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A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Southern California's Riverside County after pleading guilty to child sex charges.
The U.S. Coast Guard has identified nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.
The Coast Guard plans a memorial service for seven members who died in a collision with a Marine helicopter near San Diego last week.
President Barack Obama speaks this morning at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke at the U.S. Capitol.
A Marine Corps sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months confinement and fined $25,000 for pretending to be an injured war hero to get free seats at rock concerts and professional sporting events.
Federal investigators have searched the home of a North Carolina terrorism suspect, seizing counterterrorism literature, ammunition and portable electronics.
On a sultry day in July 2008, Marine Sgt. David W. Budwah strode in his battle fatigues to the front of a picnic pavilion to tell three dozen young boys what he did during the war.
A Marine Corps captain will face a court-martial in February in a rape case involving three University of San Diego students.
The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are spending an evening out to watch a Marine Corps parade.
More history was made at the White House on Thursday when President Barack Obama climbed aboard his waiting helicopter: An all-female Marine Corps crew was taking him to Andrews Air Force Base.
The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday.
The Marine Corps says one Marine has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban.
At a tribute to the late sidekick of "The Tonight Show," Ed McMahon was remembered as a rare individual in the entertainment industry — a man whom "100 percent of the people liked," actor Tom Arnold said.
Oshkosh Corp. was the "clear winner" in a multibillion-dollar competition to build new blast resistant, off-road vehicles for ground forces in Afghanistan and any protests of the award likely will be defeated, a top Marine Corps official said Wednesday.
All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar Province, where his forces have largely been concentrated. But the larger exodus will begin shortly after the Iraqi elections.
Illegal border crossings have dwindled so much in southwestern Arizona that Marine Corps pilots rarely have to abort practice bombing runs any more on their vast desert target range.
The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it's a recruiting ploy.
Police have arrested a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter on charges of felony pimping and kidnapping and are looking into whether he used sex with a 14-year-old girl to entice potential recruits.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Obama has chosen former astronaut Charles F. Bolden to head NASA. If confirmed by the Senate, Bolden would become the first African-American NASA administrator.
A former Marine charged with killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina was not the father of the woman's unborn baby, according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote section of a Southern California forest, killing its two experienced pilots, authorities said Wednesday.
The Pentagon said Wednesday a Marine based in Southern California has been confirmed to be ill with swine flu and is under quarantine, along with about 30 other Marines.
As the Marine Corps shrinks its footprint in Iraq's western desert, Iraqi community leaders here are publicly voicing worries about what will happen once the Americans are gone.
CBS News has won a legal battle with Marine Corps prosecutors who wanted unaired footage of a "60 Minutes" interview with an officer charged for his role in the killing of 24 Iraqis in 2005.
November has some important dates to remember. Days never to be forgotten.
Lesbians more likely to be kicked out of militarySAN FRANCISCO - Women are far more likely than men to be kicked out of the military under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy against gays in uniform, according to government figures released Thursday that critics said reflect deep-seated sexism in the armed forces.
Broun: Pelosi A 'Domestic Enemy Of The Constitution'Excerpt: "" At a town hall in Commerce, Ga., last week, Rep.
So I've learned many things in my young life...well, maybe not so young anymore. Nonetheless, I have learned enough from 16 years in the Marine Corps to feel confident discussing some of the finer aspects of leadership.
U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base | U.S. | ReutersTwo men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.
The Associated Press has released a photo of Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard, which graphically portrays the Marine shortly after being hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) during a firefight in the Helmland Province of Southern Afghanistan.
I started working on an article earlier this morning about Representative Charles Rangel and his attempt to throw the race card into the healthcare reform debate.
US Marine Corps 'Knowingly Poisoned Their Own People and Then Lied About It'Partain had no idea men could get breast cancer. But he thinks he knows what caused his: contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he was born.
What is a veteran?"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. " Thank You Father O'Brien. Semper Fi!
Veterans For Peace :: War is a Racket - General Smedley ButlerSmedley Darlington Butler
t r u t h o u t | The Chicago Model of Militarizing SchoolsThis is an excellent article pertaining to the militarization of public schools in major US cities. The focus here is on Chicago.
Camp Lejeune vets suffer from drinking water contamination - St. Petersburg TimesThree decades of drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may have endangered up to a million U.S. Marines and their family members.
Three Marines Remembered This Memorial DayThere have been many casualties of the Iraq war, but these three Marines were the closest of anyone I knew that lost their life because of the war. Rest in peace. . .
Tributed to my late cousin Benjamin L Fleeharty as well as all those that died in service. America, the land of the free, But where arte thou brave? Some still walk among us, Others sent to an early grave.
Here is an excerpt from Howard Fischer's article about the latest DHS internal report on Terrorism. Can You Believe It? Do you believe it?
Gates Looking To Speed Up F-35 ProductionThe F-35 will be the country's most expensive weapons program ever — an estimated $1 trillion. The Air Force, Navy and Marines will use three different versions of the plane and that redundancy will theoretically save money in the long run.
Filipino Woman Who Accused U.S. Marine of Rape Now "Changes Story"A Filipino woman whose accusations of rape led to the conviction of a U.S. Marine has altered her testimony and emigrated to the United States, saying she was no longer certain that a crime took place, a lawyer said Wednesday.
Wild horses join the CorpsThree young wild horses from rangelands along the eastern Sierra joined the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard in January after four months of training by inmates at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, a long tradition between the agencies
Joint CHP-Marine Corps Checkpoint Raises SuspicionsThe California Highway Patrol in the High Desert and the Twentynine Palms Marine Base are receiving dozens of calls complaining about a controversial DUI checkpoint. Military Police joined the CHP for a recent checkpoint in Yucca Valley.
In Honor of a Fallen NeighborThis short video honors the memory and service of First Lieutenant Ronald Winchester, USMC. He grew up on my block in the 1980s, a few houses down from where my brother and I grew up in the 1960s.
On this November 10th I wish to send a happy birthday to all my fellow Marines out there. Semper Fi
Marine motorcycle deaths top their Iraq combat fatalitiesMotorcycle accidents have killed more Marines in the past 12 months than enemy fire in Iraq, a rate that's so alarming, it has prompted top brass to call a meeting to address the issue, officials say. Despite crashes, Gunnery Sgt. Art Tucker rides a sport motorcycle. "I enjoy it.
Brooklyn Marine sergeant & wife tortured, slain in Calif.; 4 of his men are arrestedA Brooklyn-raised Marine sergeant and his new bride were tortured and killed execution-style in their California home - allegedly by four other Marines under his command.
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