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Local military bases seek civilian police
Over the next four years, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will hire more than 80 civilian police officers as the Corps continues to look for ways to free up active-duty Marines to serve in combat.
Adopted in June 2007, the Corps put into motion a plan to hire about 1,200 civilian police officers over the next four years at bases across the country, according to a memo from Marine Headquarters in Quantico, Va. The Corps said it hopes to hire 400 police officers nationwide in the first year, with all of the hires are expected to be made by the end of 2011.
In Beaufort, 86 civilian police officers will be hired over the next four years on Parris Island and at MCAS Beaufort. Those hired will be trained police officers, not security guards, said Randy Walz, who is heading up the hiring of civilian police for the provost marshal's office at the air station and the depot.
"The Marine Corps is not hiring gate guards,"
he said. "We are hiring police officers to free up the military police to fight the war on terror. The police officers that we hire have the same responsibilities and the same arresting powers as MPs." Over the next four years, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will hire more than 80 civili... more -
Dissidence in America
This is what has been happening outside of Berkeley's Marine Corps Recruiting Center in California for the past three months, day in, day out. The group, known as Code Pink, are trying to get the center to close and after three months graft their protest was officially recognized by the Berkeley City Council who on January the 29th gave the protest an offical stamp of approval.
The council offered Code Pink their very own parking space right outside the Marine office and even got the city manager to send a letter of disaproval to the Marines saying they were uninvited and unwelcome intruders! Federal funds have now been cut to the center - a total of $2.1 million
Who said protests never work?
Sources:
http://www.zombietime.com/code_pink_vs_marines_10-7-200...
http://www.dailycal.org/article/100144/city_council_pas...
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=02-...
http://www.dailycal.org/article/100144/city_council_pas...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327466,00.html This is what has been happening outside of Berkeley's Marine Corps Recruiting Center in California for the past three months, day... more -
BadAss Marine
This is an amazing, unplanned performance from a well spoken Marine -- my good friend Staff Sergeant Dean... I'd have him in my corner any day.
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She called...
Blacks, Whites...wait
African Americans and Caucasians, Asians, excuse me.
Vietnamese, Philippines, Koreans and Jamaicans or
Haitians, waitin' Hispanics y'all.
Please be patient.
Mexican, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelan, Cuban, Dominican, Panamanian Democrats
I beg your pardon, you partied with the late, great Reagan?
Republican, Independent, Christian, Catholic,
Methodist, Baptist, 7th Day Adventist, 5 Percenters,
Hindu, Sunii Muslim, Brothers and Sisters who never seen the New York city skyline when the twin towers still existed.
But still She called. This is an amazing, unplanned performance from a well spoken Marine -- my good friend Staff Sergeant Dean... I'd have him in my c... more -
Tattoo Bans
Over the past six months, tattoo restrictions have been imposed on at least a dozen police departments around the country, and the Marine Corps placed a ban on "excessive body art" for new recruits on April 1. Oddly, the crackdown is occurring at a time when large, excessive tattoos are more popular than ever.
Do tattoos really detract from the services provided by police and Marines? Over the past six months, tattoo restrictions have been imposed on at least a dozen police departments around the country, and the Mar... more -
America's Heroes
A former US Marine contributes his time and body to a male centerfold-style calendar to benefit injured service members and their families. A former US Marine contributes his time and body to a male centerfold-style calendar to benefit injured service members and their fami... more
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