Stories - Jul 2010

Archive: July, 2010

From the battlefield to the wrestling mat

Staff Sgt. Scott Kwiatkowski is a wrestler on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln wrestling team, but since he became a walk-on in August 2009, he hasn’t stepped on the mat once. But, his coaches and teammates are, as one coach said it, “damn glad to have him.”He is no Craig Bester or Jordan Borroughs, who are top-ranked wrestlers in the country,

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Chicago Marines train with CFD

Marines run to the sound of the guns. Firefighters run to the smell of smoke.March 23 marked a day when both ran to the same sound, of a Chicago Fire Department instructor, Instructor Walker, as he ran Marines through the Chicago Fire Departments physical training test.Split into two sessions, Marines from Marine Recruiting Station Chicago left

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Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent visited Recruiting Station Chicago here July 9. Kent spoke to the Marines about quality of life, the operational forces, and the quality job the Marines have done in meeting the 202K goal of the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. George J. Papastrat) (Released) - Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent visited Recruiting Station Chicago here July 9. Kent spoke to the Marines about quality of life, the operational forces, and the quality job the Marines have done in meeting the 202K goal of the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. George J. Papastrat) (Released)

Windy city welcomes sergeant major of the Marine Corps

"My recruiter never promised me anything, he told me you have to earn it,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, as he spoke to the Marines of Recruiting Station Chicago here July 9.Kent, who visited the Marines of RS Chicago, spoke on both the current operations of the Marine Corps abroad, the quality of life, and deployment ratios

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