Best warrior competition
March 31, 2014 — Fort Leonard Wood’s Soldiers, Seabees and Marines put their top service members to the test for the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence 2014 Best Warrior competition. Competitors endured frigid weather and complex exams, as their minds and bodies were strained through four days of events.With snow on the ground and temperatures in the low MORE
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Commandant Orders Sleeves up
March 14, 2014 — Warmer weather will bring Marines a change other than spring. For the first time in two years, Marines are allowed to roll up their sleeves in conjunction with the changeover from the winter to summer uniform. During those years, many Marines graduated from boot camp not knowing how to properly or efficiently roll their sleeves. Fort Leonard Wood MORE
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"Marines" Basketball Champs
March 14, 2014 — After finishing third in the Commander’s Cup Basketball Tournament the past two years, the U.S. Marine Corps Detachment team had their eyes set on the tournament trophy from the very start of the 2014 season. Cheered on by hundreds of their fellow Marines, three months of effort culminated in a 44-39 victory over the 5th Engineer Battalion in the MORE
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Marines lead way in blood donations
March 7, 2014 — The few led the many in blood donations last year during which time the Fort Leonard Wood Blood Donor Center processed more than 5,700 potential donors who donated 4,992 units of blood. The center’s staff conducted 197 drives, collecting an average of 26 units per drive. That was enough blood products made available to nearly 10,000 injured or ill MORE
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