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Defenders from the 22nd Security Forces Squadron prepare for night operations during Lethal Defender Dec. 2, 2023, at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas. Lethal Defender is a weeklong training exercise designed to train defenders on all elements of the efficient setup and maintenance of expeditionary air bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Lunn)
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The Army saw a drop in sexual assault reports, while other services went up

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith speaks during a Relinquishment of Office ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. on July 10, 2023. The 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, relinquished the office to Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith. Until a new Commandant is confirmed by the Senate and appointed to the position, Gen. Smith will be the acting Commandant, retaining the title and position of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Dornfeld)
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Commandant says Marines should have a say in whether they change duty stations

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with 3rd Marine Raider Battalion take a break during training at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-week training programs for U.S. Army, Navy and Marine special operations forces that provides live-fire ranges and familiarizes them with Air Force Special Operations Command assets to ensure global readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
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Marine Raiders won’t be fighting in the Arctic anytime soon, general says

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Apr 29, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, observes a forward area refueling point demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 13, 2022. The demonstration was part of a three-day Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Force Level Summit. The summits are held quarterly to support force level sergeants major at their respective commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Victoria Ross)
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Marine in top enlisted spot leaving the Pentagon after just 2 years

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Apr 22, 2025

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Two Marines killed in crash while on southern border duty identified

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

{filenamebase) WASHINGTON (Sept. 16, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks at a ceremony recognizing Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer in an induction ceremony at the Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon. Sgt. Meyer received this award for his brave actions in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2010 when he left his safe post and coming under enemy fire continuously ove the courese of six hours to recover the fallen and provide aid to wounded Afghan and U.S. service members. Sgt. Meyer saved 13 U.S. Marines and Soldiers and 23 Afghans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Reserve

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

Rich McCormick, now a Republican member of Congress from Georgia, appeared in the “Chess” Marine recruiting ad from the 1990s.
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The Marine in one of the most famous recruiting commercials is now in Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, scan for simulated threats from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) with a NightFighter S portable counter-unmanned aerial vehicle system, a MODI II system, and an FIM-92 Stinger during a counter-unmanned aircraft system drill in the Pacific Ocean July 20, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)
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Marine Corps to field new counter-drone systems to deploying units

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

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The Marine Corps has settled the debate over the size of a rifle squad

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

Marine drones
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Marine Corps stands up ‘attack drone team’ to take lessons from Ukraine and teach them to grunts

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold
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A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

Marine shaving policy
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Marine commanding officers have final say on medical shaving exemptions

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

A new pilot program offers Marine Corps and navy moms on active duty or spouses access to registered nurses for help with unique physical and mental health conditions that moms face throughout pregnancy and after giving birth.
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New program helps Navy, Marine Corps moms with pregnancy and infant care

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 13, 2025

Students in the academic track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course work on improving their math skills during a class at Fort Moore, Georgia. The academic track focuses on improving word knowledge, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and test-taking skills to help students improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and meet the Army’s enlistment standards. (U.S. Army photo by Toygar Ayla)
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Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

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Historic ‘China Marines’ battalion converts into latest Littoral Combat Team

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 10, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Watson, the executive officer of Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23, watches MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft land during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23 in Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 6, 2023. Southern Jackaroo is a trilateral exercise with MRF-D, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Defence Force, with Republic of Korea observers, working together to achieve fire, maneuver, and communications interoperability objectives. Watson is a native of Woodbridge, Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)
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Marine officer honored for leadership in aftermath of chaotic Osprey crash

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Army Fort Campbell re-enlists 124 soldiers to continue to serve our country. Stay tuned for more event coverage this week! (Photos by SPC Harris, 101st Division Public Affairs Office)
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Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

United State Marines among the ruins of a house that was levelled by Marines who determined that Communists were taking refuge inside, in Hue, Vietnam, 15th February 1968. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

A headshot of a Marine in full dress, with the American flag behind him.
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Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

Local Marines fold flags for Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson’s family during his funeral May 4 at Tahoma Cemetery. Jackson was killed April 24 by an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan.
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US Marine, 3 Pentagon contractors die in Philippines plane crash

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
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Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Soldiers from the 97th Military Police Brigade, and 41st Engineering Company, Fort Riley, KS., work along side with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo, TX., port of entry, applying 300 meters of concertina wire along the Mexico border in support of Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT November 2, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)
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Here are the first Army and Marine Corps units heading to the border

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

Capt. Jordan Wiggins, 23d Fighter Group pilot, speaks into his HGU-55/P helmet prior to departure July 2, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Wiggins is flying one of the two A-10s assigned to the 23d Fighter Group that are scheduled to conduct a flyover as a part of the 2020 Salute to America in Washington, D.C., celebrating the United States of America’s 244th birthday. The flyover provides the men and women of the 23d Fighter Group the opportunity to demonstrate capabilities and join in national celebration, while obtaining necessary training hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson)
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Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Lohmeier and Scheller
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Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

Marines on Guam
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Top Marine general says moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam ‘puts us going the wrong way’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

Marine beards
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Top Marine general rules out beards ‘because we’re Marines and we’re different’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

1st Battalion, 4th Marines
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Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

Marine boot camp photos
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Marine recruit uniforms were photoshopped on at boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 6, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with 3rd Marine Raider Battalion take a break during training at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-week training programs for U.S. Army, Navy and Marine special operations forces that provides live-fire ranges and familiarizes them with Air Force Special Operations Command assets to ensure global readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
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Drinking conviction against 2 members of ‘MARSOC 3’ overturned, ending yearslong case

