Stories

Shades of Green helps save ‘green’

For many children, visiting Walt Disney World may be the Mecca of vacation spots. Taking pictures and getting autographs with Disney’s finest is one thing they might very well remember for their whole lives. What do the parents remember, though? Expensive resorts, high-priced meals and out-of-this world attraction prices are all things found

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Frozen Chosin' survivor looks to start local branch of Savannah Chosin Few

Esprit De Corps seems to define Frank G. Gross; a man who endured the tumultuous minus 40 degree cold and blinding snow at the Chosin Reservoir during the the Korean War as a private first class with Item Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, in 1950. That ethos grew when his childhood love of country music compelled Gross to begin composing various

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Former Navy Doc earns Eagle, Globe, Anchor

After receiving the final order from his senior drill instructor, Pfc. Barry Lane Caulder rushed through the crowd of families in search of his own. The search was not difficult for his family, however, Caulder was the only private first class with a service stripe and nine ribbons on his new uniform. Caulder, a former Navy petty officer third

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Remembering the Sands of Iwo Jima

In the spring of 1944, the United States was flexing its unstoppable military might during the island-hopping campaigns of the Pacific theater as thousands of young, seemingly fearless men committed themselves to the cause. William J. Bryan was one of these men. Now a volunteer with the Parris Island Museum, Bryan can be found there two days a week

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Athletes, Depot gear up for 18th annual Parris Island triathlon

The Depot is scheduled to hold its 7th annual Marine Corps Community Services-South Carolina Parris Island Triathlon March 18 at 9 a.m., starting at the Combat Pool. The multi-event race, which is the first of 11 in a series of yearly triathlons that make up the Palmetto State Triathlon Series, will feature three events: a 500-meter swim, a 12-mile

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DI awarded Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan

Most people cannot remember what they were doing the day of June 3, 2004, but for Staff Sgt. Anthony Viggiani, the past is as clear as the present. Viggiani, a 3rd Recruit Training Battalion drill instructor, was awarded the Navy Cross February 24 for his actions in Afghanistan on June 3, 2004. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

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We don't promise you a rose garden

The menacing look on the drill instructor's face says it all. The salty DI glares up at a new recruit at receiving - the muscles in his face so tight the veins are popping out of his neck - in order to give the recruit a bit of what he calls "attitude readjustment" on his first day in recruit training. The Marine in the infamous "We don't promise

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Shades of Green helps save ‘green’

Frozen Chosin' survivor looks to start local branch of Savannah Chosin Few

Afghan chaplain, staff visit Depot Religious Ministries Center

The transformation begins here

Depot leadership agree that alcohol, driving not a good mix

Former Navy Doc earns Eagle, Globe, Anchor

Remembering the Sands of Iwo Jima

Athletes, Depot gear up for 18th annual Parris Island triathlon

DI awarded Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan

We don't promise you a rose garden