Story by Victoria Long | Marine Corps Installations East | 11.05.2024
Several Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion barracks received new mattresses, blinds and linens as part of an initiative to enhance the quality of life among Marines who live in Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, also known as barracks, on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina....
Story by Victoria Long | Marine Corps Installations East | 09.10.2024
Marines and civilians assigned to Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, tested their response capabilities through a series of drills focused on an active threat to the installation. During the multi-faceted drill, H&S Battalion, along with the Provost Marshal’s Office (PMO) and Fire and Emergency Services Division (FESD), worked with Marine Corps......
Story by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto | Marine Corps Installations East | 07.28.2023
In the heart of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, an often-forgotten group of Marines stands ready to bridge the gap between the frontlines and home, as across the base, mailrooms buzz with activity as postal clerks process and deliver packages, letters, and tokens of home. Yet, it's the personal touch that sets this group apart....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 08.04.2022
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – “To be a leader you have to get buy-in from other individuals to achieve a common goal, a purpose, or a mission,” said U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Phillip Tate, the company commander of Bravo Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. “Leadership is about finding avenues for success by leading in ways Marines not only......
Story by Cpl. Karis Mattingly | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 12.09.2021
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- “I always asked my past master sergeant, how do you know when to leave for the day?” he said. “He replied, ‘whenever you have no packages on your desk, or that you can sleep knowing that those packages can wait till tomorrow.’ That’s what helps drive me. One thing at a time, multiple things at once.”...
Story by Jeremy Beale | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 10.13.2017
By Jeremy Beale Staff Writer The Marines of Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&S Bn) gathered in front of Yale Hall Oct. 25 to show their gratitude for Base Facilities civilians David Payne, Gregory Rodgers and William Lemay for their outstanding support of a Battalion Barracks Reset initiative led by H&S Bn Commanding Officer Col. John Atkinson, Sgt. Maj. Thomas Johnson and the......
Story by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.12.2017
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – In the early morning light, a silhouette ascends the white cinder-block tower's short staircase, briefly pausing at the top to jingle open the structure's single hatch. Moments later, a voice echoes across the quiet range....
Story by Julia LeDoux | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 07.30.2014
Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall has a new office in the Pentagon that will help keep joint base Marines mission ready....
