Sgt. Joshua Snowden, one of 15 Marines killed in a military plane crash earlier this month, will be laid to rest Friday at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.

Okinawa prefecture filed suit against Japan’s central government this week in a fresh attempt to block the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a remote part of the island.

A Marine veteran believed so strongly in the war against the Islamic State group that he secretly traveled to Syria, where he was killed this month while fighting for a Kurdish militia group.

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Hundreds of mourners attended Tuesday's funeral for 20-year-old Cpl. Dan Baldassare, which was held at Colts Neck High School's football field. Baldassare had graduated from the school in 2015 and played on its football team for four years.

The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment out of Camp Pendleton tested a variety of new gadgets aimed to assist Marines on the battlefield, including small drones, special tablets and satellite phones.

Two Marines killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi were making their last trips home Monday.

The National Museum of the Marine Corps celebrated the newly-opened Medal of Honor Theater Sunday with showings of “We, The Marines,” narrated by Academy Award-winning actor and Marine Gene Hackman.

The body of Marine Staff Sgt. Robert Cox returned to his family in Ventura Sunday evening, escorted by more than 100 motorcyclists from the Patriot Guard Riders, a volunteer honor guard.

Dan Baldassare was among 15 Marines and a Navy sailor who died when the military transport plane slammed into soybean fields in the Mississippi Delta on July 10.

Mexico-born Marine Pvt. Daniel Ramirez Rodriguez was sworn in as an American citizen one day and then graduated boot camp at Parris Island the next.

Staff Sgt. Joshua Snowden once belted out every word of Radney Foster's "Angel Flight" while clutching his camo Marine hat over his heart as tears streamed down his face. That was Josh – a Dallas boy who exhaled patriotism with every breath and had country music in his blood.

Cindy and John Elliott's son, Capt. Sean Endecott Elliott, was among the 15 Marines and one sailor to die when the C-130 in which they were flying exploded over a Mississippi bean field.

The heat index reached triple digits on Thursday afternoon, but that didn’t stop nearly 70 Marines and civilians with the Marine and Family Programs Division in Quantico from enjoying the rich military history offered by the Fredericksburg area.

Lt. Col. Taylor White, commander of Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, was relieved of his command by Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. It is the third time within seven weeks that a Marine Corps officer has been reassigned.

A Marine officer was critically wounded after being shot during night live-fire training this month at Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island, officials said.

Cpl. Skyler James, a tiltrotor mechanic assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26, and another Marine were struck by lightning while working on an MV-22 Osprey July 11 at New River, according to a release.

The heavily armed fighters peered out of a broken second-story window at their outpost in a crumbling house on the western edge of this shell-shocked city, where the Islamic State is fighting a furious battle to hold on to the capital of its self-declared caliphate.

Former Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns will be interred Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.

Marine to teacher to future doctor, Jason Homza seems to be a bit of an overachiever and that fact was recognized recently when he was named a Tillman Scholar.

Onslow County, Camp Lejeune, and the City of Jacksonville joined together Thursday morning in an effort to reduce cost, diminish risks, and capitalize on strengths.

The plane was carrying seven Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman attached to the unit stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The other nine killed in the crash were crewmembers from Stewart Air National Guard Base.

The U.S. Marine Corps' Training and Education Command said in a statement Thursday that Lt. Col. Joshua Kissoon is accused of failure to obey a lawful general order, making a false statement and conduct unbecoming an officer.

The Marine Corps' 2017 Aviation Plan says the transition to the KC-130J is already complete for active duty units, and the transition for reserve units began in fiscal year 2014.

Nat Fahy, the director of public affairs, said the investigation continues but the woman was not serving in the military and was not a military spouse, though her name has not been released.

An area nonprofit is leading the effort to show support of their comrades who died in a Marine KC-130T crash in a Mississippi soybean field while an observance is being planned to honor them.

Sgt. Joe Murray sent a letter home to his dad in Jacksonville five years ago for Father’s Day while he was deployed in Afghanistan to express how proud he was to have a son for the first time even though he couldn’t be there for the birth.

In a rousing show of support, the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday questioned Navy Secretary nominee Richard Spencer during a two-hour preliminary confirmation hearing that looked more like a unanimous endorsement than the rigors of interrogation.

Marine Corps veteran Scott Lahodik fought off a 10-foot alligator Friday after it latched onto his arm at a Florida golf course.

After summiting, they snapped photos and enjoyed the view. They had no idea what lay in store for them on the trail ahead.

Marine Pfc. Ronald Ridgeway, 18, was "killed" outside Khe Sanh in Vietnam on Feb. 25, 1968. On Sept. 10, he was buried in a national cemetery in St. Louis. But as his comrades and family mourned, he sat in harsh North Vietnamese prisons.

