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Mass vaccination center bolsters Camp Lejeune’s COVID-19 inoculation capabilities
New vaccination site gives the base the ability to vaccinate up to 20,000 people per week, depending on supply.
The Daily News
A building on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune known for hosting special ceremonies and basketball games is now the installation’s largest vaccination site.
On Jan. 25, COVID-19 vaccination operations began at Goettge Memorial Field House on Camp Lejeune, according to a news release from Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST).
The facility has been designed for uniformed-personnel only and is primarily focused on vaccinating members of II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), personnel supporting critical national capabilities and those preparing to deploy outside the U.S.
A newly certified live-fire range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is drawing attention to a shift in how infantry units in the Marine Corps are preparing for combat.
Range Golf-36 (G-36), Camp Lejeune’s first company-sized range, had its first exercise on Dec. 12 when Marines and Sailors in 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV) conducted a live-fire company assault against a mobile, robotic and remote controlled opposition.
“The range was specially designed to take full advantage of Trackless Motorized Infantry Targets [or] robotic targets,” said division gunner CWO5 Joshua Smith in a 2d MARDIV press release. “These types of targets offer a more realistic enemy – one that is not tied to a single point, but can maneuver across the battlefield, which causes friction to the attacking force.”