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Bryan Thorson, Installation and Environmental Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a simulated victim in cardiac arrest, recently. The class was hosted by the Marine Corps Fire Department. - Bryan Thorson, Installation and Environmental Division, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a simulated victim in cardiac arrest, recently. The class was hosted by the Marine Corps Fire Department.

Military, civilian personnel recertify in CPR

Nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, with 88 percent occur at home, according to the American Heart Association. Less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive, the association states on its website,

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Simeon Crews, crane operator, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., operates the giant gantry crane named “Big Red” during a backload operation on a maritime prepositioning vessel, Sept. 23. - Simeon Crews, crane operator, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., operates the giant gantry crane named “Big Red” during a backload operation on a maritime prepositioning vessel, Sept. 23.

View from above: Crane operator takes on new heights

As a child, Simeon Crews witnessed a heavy equipment operator use a bulldozer to tear down an abandoned house in his neighborhood. “When I saw that, I was hooked,” Crews said. “It was fascinating to me. I thought, man I can tear some stuff up. Where do you go to sign up to do that?”Throughout the next 35 years, Crews would operate just about every

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David Romero, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, inspects equipment belonging to Eric Brown, Marine Corps Police Department, during a recent VPP readiness assessment aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. - David Romero, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, inspects equipment belonging to Eric Brown, Marine Corps Police Department, during a recent VPP readiness assessment aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.

MCLB Albany’s ‘V.I.P.’: Auditors deem VPP assessment very impressive performance

A Voluntary Protection Programs Readiness Assessment Team scoured Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, recently, to help the command rehearse for its Occupational Safety and Health Administration VPP on-site evaluation. After visiting 27 different areas and interviewing 285 people, the five-person team determined the installation is on track to

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Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany hosts hundreds of Boys Scouts during their annual summer camporee. Roughly 25 troops participated in the overnight activity, which represented more than 385 scouts and parents, who attended the event at the installation, recently. - Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany hosts hundreds of Boys Scouts during their annual summer camporee. Roughly 25 troops participated in the overnight activity, which represented more than 385 scouts and parents, who attended the event at the installation, recently.

Boy Scouts’ camporee draws hundreds to MCLB Albany

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Boyett Park was the campsite for more than 385 troops, scoutmasters and parents from around the South Georgia region, who participated in the Annual Summer Boy Scouts Camporee, here, recently.The early morning dawn revealed hundreds of youth scurrying around the campsite, which was littered with a colorful array

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Reserve Marines are collecting new, unwrapped toys for less fortunate children at various locations throughout the base and surrounding Albany communities. The 2014 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program’s annual campaign began aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Oct. 1. - Reserve Marines are collecting new, unwrapped toys for less fortunate children at various locations throughout the base and surrounding Albany communities. The 2014 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program’s annual campaign began aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Oct. 1.

Toys for Tots: Marines provide Christmas for less fortunate children

What can a $15 new, unwrapped toy mean to a less fortunate child? “Christmas,” Gunnery Sgt. Johnny Ruby, coordinator, Toys for Tots, said. “Every child should have a Christmas,” he emphasized.The 2014 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program kicked off its annual campaign to collect new, unwrapped toys for the local community’s less

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Aundrea Maddox, plays offense during the Naval Branch Health Clinic staff’s weekly physical fitness Fun Day handball game, at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, recently. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Aundrea Maddox, plays offense during the Naval Branch Health Clinic staff’s weekly physical fitness Fun Day handball game, at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, recently.

Sailors’ fitness competition flaunts fancy footwork, fun

Promoting a healthy lifestyle is routinely recommended by many health care professionals around the globe. That said, it should come as no surprise that staff at the Naval Branch Health Clinic, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, would include that as a part of their regular practice as well.Breaking away from the traditional physical fitness

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Praise Dancer Esheka Harper performs to the song entitled, “Tired,” by Kelly Price during the Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation and Motorcycle Ride held Sept. 30 at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on base. - Praise Dancer Esheka Harper performs to the song entitled, “Tired,” by Kelly Price during the Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation and Motorcycle Ride held Sept. 30 at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on base.

Driving out domestic violence: MCLB Albany promotes awareness

Sirens from police cruisers blared as more than 40 motorcycles crept behind, demanding attention from onlookers as the motorcade passed. The slow-moving convoy was in support of the Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation and Motorcycle Ride held Sept. 30 at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. The level of

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