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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Once a month, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., holds a two-day Welcome Aboard Brief covering services offered on base and the surrounding areas for new Marines.
The brief benefits Marines new to MCAS Miramar.
The first day covers services abroad MCAS Miramar, including Marine Corps Community Services, The Hub and multiple volunteer opportunities.
“This is very useful especially for Marines who have never been here,” added Lance Cpl. Marlon Brown, an airfield electronic maintenance specialist with Division Weather Technology, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a Spartanburg, S.C., native. “The most beneficial thing about the brief was the classes we had telling us everything about the base you need to know.”
Marines received fliers for events and learned who to contact for different services. Without this brief, it may take months to learn where services are located.
Service members toured downtown San Diego and areas around MCAS Miramar on the second day of the brief. They visited some hot spots in San Diego and the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier which is now a museum, to learn about the rich military history of San Diego.
“The brief teaches all about the regional history, military history and makes new Marines feel more like a part of the base and community,” said Cpl. Jay Jayaraman, an administrative specialist with Installation Personnel Administration Center, with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, and a Memphis, Tenn., native.“There are so many things that a Marine can do in San Diego.”
Jayaraman has been guiding the brief for about a year and says it is both helpful and important.
MCAS Miramar is the only remaining Marine Corps installation that still offers a tour of the surrounding areas as well as abroad the installation itself.
Monthly Welcome Aboard Briefs educate service members and make new-comers self-sufficient during their time at MCAS Miramar.
| Date Taken: | 04.11.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 04.16.2012 18:38 |
| Story ID: | 86831 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Hometown: | MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, US |
| Hometown: | SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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