By Editor Young Marines on
5/28/2009 8:21 PM
Story by Trish Winsett
 
May 28th the General Nathaniel Green Young Marines graduation and awards presentation took place for new...
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By Staff Editor on
5/26/2009 9:17 AM
 
People gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina on Memorial Day to honor those who have made sacrifices to this great Nation. The ceremony was sponsored by the Tar Heel Detachment of the Marine Corps League and included a wreath laying and Marine Corps Color Guard.
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/25/2009 9:37 PM
 
As part of the annual tradition in Greensboro, The 260 and the staff at I&I Greensboro join in for a flag raising at Friendly Center Shopping Center. Veterans and Patriots...
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/25/2009 6:42 AM
 
North Carolina’s Only Memorial Day Parade! Festivities begin with a wreath laying ceremony followed by a parade featuring military dignitaries and equipment. Military displays, Veterans and Patriots filled the streets. Several Marine Corps League Detachments...
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By Staff Editor on
5/20/2009 10:06 AM
WASHINGTON - APRIL 20: Marine Corps League, Department of North Carolina Commandant Dennis Brockland of Morgantown, North Carolina observes Memory Day ceremonies near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial April 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund posthumously honored 123 Americans from the Vietnam War during the Memory Day ceremony, which honors those who died prematurely from non-combat injuries and emotional suffering caused directly by the Vietnam War, but who do not qualify under Department of Defense rules to have their names added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/20/2009 9:46 AM
Memorial Day 2009 Thomasville, this is the only Memorial Day Parade in the State Thomasville, NC
Downtown May 25, 2009 Schedule of Events
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/19/2009 1:57 PM
 
(Left to right Gunny Crawley, Gunny Thompson, Gunny Tall, Major Gregory Wynn)
As many of you are aware there are changes in staff taking place at I&I Greensboro.
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By Staff Editor on
5/18/2009 10:21 PM
What's particularly interesting about the Gadsden Flag for us is that some of the Marines that enlisted in that month in Philadelphia, November 1775, were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me." The Flag became a symbol for American Independence.
In December 1775, "An American Guesser" anonymously wrote to the Pennsylvania Journal:
"I observed on one of the drums belonging to the Marines now raising, there was painted a Rattle-Snake, with this modest...
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/14/2009 9:39 AM
To honor all of those who have fallen in their Detachment the Greater Greensboro Detachment 260 out of Greensboro, North Carolina has voted to change the name of the detachment to the Fighting 260. This decision comes after a unanimous decision of the members and will come effect over the next year. Bill Moss the founding Commandant supports the change, stating that it is a name most appropriate for the wide range of service of members in the detachment. The 260 currently has a membership of Marines from every conflict since WWII including all current conflicts.
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By Staff Editor on
5/7/2009 2:58 PM
Kim Gibbons, Commanding Officer of the Capital City Young Marines, was unanimously elected as Tar Heel Detachment Marine of the Year for 2009. The election was held during a regular meeting of the detachment on May 7. She is the first Woman Marine to be designated for this honor by the Tar Heel Detachment
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By Staff Editor on
5/7/2009 2:18 PM
Sally Skuce, 93-year-old mother of Marine John Skuce and an associate member of the detachment, recently visited from her home in Rhode Island. She was “meritoriously promoted to corporal” by Commandant John Staley. r
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By Cruncher Staff on
5/6/2009 9:44 AM
I&I Greensboro will soon have a new Inspector Instructor, Major Irma Lopez coming from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Major Lopez will replace Major Gregory Wynn a long time contributor to both the Marines in the Triad and the Greensboro community.
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By Editor Marine Riders on
5/5/2009 8:33 AM
So how far back in history do Carolina Marines on motorcycles go? Well in the early forties Jim Haslem (shown above) rode the unpaved/paved roads on his Indian Chief. (Most will tell you he traded in his dinosaur for it). The Indian Motorcycle company manufactured many of the motorcycles originally used by the Marine Corps.
Today we have thousands of Marines riding motorcycles including thousands of Marine Veterans and yes hundreds of Marine Corps League riders. I ride the roads of the Carolinas with Active Duty Sergeants Major, Officers, Marine Veterans that have served in every conflict since WWII, yes that’s...
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