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Training and Education Command

Quantico, Virginia

Archive: June, 2006

New Parent Support Program's classes prepare soon-to-be parents

The room is filled with the nervous sounds of uncomfortable men and women, all learning how to bath a new baby and to properly change a diaper. The New Parents Support Program aids Marines, sailors and their families with all of the nuances that perhaps did not come to mind when they first discovered there was going to be a new addition in the

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New ladies golf league forms at Depot's 'Legends' course

From its origin, the game of golf has been a sport predominantly played by men. It is as much of a social activity as a sporting one. Although it doesn't forbid women to play, there have been fewer prominent female players by comparison. Over the past several years, interest in the sport of ladies golf has been increasing. "In fact, ladies golf

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Hotel Co. DI pushes good nutrition habits on recruits

With every new batch of recruits, Staff Sgt. Eric Cayson, senior drill instructor, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, pushes that nutrition is key to assisting the body in adapting to the new lifestyle. To reinforce this, Cayson gives a nutrition class before the training cycle even begins. Nutrition is what it takes to keep the body

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4th RTBn. drill instructor upholds Corps' highest traditions

Staff Sgt. Monica Nuno, drill instructor, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, has been aboard Parris Island training recruits for almost exactly four years. At first glance, she is like the majority of the Depot's drill instructors - she spends her days with her platoon, works long hours and hardly sees her family. What sets her apart

Marines, sailors form varsity softball team

What do you get when you combine the best softball players in the Tri-Command area into one lean, mean, fightin' machine? The answer is Team Beaufort, a varsity softball team comprised of Marines and sailors from MCRD Parris Island, MCAS Beaufort and Naval Hospital Beaufort. The team is scheduled to head to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,

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CISD Marines hit the water for Friday physical training

The usual 3-mile run was scratched off the physical training agenda for the Marines of the Communication Information Systems Division, when they decided to change up Friday's PT and venture out on a three-hour kayak trip to promote camaraderie. Before taking off on this adventure, CISD checked out gear from the Marine Corps Community Services Gear

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Navy Surgeon General visits NHB

Many high positions in society are held by respectable, responsible adults. However, not all positions are given to those who have a passion for other people's lives. The position of surgeon general is a prestigious title held only by fifty-four individuals; one for each state, one for the Navy, Army and Air Force and one for the United States.

Beaufort Rotary Club honors Depot Marine, sailor

Two Depot service members, Staff Sgt. Steve Maynor, series gunnery sergeant, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Cmdr. Jonathon VanDermark, officer-in-charge of Branch Health Clinic-Dental, were named Military Persons of the Year by the Beaufort Rotary Club May 31. "Being selected as one of the three for this honor from the thousands

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