Stories

Recruiters learn to budget on independent duty

While some Marines are financially stable, others live from payday to payday without saving or investing money for their futures. When Marines come on independent duty they must be very diligent with their finances because often there isn’t the convenience of free gyms, tax-free base commissaries, exchanges, or no-cost base housing. Realistic

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Each recruiting station within the 9th MCD recently recieved one of these H3s. - Each recruiting station within the 9th MCD recently recieved one of these H3s.

New H3 fleet rolls into 9th District

Recruiters from the 9th Marine Corps District are breathing in that new car smell of the new fleet of Event Marketing Vehicles - the red High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. Eight smaller, more environmentally friendly, less expensive, recruiting-tactical Hummer H3s have arrived. The District-leased H3s will supplant the two existing EMVs.

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Sergeant Mario Lute, recruiter, Recruiting Substation South East Indianapolis, Recruiting Station Indianapolis, enjoys a few minutes with his wife between appointments at his office Jan. 19. According to Lute, making a spouse a part of recruiting will make them less resistant to the duty. - Sergeant Mario Lute, recruiter, Recruiting Substation South East Indianapolis, Recruiting Station Indianapolis, enjoys a few minutes with his wife between appointments at his office Jan. 19. According to Lute, making a spouse a part of recruiting will make them less resistant to the duty.

Marines, families join together to overcome challenges

With each duty station comes its own unique benefits and challenges. An unaccompanied tour causes separation from family, and some duty stations have transportation, budgeting, and language challenges. But independent duty is the only duty where you are separated from the Fleet Marine Force and many of the benefits that come with living on a

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New DTS system is catching on

Frequent travel has been a facet of a military lifestyle since the conception of human conflict. Long before Greek soldiers fought the Peloponnesian War, a traveling song and a longing for home were two ever-present realities of a soldier’s existence. Leaving behind responsibilities and loved ones can be stressful, and until recently, so could the

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