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MCB Camp Blaz is named after Guam local, Brigadier General Vicente T. "Ben" Blaz. Blaz was the first person of an ethnic minority to reach general rank in the USMC and the highest ranking Chamorro ever, as well as Guam's delegate to Congress from 1985 to 1993. [3] The base officially opened on January 25, 2023, with a ceremony on January 26.
As part of that drawdown, the establishment of a Marine Corps Base Guam was planned. In 2018, the Secretary of the Navy approved the renaming of Marine Corps Base Guam in honor of the late Brigadier General Blaz. On 30 September 2020 the new base was activated as Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
In 1988, Blaz was honored by his alma mater, when the Notre Dame Alumni Association presented him with the Corby Award, which honors alumni who have distinguished themselves in military service. [8] Blaz is the namesake of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, a military installation in Dededo that was activated in October 2020. [9] [10]
This is a list of installations used by the United States Marine Corps, organized by type and state. Most US states do not have active Marine Corps bases; however, many do have reserve bases and centers. In addition, the Marine Corps Security Force Regiment maintains Marines permanently at numerous naval installations across the United States ...
Vicente T. Blaz, known as Ben Blaz (1928-2014), first person of an ethnic minority to achieve general rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, first Chamorro to reach general rank in the U.S. Armed Forces, second Delegate from Guam to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, namesake of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz
“Everybody has demons, but there are some wild kind of demons when you come back from combat,” said a Navy corpsman (the Navy’s name for its medics) who served a tour each in Iraq and Afghanistan and asked not to be identified by name. He was once unable to save a Marine with a terrible head wound, and afterwards felt other Marines blamed ...
The facility dates back to 1944, immediately after the 1944 Battle of Guam.It was previously designated Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Western Pacific (NCTAMS WESTPAC), before those responsibilities were merged with NCTAMS EASTPAC to form NCTAMS PAC in Honolulu in 2000, and the Guam facility was redesignated a NCTS.
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