An hourslong standoff inside a suburban Atlanta bank ended when an officer shot and killed a man who had claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room."

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Karen Pence became emotional as she perused the collection of artwork on display at the newly unveiled Combat Art Gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico on Thursday afternoon.

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force’s Information Group’s mission is to win the war on the information battlefield and to decimate enemy capabilities in the electromagnetic spectrum. The group is the first of its kind among the Corps’ marine expeditionary forces.

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Ginyard was among the first black Marines who were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal in 2012. The group jumped at the chance to enlist after President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order in 1941 requiring the military to recruit African Americans.

Rep. Walter Jones first introduced a proposal to change the title of the department to Department of the Navy and Marine Corps in 2001 and has stuck to his belief that the two separate services deserve equal recognition.

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A U.S. Marine artillery unit in Syria is using a highly specialized guidance kit for its ammunition, a video posted to a Pentagon-run website shows. It appears to be the first time the equipment has been spotted with U.S. forces in a combat zone outside of Afghanistan.

Martina Burger wanted nothing more than for people to remember her son. Now, nearly 13 years after his death, drivers on a busy Perryville Road will see the name of Marine Cpl. Dale Alan Burger, Jr. every day.

A wounded Marine based at Camp Pendleton received a handicap-accessible van as a thank you gift from Pacific Marine Credit Union at Camp Pendleton’s Wounded Warrior Battalion West.

Marine veteran encourages those who have a neighbor with PTSD not to set off fireworks without first notifying them about when and where they plan to set off the fireworks.

The pavilion next to the Wounded Warrior Battalion headquarters hosted dozens of combat veterans, hundreds of Marines and family members and a select few retired officers that were instrumental in founding the battalion.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Youngwelch, 29, of Buffalo, New York died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday, said First Lt. Eric Abrams with the base’s public affairs office, but the details of the crash itself remain few.

When Jim Manley joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1958 just prior to the large-scale involvement of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War he saw military service as an opportunity to give back to his country.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley took command of III Marine Expeditionary Force’s combat aviation element during a ceremony Thursday at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Sixty-seven years ago, South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s parents were among the thousands of refugees evacuated by the Marine Corps following the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir — a grueling 17-day battle in subzero temperatures during the Korean War.

A man whose family described him as a Marine veteran and a peacemaker was shot dead early Thursday in Olney, Penn.

A Tuesday morning dedication aboard Camp Lejeune, Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune officially renamed the hospital to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune.

Two Marine Corps maintainers working on an F/A-18 fighter jet were injured when a flash fire ignited as they were performing routine maintenance on the aircraft, the service said Monday.

Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on Okinawa Monday, the first time the state-of-the-art stealth fighter has visited the strategically important Japanese island.

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Brigadier Gen. Eric M. Smith, who led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and most recently served at the Pentagon, is the new commanding general of the 1st Marine Division.

The Museum of the Marine unveiled its second monument Thursday within Lejeune Memorial Gardens.

Over the course of several years, Staff Sgt. Ismael Esconde has folded thousands of cranes to show appreciation to the Japanese allies of the United States. He has caused quite a stir; people are generally surprised to see a Marine doing origami for the wellness of others.

Approximately 330 Marines arrived in January in 2017 to bolster cooperation between the two countries and conduct exercises in the wake of continued Russian aggression in Europe.

The museum will dedicate a monument in honor of Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Teams Association on Thursday, June 22 in downtown Jacksonville.

Col. Daniel P. O’Hora, commander of the Marine Corps Engineering School aboard Camp Lejeune, was fired June 6. An investigation into O’Hora has been opened and remains ongoing.

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NATO forces completed a mock amphibious assault in northern Poland as part of Exercise Baltic Operations, giving U.S. Marines a rare chance to practice a skill that has languished over the years: a shoreline assault.

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Arthur J. Jackson, who singlehandedly destroyed a dozen enemy pillboxes and killed 50 Japanese soldiers during a fierce battle on the Pacific island of Peleliu, died Wednesday at the Boise VA Medical Center.

Lance Cpl. Kevin Guerrero was sentenced to 15 years in state prison on Wednesday after he pled guilty to burglary in the second degree and sexual abuse of a SUNY New Paltz female student in an off-campus apartment.

A retired Marine Corps sergeant major and an off-duty police officer’s swift actions Tuesday led to the capture of an intruder after a violent attempted robbery at a home in Kaneohe.

A Marine Corps Air Station New River aviation officer has lost her command after an off-duty incident was not properly reported.

A Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet made a precautionary landing this week at a Japanese air base, U.S. and Japanese officials said.

As an actor and military technical adviser, Dale Dye has been the driving force behind some of the most beloved and revered war epics. Now he wants to step behind the camera.

