Pacific Marines Stories

A Marine with Marine Helicopter Squadron Medium 262 guides the pilot of a helicopter during take-off at the Philippine Air Force flightline in Legazpi City, Republic of the Philippines, Wednesday. Lance Cpl. Antwain J. Graham - A Marine with Marine Helicopter Squadron Medium 262 guides the pilot of a helicopter during take-off at the Philippine Air Force flightline in Legazpi City, Republic of the Philippines, Wednesday. Lance Cpl. Antwain J. Graham

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alycia Pollotta, intelligence analyst, III Marine Expeditionary Force, hands a Balikatan 2009 sticker to a Philippine girl during a civic military operation at the Santo Nino Parish Church here April 22. AFP and U.S. forces handed out more than a ton of clothing, toys and shoes to 200 needy families in the area on behalf of Operation Good Will. (Photo by Lance Cpl Cristina Gil) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alycia Pollotta, intelligence analyst, III Marine Expeditionary Force, hands a Balikatan 2009 sticker to a Philippine girl during a civic military operation at the Santo Nino Parish Church here April 22. AFP and U.S. forces handed out more than a ton of clothing, toys and shoes to 200 needy families in the area on behalf of Operation Good Will. (Photo by Lance Cpl Cristina Gil)

Brigadier Gen. Ronald L. Bailey (left), co-director, Balikatan ’09, and AFP Commodore Ramon P. Espera Jr., RP Balikatan ’09 exercise director, listen attentively during the first bilateral Balikatan 2009 commander’s brief at the Command and General Staff College here April 20. Photo by Lance Cpl. Cristina Gil - Brigadier Gen. Ronald L. Bailey (left), co-director, Balikatan ’09, and AFP Commodore Ramon P. Espera Jr., RP Balikatan ’09 exercise director, listen attentively during the first bilateral Balikatan 2009 commander’s brief at the Command and General Staff College here April 20. Photo by Lance Cpl. Cristina Gil

Engineers with the 356th Aviation Engineering Group, Philippine Air Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines and Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty survey the construction site where a new water well system will be built in the Dap Dap and Sawang areas of Masbate, Republic of the Philippines.This bilateral humanitarian effort is one of various projects being conducted during Balikatan 2009. - Engineers with the 356th Aviation Engineering Group, Philippine Air Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines and Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty survey the construction site where a new water well system will be built in the Dap Dap and Sawang areas of Masbate, Republic of the Philippines.This bilateral humanitarian effort is one of various projects being conducted during Balikatan 2009.

Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' 48th Marine Co., 8th Marine Bn., and U.S. Marines and sailors from the 31st MEU make their way to their objective after raiding the beaches here April 13. The training activity is one of many that will take place during Balikatan 09, an annual training series involving the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. armed forces. (Officiel U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cristina Noelia Gil, Balikatan 09 Bilateral Joint Information Bureau)::r::::n:: - Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' 48th Marine Co., 8th Marine Bn., and U.S. Marines and sailors from the 31st MEU make their way to their objective after raiding the beaches here April 13. The training activity is one of many that will take place during Balikatan 09, an annual training series involving the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. armed forces. (Officiel U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cristina Noelia Gil, Balikatan 09 Bilateral Joint Information Bureau)::r::::n::

Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, (left) and retired Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson, former commander, MarForPac, (right) present Lt. Col. Glen G. Butler, director of operations and training, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, (center) with a plaque and a $3,000 check for winning first place in the Marine Corps Gazette’s Maj. Gen. Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest here April 8 - Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, (left) and retired Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson, former commander, MarForPac, (right) present Lt. Col. Glen G. Butler, director of operations and training, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, (center) with a plaque and a $3,000 check for winning first place in the Marine Corps Gazette’s Maj. Gen. Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest here April 8

A member of the Hale Koa Hotel luau cast performs as a New Zealand native warrior. The luau features dances and traditions from Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti. - A member of the Hale Koa Hotel luau cast performs as a New Zealand native warrior. The luau features dances and traditions from Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti.

(Left to right) Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, retired Army Col. David Brostrom, Mary Jo Brostrom, Blake Brostrom, House Speaker K.Y. Say and Hawaii National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, display the Hawaii Medal of Honor in remembrance of Army 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom at the State Capitol March 31. Brostrom was killed while defending an outpost in Afghanistan in July 2008. The Brostrom Family, from Aiea Hawaii, was one of several families in attendance at the ceremony honoring 23 fallen heroes. - (Left to right) Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, retired Army Col. David Brostrom, Mary Jo Brostrom, Blake Brostrom, House Speaker K.Y. Say and Hawaii National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, display the Hawaii Medal of Honor in remembrance of Army 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom at the State Capitol March 31. Brostrom was killed while defending an outpost in Afghanistan in July 2008. The Brostrom Family, from Aiea Hawaii, was one of several families in attendance at the ceremony honoring 23 fallen heroes.

Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) David Stroud, HQSVCBN, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, talks to Marines about the warning signs of a suicidal person and how to approach such situations. - Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) David Stroud, HQSVCBN, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, talks to Marines about the warning signs of a suicidal person and how to approach such situations.

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