Stories

Master Sgt. Antoine Robinson hugs Mary, a 9-year old Shepherd of the Hills Children’s Foundation resident, during a community relations project. Robinson was among 40 other volunteers participating in the project coordinated by the Combined Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force chaplain. The children’s home was founded in 1976 after a typhoon displaced the foundation’s first 20 children. The foundation is dedicated to providing a caring home for abandoned, neglected, abused or underprivileged children. The event was one of several scheduled by CJCMOTF units in support of Exercise Balikatan 2013. Balikatan is an annual Republic of the Philippines – U.S. military bilateral training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement. - Master Sgt. Antoine Robinson hugs Mary, a 9-year old Shepherd of the Hills Children’s Foundation resident, during a community relations project. Robinson was among 40 other volunteers participating in the project coordinated by the Combined Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force chaplain. The children’s home was founded in 1976 after a typhoon displaced the foundation’s first 20 children. The foundation is dedicated to providing a caring home for abandoned, neglected, abused or underprivileged children. The event was one of several scheduled by CJCMOTF units in support of Exercise Balikatan 2013. Balikatan is an annual Republic of the Philippines – U.S. military bilateral training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement.

MARINE CORPS BASE, Hawaii – Lance Cpl. George A. Reynoso, a vehicle operator for the motor transportation section, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, takes some practice shots before teeing off in the 4th Annual MarForPac Golf Tournament at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course here, June 1. “(This tournament) is great for morale, and we’re pumped,” said Reynoso, 21, from Ventura, Calif. “I went out and bought these socks, so I’m definitely ready.” The afternoon golf outing gave MarForPac service members and civilian personnel a unique opportunity to build unit cohesion outside the workplace. - MARINE CORPS BASE, Hawaii – Lance Cpl. George A. Reynoso, a vehicle operator for the motor transportation section, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, takes some practice shots before teeing off in the 4th Annual MarForPac Golf Tournament at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course here, June 1. “(This tournament) is great for morale, and we’re pumped,” said Reynoso, 21, from Ventura, Calif. “I went out and bought these socks, so I’m definitely ready.” The afternoon golf outing gave MarForPac service members and civilian personnel a unique opportunity to build unit cohesion outside the workplace.