Meeting set for new base-community partnership program
An opportunity for Camp Lejeune-New River and the surrounding community to benefit through sharing services will be mapped out at an upcoming meeting on the new Marine Corps Installations Partnership...
View ArticleVeteran Stand Down provides needed outreach, services
With music and barbecue, the seventh Veteran Stand Down and Outreach felt more like party than an event geared toward extending a hand to those down on their luck.For many the Tuesday event at the...
View ArticleFirst meeting for new base, community partnership demonstrates program's promise
The first meeting for the new Marine Corps Installations Partnership Program was an encouraging first step toward an easier partnership process for Camp Lejeune and the surrounding communities,...
View ArticleWomen Marines celebrate 74 years of service Feb. 13
The Marine Corps has been in existence for more than two centuries, but women have only been able to wear the eagle, globe and anchor for the last seven decades.The Women Marine Association, Tarheel...
View ArticleAdditional base noise to be heard this weekend
For a little over a week the community will hear artillery blasts into the early morning hours due to an extended training exercise. According to Camp Lejeune-New River Director of Public Affairs Nat...
View ArticleSex offender arrested after failing to register
A convicted sex offender has been arrested after authorities say he didn’t register with the sex offender program.James Ryan Stevens, 31, was sought for failing to notify the Carteret County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleBreakfast scheduled to connect former drill instructors
"These recruits are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated...
View ArticleScholarship for Military Children Program taking applications for 2017-18...
For 17 years, the Defense Commissary Agency has been supporting military families not only through grocery savings, but also through scholarships. Applications for the 700 scholarship grants for the...
View ArticleNCServes Coastal streamlines services for transitioning service members
It’s all about convenience.NCServes Coastal prides itself on being a one-stop assistance program for transitioning service members with the newest location in Jacksonville.NCServes Coastal uses a...
View ArticleDefense: Client waived hearing to speed court process
Col. Daniel H. Wilson, 55, of Mason, Wash., has been charged with seven specifications of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a child; four specifications of assault consummated by battery on a child...
View ArticleUPDATE: Meet the area finalists for 2017 Military Child of the Year award
Updated at 7:55 p.m.Three area students are in the final stretch to become the 2017 Operation Homefront’s Military Child of the Year.Jackson Beatty, 17, of Lejeune High School; Brooke Gruber , 17, of...
View ArticleSocial media returns class ring to family
It took more than 1,300 shares to get a 1983 Lejeune High School class ring back where it belongs.Iowa resident DC Hall posted photos of the ring and basic information including the year 1983; school...
View ArticleAnnual Chilly Chili Poker Run slated for Saturday
Rolling Thunder NC5 knows motorcycles are starting to shake off the dust from winter, and the 15th annual Chilly Chili Poker Run Saturday is one way to get back in the seat.The poker run season opener...
View ArticleColonel pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
A Camp Lejeune Marine colonel who pleaded not guilty this week to charges of sexually assaulting a child aboard Camp Lejeune will remain in the brig for the immediate future.Col. Daniel H. Wilson...
View ArticleUpcoming VETRACON X promotes veteran transition success
Veterans looking to trade in their rucks for briefcases will have an opportunity to hear from those who have done just that at VETRACONx this week.The event is slated to be held noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 22...
View ArticleSounds of freedom rattling to far reaches of area
What has been dubbed the sound of freedom has been a constant reminder of the area’s proximity to Camp Lejeune, particularly in the last week.As part of an extended training exercise aboard Camp...
View ArticleSurf City boy challenges Marines to a 'plank-off'
An 11-year-old Surf City resident is putting his abs to the test against Marines and local residents in a plank-off scheduled this week to continue to raise money for Holly Ridge resident Zebudy "Zeb"...
View ArticleKinston prepares for Freedom Classic
This weekend baseball fans will have a chance to fill the seats at Grainger Stadium and watch two teams play ball with a patriotic twist.Baseball teams from the US Naval Academy and the US Air Force...
View ArticleNaval Hospital hosts medical showcase to talk cardiovascular health
Naval Hospital-Camp Lejeune has been celebrating heart health since the beginning of February and will wrap up with a second heart health fair Feb. 28.
View ArticleBugles Across America strives to honor veterans
Buglers provide the playing of Taps for veteran services free of charge — the request just simply needs to be made
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