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Training and Education Command

Quantico, Virginia

Gladden, Baxter named Depot Athletes of the Year

Two Depot softball players were recently selected by Marine Corps Community Services-South Carolina as the Depot's 2003 Athletes of the Year. Gunnery Sgt. Alonzo Baxter, staff NCOIC, Academic Instruction Unit, and Cpl. Kimberly Gladden, Consolidated Memorandum Receipt clerk, Property Control Division, were determined to have achieved the most

BAH change affects Depot

The Department of Defense has raised the Basic Allowance for Housing by an average of seven percent for 2004, but the monetary increase that many Marine ranks in the Beaufort area will see falls short of the National average. Privates through corporals with dependants in the local area will see their monthly allowance increase from $875 to $900 -

Local JROTC visits Island

The Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps is one of many ways for young men and women to see the opportunities and leadership that the military has to offer without having to sign on the dotted line. The Battery Creek High School JROTC chapter visited the Depot for a tour of the facilities and some physical training Jan. 9. The students were

Crews putting final touches on Field Training Facility

The Field Training Facility at WFTBn., which was originally scheduled for completion in August 2003, will be ready for use within the next few weeks. The $2.8 million facility will house the new Crucible Operations Center and have enough seating to accommodate up to 450 recruits for various training evolutions. Depot Public Works saw a need for

Mental Health Unit provides Marines relief from stress

A recruit sits in his chair, not stiff and ready for anything, but totally relaxed amid an air of tranquil thoughts-that is his mission. He is doing exactly as he has been taught, to follow orders to a tee. It starts from his head and leads to his toes -- a process of tensing and then relaxing the muscles to reduce stress. He is led on this journey

Depot makes final preparations to change over to new NMCI

The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet is in place and ready for use by Depot personnel. The two-month cut over process for switching users from the old network to the new and improved NMCI network begins Tuesday, starting with buildings 159 (CISD) and 1050 (Depot Telephone). This process will require that each computer be re-loaded with the NMCI

PI Sting places 3rd at national tourney, stung by nemesis

The Parris Island Sting, the Tri-Command's varsity soccer team, placed third in the 7th Annual Blizzard Blast, part of the Bear Foot Sports Soccer Six Tournament Series, at the Austin-Tindale Soccer Complex in Kissimmee, Fla., Saturday - Sunday. The team is a regular participant in the series, competing in one tournament a month, including a

Future renovations in store for HSBn

A group of engineers and architects swept through H&S Bn. barracks Jan. 7 - 9, analyzing the condition of floors and walls within the rooms, hallways and offices in preparation for a $1.1 million renovation project. Captain Branden Bailey, commanding officer, Service Co., said the project, which should be completed 12 to 18 months after the

'I have a dream'; Depot to commemorate legacy of Martin Luther King Jr

"... I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today..." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, a commemorative service will be held Monday at the MCAS

NHB physician assists in recovery efforts

Commander Robert Reuer, a family practitioner and flight surgeon currently assigned to the Branch Medical Clinic at Parris Island, has recently returned from a once in a lifetime experience. From Oct. 30 to Dec. 3, 2002, Reuer was a member of an MIA Search Team deployed to Laos under the auspices of Joint Task Force-Full Accounting. (JTF-FA). The

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