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 1, 2025

Jasmin Moghbeli
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Marine astronaut says the space station is ‘luxurious’ compared to how Marines usually live

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 19, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Matthew Danner, front, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, addresses his Marines during a formation on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 9, 2024. Danner and Sgt. Maj. Charles Peoples, the sergeant major of the 31st MEU, led the weekly formation for a final time, in advance of a change of command. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Peter J. Eilen)
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Opinions of lower-ranking troops could soon be considered in officer promotions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 17, 2024

Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the Marine Corps,
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Top Marine says combat experience gives US the edge over China’s military

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 11, 2024

A Naval Strike Missile fires from a NMESIS system.
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Marines deploy NMESIS anti-ship system to the Pacific

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 30, 2024

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech during an uncasing ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 16, 2024. The uncasing ceremony is an Army tradition that represents the point in time when a unit’s mission overseas is complete. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jonathon Downs)
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How generals and admirals get promoted now and how that may change under Trump

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

We showed the U.S. Marine Corps' latest recruiting ad, "Made For This" to a bunch of teenagers.
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We showed the new Marine Corps recruiting ad to some teenagers. Here’s what they thought of it.

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 19, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason Burkett, commanding officer, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to Marines during a battalion formation at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 1, 2024. This battalion-wide formation was held to brief future events and address questions regarding the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)
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Suicide rates among active duty troops, spouses and dependents have increased since 2011

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

Marines in dress uniforms carry a large birthday cake.
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Get some cake, Marine Corps, it’s your 249th birthday

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 10, 2024

Marine recruit picked up by police at San Diego airport after fleeing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California.
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Marine recruit flees boot camp, stopped at airport

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 6, 2024

F-35 Crash investigations eject
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Marines say crashed F-35B malfunctioned, but pilot didn’t need to eject

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 31, 2024

USMC sister brother Eagle globe anchor
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Marine Corps corporal surprises little brother with EGA at boot camp ceremony

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

National Museum of the Marine Corps
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Garbage, PowerPoint, combat: Father and son revisit their wars at Marine Corps museum

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
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Federal judge tosses lawsuit that challenged Pennsylvania military ballots

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 29, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Enrique Dominguez III, an instructor with Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Drill Instructor School, Recruit Training Regiment, directs the new Marines of DI school class 1-25 into a squad bay at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Oct. 3, 2024. DI school develops leadership, command presence, instructional ability, physical fitness, and professional knowledge in officers and noncommissioned officers to prepare them for the duties of a drill instructor. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesse K. Carter-Powell)
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JJ DID TIE BUCKLEE? Marine Corps adds ‘E’ for ‘Empathy’ to list of leadership traits

By James Clark

Posted on Oct 24, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Cpl. Eddie Vincek, a WWII veteran and Battle of Iwo Jima survivor, poses for a group photo with Marines from Training Company , Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment during his 100th birthday celebration at the Ruritan Club, Chesapeake, Va., Sept. 29, 2024. Vincek served with ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima which was one of the last and most violent struggles of the WWII campaign in the Pacific. During the celebration, Vincek was joined by close family and friends and honored with a challenge coin and plaque. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Catherine S. Verenzuela Mariano)
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100 Marines showed up for an Iwo Jima veteran’s 100th Birthday

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

Marine Staff Sgt. Brett Meil
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Marine used his own body to shield buddy during grenade training accident

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Saul Aguilar-Ortega, an embarkation specialist with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, engages his target during a new experimental annual rifle qualification (ARQ) on Bravo Range at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 2, 2020. The new ARQ is expected to be implemented by 2021, with shooters wearing combat gear and qualifying over a course of three days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers)
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Marine Corps rolls out plan to overhaul marksmanship training for the first time in a century

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

Marines fire a mortar.
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Surge in Marines staying in the Corps past their first enlistment

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 23, 2024

Fred McCoy
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Marine veteran and wife locate body of shooting suspect in Kentucky

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2024

Marine Corps sergeant rescues woman from fiery crash awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal
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‘I don’t see myself as a hero,’ says Marine who saved woman from fiery car wreck

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 19, 2024

Marine Cpl. Spencer Collart died after an August
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Marine who died trying to reach trapped Osprey pilots honored for final bravery

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 17, 2024

Sgt. Maj. Gerardo E. Trevino
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Marine sergeant major fired from West Coast boot camp now in brig amid investigation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 16, 2024

Marines CFT Air Force
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Four Marines trained an Air Force base to take the Marine Corps fitness test. The Air Force gave them medals for it.

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2024

Former scout sniper Justin Governale helped connect a fallen marine's family after debut on Kill Tony stand up comedy podcast.
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A Marine went on a comedy podcast. The sister of a fallen scout sniper was listening.

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 6, 2024

Marines with USS Wasp assaulted in Turkey
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Marines in Turkey step in when two of their own assaulted on the street

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

A missing persons flying for Bailey Cameron.
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Camp Pendleton Marine missing for more than a week

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 1, 2024

Cpl. Daniel Heller after receiving the Navy Cross.
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Vietnam Marine vet awarded Navy Cross 55 years after saving Marines while wounded

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

A photo of the gym dedication to Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee.
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USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

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Did the Pentagon match with Hezbollah on Tinder?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

Anthony Taveras-Furcal
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Marine arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff’s deputies with his car

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 21, 2024

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Trump describes Medal of Honor recipients as ‘hit so many times by bullets’ or ‘dead’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

Riley Tejcek
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Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
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Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Static line and freefall parachute operations require different approaches and skillsets.
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A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Aug 12, 2024

mv-22 marine died reaching pilots
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Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 10, 2024