FReeper Canteen ~ Field Trip ~ Camp Lejeune, North Carolina ~ 26 FEB, 2008

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Road Trip: CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina

Camp Lejeune and Onslow County have come a long way since September 1941 when the 1st Marine Division set up camp in the middle of a sandy pine forest along the Atlantic Seaboard.

The Camp Lejeune story began 58 years ago. World War II had started and military planners were posturing forces for America's eminent entry to the fight. The need for an East Coast amphibious training facility was answered as the War Department purchased an initial 11,000 acre tract of land.

With close proximity to ports at Wilmington and Morehead City, Lejeune was a logistical gem. When planners added the remote pine forests and miles of beach the value of Camp Lejeune as a home training base for Marines was unbeatable.

Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, (January 10, 1867 – November 20, 1942) was the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Known as the "greatest of all Leathernecks" and the "Marine's Marine", he served for over 40 years — his service included leading the U.S. Army 2nd Division during World War I.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is home to more than 43,000 Marines and Sailors from around the world. These servicemen and women serve with hundreds of company-size units that compose several major commands aboard base.

Camp Lejeune is the home of "Expeditionary Forces in Readiness" for the past 65 years, and throughout the years, it has become the home base for the II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and other combat units and support commands.

Read More About the Units At Camp Lejeune!

In the early morning of October 23, 1983, the First Battalion, 8th Marines Headquarters building was destroyed by a non-Lebanese, terrorist-driven truck, laden with compressed gas-enhanced explosives. This truck, like many others, had become a familiar sight at the airport and so did not raise any alarm on this morning. The resulting explosion and the collapse of the building killed 241 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers.

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February 26, 2008

Making Restitution

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READ: Luke 19:1-9

He shall make restitution for his trespass in full. —Numbers 5:7

During the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, managing editor James Murray received thousands of definitions from Dr. William Chester Minor. They were always sent in by mail and never brought in personally. Murray was curious about this brilliant man, so he went to visit him. He was shocked to find that Minor was incarcerated in an asylum for the criminally insane.

Years earlier, while in a delusional state, Minor had shot an innocent man whom he thought had been tormenting him. Later he was filled with remorse and began sending money to support the widow and her family.  Minor was imprisoned for the rest of his life but he found practical ways of easing the pain of his victims and contributing to society through his work on the dictionary.

When the dishonest tax collector Zacchaeus heard Jesus’ message of grace, he chose to return more than what he had extorted from others. “Look, Lord, . . . if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold” (Luke 19:8). The gospel of grace stirred Zacchaeus to help those he had harmed.

Have you wronged someone? What steps will you take to help make things right? 

Forgive me, Lord, for all my sins,
The many wrongs that I have done;
And show me how to make things right
Before the setting of the sun.  —Bosch

Making restitution reveals genuine repentance.

Bible in One Year: Numbers 1–3; Proverbs 20:11-20

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tim Brochu (left) and Sgt. Brian Hutchins prepare to detonate unexploded ordnance found near Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 22, 2008. Brochu and Hutchins, both of 761st Explosive Ordnance Disposal, will destroy the ordnance with a controlled explosion. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi army soldiers sit on a dirt berm as they take a break during training at Tanmiya, Iraq, on Feb. 14, 2008. Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 0832 Military Transition Team are training Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 8th Army Division. DoD photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston, U.S. Army. (Released)

One U.S. Army soldier gets a boost up a wall from his fellow soldiers as they conduct a mission in Diyala, Iraq, on Feb. 13, 2008. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Artillery Regiment are helping return displaced Iraqis to their homes. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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[PROCON]

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