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Marines killed in tactical vehicle rollover on North Carolina highway were teenagers

The two Marines killed in the accident had been in the service less than a year, officials said Friday.

Alec Baldwin performs emcee duties at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 9, 2021, in New York.

Family of slain Marine sues Alec Baldwin for defamation

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an “insurrectionist” for attending former President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year.

Members of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment look over part of a weapons cache discovered by the Marines and members of the Iraqi Civilian Watch outside of Subyhat, Iraq, March 13, 2008.

‘One of the finest’: Marine Corps to deactivate storied Island Warriors battalion in Hawaii

The storied 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment is slated to deactivate during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

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U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) with Co. D, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, move in a convoy at the conclusion of Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 2-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 20, 2021. MWX is the culminating event of the service-level training exercise, challenging Marines to fight against a free thinking adversary with similar capabilities in a force on force environment. MWX 2-21 was the first time ACVs have been employed in a 1st Marine Division training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Courtney G. White)

New Marine amphibious vehicle cleared for operations after fix to towing problems

Marine Amphibious Combat Vehicles can return to missions in the open sea after a new tow rope was developed in response to a deadly training accident that forced the Marines to curtail operations, a top general said this week.

An AH-1Z Viper from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 flies toward an arming and refueling point on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Jan. 10, 2017.

Marine Corps helicopter crashes near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, officials say

Two personnel on the Marine Corps AH-1 helicopter were taken to local hospitals in stable condition, according to a statement from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs.

Landfill work for the construction of a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, is seen in January 2020.

Japanese fisheries minister blocks effort to stop relocation of Marine air base on Okinawa

The Japanese government last week turned aside another move by Okinawa’s prefectural governor to halt work on an airfield fixed as the new home of Marine Corps aviation on the island.

Worshippers are reminded to wear masks and practice social distancing at Setagaya Hachimangu Shrine in Tokyo, Jan. 1, 2022.

Coronavirus cluster at Marine base in Japan grew by 73 cases over holiday weekend

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni has reported 143 cases of COVID-19 since Dec. 27.

Megan Smith gets castigated by male upperclassmen in August 1997 as women participate for the first time in the start of VMI's infamous "rat line." MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Nancy Andrews

He was waterboarded at VMI. His tormentors still got into the military.

A lawsuit highlights a controversial component of the college’s culture: its century-plus-old “rat line.”

Marines from the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard lead the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade in Laguna Niguel, Calif., Dec. 11, 2021. The Mounted Color Guard attends various events throughout the country and works alongside local recruiting stations to conduct high school visits and community events. Marines and future Marines from Recruiting Station Orange County visited with the Marines following the parade. The Mounted Color Guard will participate in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day.

Sgt. Amy Polachek to lead Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard in 133rd Rose Parade

The U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard will participate in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day and will be led by U.S. Marine Sgt. Amy Polachek.

MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 fly back to Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Dec. 7, 2021. The squadron was recently assigned to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily.

Marine tilt-rotor squadron shifts from Spain to Sicily

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 arrived in November and is operating as part of Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa’s north and west Africa response force, according to a statement Tuesday.

A Navy corpsman takes a Marine's temperature before he departs MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, for Guam on June 17, 2021.

Post-holiday COVID-19 surge hits Marine air base in Japan

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni reported 80 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, more than it experienced in all of January, its pandemic peak, thus far.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Maldonado, shown here in Fullerton, Calif., Dec. 10, 2021, rescued an injured person from a three-car pile-up near San Juan Capistrano. He is a Marine Corps recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Fullerton, Rruiting Station Orange County.

Marine saves California crash victim trapped in overturned car

A barefoot Marine rescued a crash victim by kicking out the windshield of the man’s car, which was overturned in the middle of a highway in Orange County, Calif.

A new cluster of coronavirus infections at Camp Hansen, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, was first reported on Dec. 17, 2021.

Okinawa governor blasts US military discipline as COVID-19 cases climb at Marine base

Last week, governor asked III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Bierman Jr. to stop flying in new personnel. He also requested that all Camp Hansen workers be tested for the virus, and that U.S. personnel be barred from leaving the base.

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Driver charged in tactical vehicle rollover near Camp Lejeune that killed 2 fellow Marines

Marine Corps becomes first service to approve religious exemptions to coronavirus vaccine mandate

Women say Marine’s inappropriate photo revealed a web of lies

Pilots injured in military helicopter crash in NJ released from hospital

Panel to determine former battalion commander’s culpability in deadly amphibious vehicle sinking

A family of Marines is divided after father shoots ailing wife

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