News: Miscellaneous
05.17.2012
Coalition forces train together at Eager Lion 12
Story by Spc. Samantha Parks | U.S. Special Operations Command Central | Date: 05.17.2012Conflict arose when Redland invaded Blueland, displacing more than 75 personnel in the Jabal Petra area. Then came a threat of possible insurgent attacks and improvised explosive devices. Read More
05.17.2012
ARFF Marines show students how they get things done
Story by Cpl. Kenneth Trotter | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | Date: 05.17.2012Two Matthew C. Perry High School students spent the day following Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Marines aboard the station May 17, 2012, as part of the M.C. Perry job shadow day. Read More
05.17.2012
Unit Marines, ship’s sailors visit schoolchildren in Thailand
Story by Cpl. Ryan Carpenter | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 05.17.2012Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors serving aboard USS New Orleans visited schoolchildren, played soccer, and took the students on a tour of the ship, May 17. Read More
05.17.2012
A long road home
Story by 1st Lt. Mark Lazane | Operation Onward Liberty | Date: 05.17.2012In 1998, during the Liberian civil wars, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, then age 12, fled the violence of his home country, searching for peace. Read More
05.17.2012
Dougherty promoted to colonel in North Dakota Air Guard
Courtesy Story | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | Date: 05.17.2012John R. Dougherty, of Moorhead, Minn., has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the North Dakota Air National Guard. Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, administered the oath of... Read More
