The Globe is a weekly newspaper published for the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite...

 - pronounced LUH JERN community. In addition to its military staff and correspondents, The Globe carries a civilian bureau, employed by Landmark Communications Inc..

The Globe has been the official publication of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune since Feb. 23, 1944, when Maj. Gen. Henry Louis Larsen

Henry Louis Larsen

Henry Louis Larsen was a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General, the second Military Governor of Guam following its recapture from the Empire of Japan, and the first post-World War II Governor of Guam. He also served as the Military Governor of American Samoa alongside civilian Governor of...

, commanding officer, saw the need for a larger newspaper to replace The New River Pioneer.

Awards

The staff has received four Thomas Jefferson Awards for Journalistic Excellence, three USMC Division of Public Affairs Awards, a USMC Combat Correspondents Association Merit Award and was named "Best Newspaper in the Marine Corps" in 2004 and 2008. Sgt Robert J Stanley, editor of The camp Lejeune Globe 1974 and 1975 was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Award in 1975 for editor of the Camp Lejeune Globe, Best Newspaper in the Armed Forces for that year.