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The Marine Corps Protection Community, which includes the provost marshal office (PMO), law enforcement, fire and rescue, and emergency managers, works daily to protect and prepare the Marine Corps Community at large. Discover articles about training, exercises, and other events happening throughout the year at Marine Corps Installations worldwide.

Combat Center takes active role in disaster preparedness September 16, 2016 — The Combat Center is taking steps to educate residents on what they need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations as part of America’s Prepare-A-Thon 2016. MORE

MCLB Albany partners with state, local officials to tackle Zika September 14, 2016 — As the number of Zika cases continue to rise around the region and with some military personnel as well, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany officials remain vigilant in their quest to mitigate the risk for outbreaks in the local community. MORE

Combat Center Families Prepare with PrepareAthon! September 9, 2016 — The Combat Center is taking steps to educate residents with the knowledge needed to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations as part of America’s Prepare-A-Thon 2016. Throughout the week of Sept. 4-10, the Prepare-A-Thon focuses on providing families and friends with the necessary tools and information to develop a family communications plan, which could be crucial to recovering from a disaster. MORE

Okinawa residents participate in a tsunami evacuation drill aboard Camp Foster September 6, 2016 — Okinawa residents took part in a tsunami evacuation drill Sept. 4 aboard Camp Foster. The tsunami evacuation route to promote safety and awareness in the event of an emergency. MORE

Ready Marine Corps Unleashes Pet Prep Tips at ‘Dog Days of Summer’ Event August 30, 2016 — Ready Marine Corps―the USMC’s emergency preparedness program―got an early start to September’s National Preparedness Month (NPM) this past Saturday with its participation in the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ “Dog Days of Summer” event in Triangle, Va. MORE

Pillowcase Project aims to help children prepare for emergencies August 22, 2016 — Quantico children who attended summer camp at the Quantico Youth Center Aug. 8 might see themselves in a Disney video. MORE

Mighty Medicine: Top Medical Officer Visits Camp Lejeune August 15, 2016 — The Marine Corps’ top medical officer visited several units throughout II Marine Expeditionary Force, Aug. 8-11. Navy Rear Adm. Stephen Pachuta, the Medical Officer of the Marine Corps and Director of Health Services for Headquarters Marine Corps, received a first-hand look into the services Camp Lejeune’s Naval medicine provides throughout the base. MORE

Military Working Dogs to DoD Fur Friends Receive Care August 10, 2016 — Not many doctor’s offices have framed photographs of their patients on the wall, but images of Fannie, Agar, Sara, Benik, Patrick, Jesi, Andy, and Segal are displayed prominently in the hallway of the Eugene Kuhns clinic aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico—Segal with his tongue fully extended. MORE

Quantico Holds Active Shooter Exercise at Elementary School August 3, 2016 — Marine Corps Base Quantico Security Battalion held an active shooter drill at Crossroads Elementary School aboard base July 27. The exercise gave military police, civilian law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics a chance to practice and coordinate their response to an active shooter situation. MORE

‘Pokemon: Go’ play the game safely July 21, 2016 — Since its first appearance July 6, millions of people across the worldhave logged into the latest game to hit your smartphone’s app storeswith "Pokemon: GO.""Pokémon Go is a geolocation-enabled smartphone application thatutilizes Global Positioning System data to place fictitious Pokémoncharacters in real-world locations," said Darrell Thacker, MORE