Guests socialize during 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., where several members of the Montford Point Marines joined the unit Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to celebrate their role in the unit’s history and to honor the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday. - Guests socialize during 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., where several members of the Montford Point Marines joined the unit Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to celebrate their role in the unit’s history and to honor the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday.
Capt. Erik A. Keim, the commanding officer of Communications Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, drives his ball down range at the Paradise Point golf course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct 24, 2012. CLR-27 held the tournament as a fundraiser for its Marine Corps Birthday Ball. - Capt. Erik A. Keim, the commanding officer of Communications Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, drives his ball down range at the Paradise Point golf course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct 24, 2012. CLR-27 held the tournament as a fundraiser for its Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
Marines with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group strain against the weight of a seven-ton truck as they haul the vehicle during the unit’s field meet aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 24, 2012. The battalion used the competition as a focal point to build camaraderie and test its Marines’ endurance over the course of several events. - Marines with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group strain against the weight of a seven-ton truck as they haul the vehicle during the unit’s field meet aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 24, 2012. The battalion used the competition as a focal point to build camaraderie and test its Marines’ endurance over the course of several events.
A forbidding sign warns visitors to Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s haunted house that they are entering a dangerous part of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 21, 2012. The unit invited families to bring their children to the event, where a free haunted house and a barbecue waited for them. - A forbidding sign warns visitors to Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s haunted house that they are entering a dangerous part of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 21, 2012. The unit invited families to bring their children to the event, where a free haunted house and a barbecue waited for them.
Gunnery Sgt. Jesus M. Melendrez, the operations chief for Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses in front of the CLR-25 Top Performers panel aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 18, 2012. Melendrez dedicates most of his evenings and weekends to coaching youth sports at the base, and he has earned a reputation as an outstanding youth mentor within his unit. - Gunnery Sgt. Jesus M. Melendrez, the operations chief for Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses in front of the CLR-25 Top Performers panel aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 18, 2012. Melendrez dedicates most of his evenings and weekends to coaching youth sports at the base, and he has earned a reputation as an outstanding youth mentor within his unit.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Calvin B. Hanks, the president and founding member of 2nd Dental Battalion Junior Enlisted Association, stands beside Chief Petty Officer David Harris, one of the mentors for JEA in the battalion, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 18, 2012. Hanks and his fellow sailors launched JEA in September 2012 to provide a forum where junior enlisted sailors could voice their opinions, build camaraderie and directly impact their community through service projects. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Calvin B. Hanks, the president and founding member of 2nd Dental Battalion Junior Enlisted Association, stands beside Chief Petty Officer David Harris, one of the mentors for JEA in the battalion, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 18, 2012. Hanks and his fellow sailors launched JEA in September 2012 to provide a forum where junior enlisted sailors could voice their opinions, build camaraderie and directly impact their community through service projects.
The statue of a Marine dressed in the uniform worn at the time of the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, watches over the names of the fallen inscribed on the Beirut Memorial near Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 11, 2012. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group visited the memorial and spoke with a veteran of the conflict in Lebanon as part of an ongoing effort to keep the legacy of Beirut alive within the Marine Corps. - The statue of a Marine dressed in the uniform worn at the time of the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, watches over the names of the fallen inscribed on the Beirut Memorial near Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 11, 2012. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group visited the memorial and spoke with a veteran of the conflict in Lebanon as part of an ongoing effort to keep the legacy of Beirut alive within the Marine Corps.