Marine Corps News | by Cpl. Aaron Rooks
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The 2nd Marine Logistics Group held its first ever safety expo here June 30 in hopes of uniting the community of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., toward a safe and healthier lifestyle.

The event focused on providing Marines with the knowledge necessary to help keep themselves and their families safe, highlighting various topics ranging from everyday health and wellness, to the more serious topics such as traffic, off-duty and recreational safety.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nigel Abner, the assistant safety officer for 2nd MLG, said the expo was a success. He said safety representatives from the II Marine Expeditionary Force were present for the event, showing the importance of safety.

Combined reports from II MEF and 2nd MLG prove the value of events such as this one. They show that for the duration of 2nd MLG’s recent combat deployment to Iraq, 36 percent of lives lost occurred here at MCB Camp Lejeune due to various safety mishaps.

“A lot of younger Marines are looking at getting out and having fun,” said Staff Sgt. James Haynes, the safety officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 22, an element of Combat Logistics Regiment 27. “They often don’t think about the hazards.”

But after attending this event with his unit, Haynes said many Marines left more knowledgeable about safety issues than when they arrived. He said the expo gave the Marines and Sailors a better understanding about activities they normally participate in, but aren’t covered often, like hunting and fishing, boating and driving off-road.

Abner agreed, as he said that a variety of experts attended the expo to give their helping hand. He added that their presence and hands-on demonstrations were more effective than just showing Marines and Sailors PowerPoint presentations.

The MLG is not alone in their efforts to prevent mishaps. Robert Dubois, the II MEF Drive Safe program manager, said that all units throughout II MEF are making efforts to improve safety awareness in their Marines.

“It’s Marine Corps wide, not just II MEF,” the Manchester, N.H., native said. “Across the board, safety has become a priority.”

Abner said the MLG’s Group Safety Office plans to hold another safety expo in December to bring them closer to their goal of helping save the lives of Marines and Sailors by preventing safety mishaps.

I am a vietnam vet that just watched ” oreration Anaconda” on your network. I can honestly say that this operation ranks right up there with some of the greatest cluster fucks that our commanders in vitnam war ever pulled out of there asses!!!
Major Gen. Hagenbeck is the only numbnut to claim responsibily for being in the planning of the gross stupidity of that hight of incompitence. As such he is the first soldier that should be stood up before a firing squad!!!~! At least he put his name to that ultimate blight of one of this countrys worst commanded combact missions of all times.
First off, I study modern military tactics and high tech that is shown on this channel every chance I get. I here all the time about how modern weapontry is able to put a smart bomb into a window of the enemy stronghold. This is a mission that has been planned with multipule insurtion teams and the first thing I ask myself in watching this show is “WHERE IS THE CLOSE ARE SUPPORT”!!!! Where are these smart bombs that can penatrate the 4 meter target from miles away.
I find myself asking, “is all this tech that H.C. and the military advertising a bunch of bullshit or is this high tech too espensive to waste on the dad of those two beatifull little girls shown grieving the lost of there father at the end of the show”! I mean when you have to rely on the c.i.a. to bring in a “preditor” drone to assaut a gun- ship with the same weapondry that the support aircraft should have been, and probably were carrying in the first place. This doesn’t say much for our aircraft effectiveness when a unmanded remote piloted vechele is able to hit a target, that close air support is not able to accomplish. the pilots of those aircraft where screwed around by the “MAD HATTER” commanding this custerfuck of a mission just as much as the poor soldiers that were left deserted by the planners of this mission. This is proven by the pilots own words describing the heartache of being recalled to base when they still have weapondry an fuel left to support those unfornate troops.
I really feel that I am only voicing what alot of the troops invoved in that deboctual would of stated if our military was trully as democratice as our forefothers had invisioned it would be. I could sense it in the soldiers assestment of the overall mission outcome.After all I am a expert at knowing how you can’t crititsise how a war that the pollitions in charge believe they know how to win an the commandersin charge can’t or won’t take authority for.

I agree. Both sons in law are SF and eldest son is SOF. (Psy Ops)

As a former Green Beret and 2 time veteran, I’m a little put off by everyone referring to anyone under the “Special Ops” umbrella as “Special Forces”. SF, is a proper name for the Army Green Berets. Also, lets have some Vietnam era shows on the A-teams and how they played an enormous role in that conflict, along with SOG. There are some excellent stories to be told in the current conflict as well. Navy Seals and Rangers may be excellent at certain missions and very TV friendly right now, but when it comes to guerilla warfare and it’s very multi-dimensional nature we all know the Green Berets stand alone.

Well, here we go again.

As a gay veteran and frequent viewer of The Military Channel programming, I was disgusted to see a ’spot’ for tonights showing of FUTURE WEAPONS in which the host, for emphasis, stated he hoped he wouldn’t run away, “like a little sissy”, from the weapon he would be showcasing.

More homophobia, just when we need more inclusiveness!

When will we learn that EVERY military person has a contribution to make, regardless of their sexual orientation? I wonder how many of our brave young soldiers and marines have come home in body bags because the intrepreter in their group had been discharged as being gay or lesbian. With a death toll now approaching 4,000; think about it!!!

Thank GOD we’ll have a Democrat running this country come next January and gay/lesbian persons will be able to serve openly, as well as proudly. ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ will be consigned where it belongs; to the garbage heap of history.

Hello,
we have a very nice in great shape well preserved Flag and a nice letter that a nurse had wrote the day after Lincoln was assassinated. This Flag hung from the entrance the the Fountain Inn Hotel in 1865. This Flag has a black band around it that was done when Lincoln was Assassinated. These are very nice artifacts from the civil war. If interested in seeing these items please contact me at clmalony@yahoo.com. Thank you for reading. Cindy

At the end of the episode titled, ‘Battle of the Bulge’, there is a scene where senior German officers are reporting to Hitler that the battle has been lost….the subtitle on the screen notes the location as ‘Obersalzburg-East Prussia’…last I checked these two locations were some distance from each other and not one in the same?

To all Marines and Saliors, Army and Air Men over seas in Iraq,Afghanistan hope you all have a Happy New Year hope all are safe keep your head down and MAKE it back home safe. Keep that Marine or Soldier to the right and to left safe. Watch each others back!

Former Marine Tommie

Your story about the special forces being the only one’s kicking in doors and doing soft knocks is not true every Infantry soldier does the same job in a combat situation.If your going to show a story about the special forces make it something above and beyond what the average soldier goes threw in Irag and Afghanistan. But you can’t. because if you could it would’nt be the special forces. So please stop your stories about the war and live the war.

While watching the show “Weaponology” on 11/26/07, episode: “Sniper Rifles”, my wife and I noticed that the footage showing the .50 calibur semi-automatic sniper rifle was that of the Accuracy International company… but was referred to on the show as the Barrett AS .50!!!

As I am sure that the Barrett and Accuracy International companies went head to head to secure the Navy Seal contract to supply them with this weapon, I am also sure that Accuracy International would not want their closest competitor to get the credit!!!

I respect your channel’s attention to detail and I thought you would want to know!

Mark K. from Sacramento, CA