THE CHEVRON: WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF MCRD SAN DIEGO

THIS WEEKS ISSUE:

• Depot Marines help kids flex their muscles
• Wellness Expo promotes healthy living
• RTR Change of Command
• Know how to handle summer’s heat
• Memorial Day: A tribute to Peralta and the 31st MEU 
• Korean War Marines visit depot museum
• Recruiter affected by Joplin disaster
• Exercise Aztec Fury preps for chaos
• Marines judge San Diego JROTC competition
• Depot holds Golden Guardian, prepares for disaster
• New Titan football era begins aboard depot
• Master sergeant earns spot on reality golf show

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“Operation Joining Forces” Adopt a Marine and his Family

How you can Get Involved...

You can Adopt a Marine and his family while he is deployed in Afghanistan.
The 5th Marine Regiment Headquarters Company will be deployed in August 2011 for a year-long deployment at the tip of the spear in Afghanistan. That’s a long time to be away from family and the comforts of home.
With this in mind, The Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group has created a program called “Operation Joining Forces” where the Citizens of Dana Point and the surrounding communities can adopt a single Marine or a Marine and his family while in Afghanistan.

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DVIDS - News - Boston native devises operation in volatile Sangin

Photo by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly FORWARD OPERATING BASE INKERMAN, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Sgt. Juan A. Valdez, a squad leader for 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, passes out Jolly Ranchers to Afghan children during Operation Kalawal Sunrise in the Village of Faiscal within Sangin, Afghanistan, June 1. “I had gone into one of the buildings before and the owner told me that he had been approached by fighters,” said Valdez, who planned the operation and led the Marines in its execution. “The local was told to move out of his compound because the enemy was going to use the abandoned compounds to ambush Marines and lay improvised explosive devices.” Valdez graduated from West Roxbury High School in 2003 and enlisted in the Marine Corps the following year. Valdez, 26, was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised in Boston.

DVIDS - News - Boston native devises operation in volatile Sangin

03 June 2011 Blue Diamond

In This Issue:

• Division Honors Fallen Service Members
• Marines Awarded Bronze Stars
• Angels Honor 1st CEB Marine
• "China Marines" Welcome New CO
• 2/1 Remembers Fallen Warrior
• 1st MARDIV Spouse Program: "Strengthening the leadership within us"
• Operation Zapoonki Guzaroona: 1/5 clears, pushes fighters north

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Hiring Heroes Career Fair July 13, 2011

Hiring Heroes Career Fair Career opportunities for Wounded, Ill, Injured and transitioning service members, Veterans, military spouses and primary caregivers South Mesa Staff Noncommissioned Officers’ (SNCO) Club 

Building #202850 San Jacinto Road Camp Pendleton, CA 92055

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.