others March 25, 2010 — Sgt. Tanell Nedd is one of the busiest noncommissioned officers working in the 2nd Marine Logistics Group these days. While she directs and mentors her platoon of young Marines, she is also preparing them for a grueling future deployment to Afghanistan. Nedd, a tactical switch operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd MLG, is the platoon MORE 0 Comments
Logistics NCO setting example for fellow women warriors March 19, 2010 — In the 1940s, when women were first allowed to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, female Marines did not qualify with weapons and they were not required to learn hand-to-hand combat, but they received specific instruction on etiquette and how to wear makeup. Oh, how things have changed. Cpl. Amy Gentry is a prime example of just how much life has MORE 0 Comments
Marine’s award-winning past leads to his significant presence September 06, 2009 — Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps, every potential Marine sits down with a recruiter and picks out the reasons they want to join from a stack of colorful cards with the words travel, education and discipline, among others that describe most of the reasons someone would make the decision to commit. For Sgt. Justin D. Toren, a driver MORE 0 Comments
Gunnery sergeant shares secrets to meritorious career June 25, 2009 — On May 2, 2009, then Staff Sgt. Jason Eckman was combat-meritoriously promoted to the rank of gunnery sergeant, becoming one of the few Marines that are ever bestowed with the rare honor of being combat-meritoriously promoted to such a prestigious rank. A meritorious promotion in the Marine Corps is an irregular promotion that allows particular MORE 0 Comments
PSD Marines, sailor use combat experience for current duty in Iraq June 23, 2009 — The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) commanding general’s personnel security detail is a rich melting pot of experienced, seasoned Marines who perform a particularly specialized mission. Among the 14-man team’s members are military policemen, a Navy corpsman, a motor transportation operator, a communications specialist and infantrymen. The team MORE 0 Comments
From country roots to combat boots, Marine sings his patriotism June 22, 2009 — Sittin’ in the desert, a thousand miles away from home, Lance Cpl. Stephen D. Davis, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, thinks about his lifetime and all the songs he wrote. Davis, currently deployed to Al Anbar province, Iraq, and winner of a recent talent show held aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, started playing the guitar when MORE 0 Comments
Father, son serve under same colors in Iraq May 31, 2009 — When Cpl. Jared P. Lopez joined the Marine Corps in September 2006, he always knew there would be a possibility that he would deploy at the same time as his father, who has served in the Marine Corps for nearly 20 years—but he didn’t think that they would end up on the same base in Iraq. Much to his surprise – that’s just what happened. In MORE 0 Comments

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