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Cpl. Tyler Eddy, an airframes mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, stands in front of a UH-1Y Huey at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 24. In July 2017, Eddy is expected to complete his active-duty enlistment with the Marine Corps and pursue a doctorate in physics at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake M.T. McClung/Released) - Cpl. Tyler Eddy, an airframes mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, stands in front of a UH-1Y Huey at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 24. In July 2017, Eddy is expected to complete his active-duty enlistment with the Marine Corps and pursue a doctorate in physics at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake M.T. McClung/Released)

A hunger for knowledge: U.S. Marine accepted into Princeton

The Marine Corps strives to promote educational success for Marines and their families by providing resources such as the Marine Deployed Education Programs, library programs, Military Academic Skills Program (MASP), military tuition assistance (TA), United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART), and Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Marine Corps (SOCMAR).

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Marines check in with Erika Armenta and Matt Joseph, San Diego State University student veterans and Los Angeles and Perrysburg, Ohio natives respectively, prior to the Basic Training for Higher Education Conference aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 12. Service members of all ranks, veterans and family members were welcomed by a continental breakfast and various representatives from local colleges. - Marines check in with Erika Armenta and Matt Joseph, San Diego State University student veterans and Los Angeles and Perrysburg, Ohio natives respectively, prior to the Basic Training for Higher Education Conference aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 12. Service members of all ranks, veterans and family members were welcomed by a continental breakfast and various representatives from local colleges.

Miramar goes back to Basic Training for Higher Education

Local universities came together to host an education seminar at the Bob Hope Theatre aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar April 12. The Basic Training for Higher Education Conference informed active duty servicemembers, veterans, and dependants of the opportunities available to them in the collegiate world.Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese,

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The commisarry aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers a $1,500 scholarship to military children during December, January and February. To enter, applicants must submit a 500 word essay on a topic of American history. - The commisarry aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers a $1,500 scholarship to military children during December, January and February. To enter, applicants must submit a 500 word essay on a topic of American history.

Educating youth one grocery-shopper at a time

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – With the average cost of public four-year college tuition costing approximately $22,000, wallets and change purses become skinnier.The commissary offers a $1,500 scholarship to military children in hopes of easing the burden of tuition expenses.“As a parent with a child in college and a child who is a

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Local college club visits aircraft firefighters

Palomar College Fire Club members received a firsthand view of life as an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 27. Five club members came aboard the air station to gain a broader understanding of the firefighting career field with ARFF Marines.“We displayed how our fire house is set up and

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