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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Marines and Sailors took part in Jacksonville's National Night Out event at Riverwalk Crossing Park in Jacksonville, Aug. 7. National Night Out is an annual police-community partnership event to celebrate and promote crime prevention, public safety, health, education and youth programs.
“National Night Out provides an opportunity for us to come together without the gate, without a barrier and support each other,” said Lt. Col. John Roach, Provost Marshal for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune. “The city of Jacksonville, MCB Camp Lejeune, and Onslow County, have had a rich and long history supporting the communities that they both protect. This is a great event which showcases our first responders.”
Roach explained that the purpose of National Night Out is to send a message, and the Marines want to be a part of that effort.
“We come from all over the country to be here with the Marine Corps, and this is our community in the same way that it is for those who have been living here for years,” said Roach.
While the Provost Marshal’s Office (PMO) is primarily made up of active-duty Marines, civilian police officers with the Marine Corps Civilian Law Enforcement Program have constituted a significant part of PMO for over ten years, according to Lt. Eric Quintero, the civilian operations officer for Security Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion.
“I think the city of Jacksonville Police, Camp Lejeune and New River PMO relationship defines the community’s partnership,” said Quintero. “I don’t think either could exist in the capacity that they do, without the other.”
According to Quintero, having the civilians in the PMO section provides consistency with the local community, because Marines in law enforcement are always deployable.
“The base is fortunate to have a community like Onslow County surrounding it, considering the active duty and retired service members in the surrounding area,” said Quintero. “I’ve been with the program since its inception, for about 10 years now, and it’s been wonderful to watch the organization grow the way that it has, and I look forward to retiring here.”
| Date Taken: | 08.07.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.14.2018 13:03 |
| Story ID: | 288478 |
| Location: | NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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