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New Orleans-based Marines harvest citrus orchard with Second Harvest Food Bank

New Orleans-based Marines joined young children, teenagers and parents, donning gloves and shoulder bags to harvest the citrus orchard at Second Harvest Food Bank, Jan. 17 in Belle Chasse, Louisiana to help feed the needy. Volunteers picked navel oranges and kumquats to be distributed to food pantries, kitchens and shelters across southern Louisiana. The food bank offered this unique volunteer opportunity to the local community and the Marines of Marine Forces Reserve. For some Marines, the event was an extension of their duty as leaders-in-training.

Final Flight of Huey for 'Red Dogs'

After more than 40 years of service, the Marine Corps retired the aging UH-1N Huey helicopter during a “sundown ceremony” Aug. 28, 2014, aboard Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans.The UH-1N Huey is a twin engine, utility helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopters in 1969. Bell began the delivery of 205 UH-1N helicopters, to the Navy

These colors don’t run: Marines teach Belle Chasse Cub Scouts flag-folding traditions

The elementary school gym echoed with the screams and laughter of dozens of children racing to their seats. As they chattered animatedly, their Cub Scout leader, in a khaki shirt embellished with patches and insignias, called for their attention and raised a hand with two pointed fingers, the universal salute of the Cub Scouts. Almost as if by