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Motorcycle Mentor Program aims to decrease accidents

No Marine goes to a combat zone without first going through the proper safety and training procedures. Yet, from 2006 to 2007 the fatality rate of Marine motorcyclists was high enough for the commandant of the Marine Corps to implement a mandatory mentor program at the battalion level, Marine Corps wide.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 John C. Watson, postal director, Headquarters & Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, has been the president and head mentor for the H&S Bn. motorcycle mentor program for a year and a half, and leads each of the monthly, mandatory meetings.

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