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Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; Mardi Gras celebrations are still a week away but the Marine Corps Officers' Spouses' Club started the party a week early with a purple, green and gold-themed live and silent auction on Saturday evening.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Updated with video; Marines at the Marine Corps Logistics Base got a chance to step out of uniform and focus on themselves as individuals without rank during a three-day Non-Commissioned Officer Workshop that began on Tuesday.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Updated with videos; Marines packed outside the doors of the Headquarters Marine Corps Logistics Command Thursday afternoon where they welcomed home four of their own from Afghanistan.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Albany Marines join the Special Operations Forces Run as it passes through Albany.

Friday, September 16, 2011  Families said goodbye to a group of civilian marines leaving from Albany’s Maintenance Center to head overseas.

Thursday, September 01, 2011  Family and friends bid farewell to four civilian marines from Albany this evening at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  The new living quarters were built in honor of gunnery sergeant Floyd Keefe, a marine killed in battle during the Vietnam War.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Edwin Hill and Khamal Magwood are civilian Marines returning from year-long tours in Kuwait. First Lieutenant Jonathan Siskey arrived home for two weeks of R and R.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Lance Corporal Ruben Wright was welcomed home by fellow marines from his unit Tuesday morning.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010  The mobile admissions bus made its first stop at the marine base Tuesday morning.