The commander of the small contingent of Marines based in South Korea says the corps does not have enough forces to permanently expand its presence on the divided peninsula.

A high-ranking former Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island training commander — relieved of command following a recruit’s death — faces a preliminary hearing that could send his case to the highest level of military court.

During a change-of-command ceremony Thursday, Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley relinquished oversight of Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Installations East to Col. Michael Scalise, who will hold the position throughout the summer.

Active duty members, veterans and their spouses swapped camo and boots for robes and tasseled caps as they prepared to receive their degrees — many from completely different schools — in a shared ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune this week.

The Marine Corps has asked Congress for $3.2 billion to buy warplanes and other equipment that did not make President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 defense budget plan, according to a copy of the request obtained by CQ Roll Call.

For some Marines, tattoos are a way of remembering and honoring fallen comrades. The images themselves vary. Some memorial tattoos are more personalized, their meanings — to everyone except the wearer — less obvious.

The governor of Okinawa is preparing another lawsuit challenging the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a remote part of the island, according to multiple Japanese media reports.

Each family has a different plan for Memorial Day, but all of them will be remembering their lost loved one.

Three married U.S. Marine officers have found themselves under investigation for a night in Colombia that went off the rails, involving allegations they went drinking with some local women, were slipped illicit drugs, robbed of U.S. property and landed in a local hospital emergency room.

A former Parris Island drill instructor was acquitted Wednesday of hazing-related charges filed against him following an investigation into allegations of wide-spread mistreatment of recruits at the Marine Corps’ storied South Carolina recruit depot, a Marine spokesman said.

The commandant of the Marine Corps suggested that the United States may reconsider the timeframe for relocating troops from Okinawa to Guam because of North Korea’s growing missile threat.

More than half of the funding for the Marine Corps in fiscal year 2018 will be spent on personnel, but the force will remain constant at its current goal of 185,000.

Zachary Boland died due to complications from pneumonia after concealing his illness from drill instructors at Parris Island in an attempt to avoid being dropped from training, the investigation found.

Branden Roy Baker, 34, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, where he will face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 11.

Among Marines, Don Downer has become known as the "Spam Czar" because a signature care package item is a can of Spam. His 3,000th care package also included magazines; foot powder; Tobasco sauce; Vienna sausage; sunflower seeds; Pop-Tarts; and Cracker Jacks.

Miramar Marine Corps Air Station will begin converting its jet squadrons to the stealthy F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, triggering major construction projects in the coming months, Lt. Gen. Jon “Dog” Davis told San Diego’s military and business leaders on Wednesday.

Now that troops have returned from deployments and training with physical injuries caused by heavy equipment, the military has looked to bring the overall weight of gear down. So the Army and Marine Corps are working together to lighten the things they carry.

Another officer shot and killed Ronald Williams, but Stephen Mader's decision to not shoot would cost him his job as a police officer for the city of Weirton, W.Va., according to allegations in a federal lawsuit he filed last week against his former employer.

Yoo is a career infantry officer who has led units from a rifle platoon to the entire 1st Marine Division. He previously served as director of operations for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

A South Carolina coroner said he would consider changing the ruling of suicide for a Michigan Marine recruit who died at boot camp last year if circumstances warrant.

In the wake of the nude photo sharing scandal that rocked the military earlier this year, Marines with substantiated cases of improper photo sharing will face mandatory separation proceedings.

A Marine unit was dispatched to Helmand last month for the first time since 2014. The returning unit has nine months to make a mark. Stars and Stripes spoke with some of the Marines. Here are a few we met.

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix’s trial for his alleged involvement in the death of a Muslim recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will begin this summer, according to the Corps.

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Lockheed Martin Corp.'s new King Stallion helicopter for the Marine Corps is likely to cost $144 million each, 4 percent more than projected by the service, and be ready to deploy a year later than planned, according to the Pentagon's cost assessment office.

New court documents reveal that federal agents continue to probe a soldier’s 2013 hanging at Camp Pendleton, with her civilian husband a top suspect in the case.

The challenge is a 5-mile course of obstacles, mud and winding sandy trails through the Fort Gordon woods.

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Seventy-five years after the 4th Marine Regiment was virtually wiped out on Corregidor, members of the present-day unit have returned to mark the anniversary of the epic World War II battle.

Although thousands upon thousands of well-meaning Americans on Facebook and Twitter are asking people to pray for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, the grunts aren’t suffering any casualties in Afghanistan. They’re home at Camp Pendleton, preparing to deploy to sea.

The Marine Corps will end hundreds of Osprey and helicopter training flights taking place annually at a tiny Hawaiian airport after residents questioned their legality.

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Northern Edge is the largest military exercise in Alaska and involves about 6,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and other personnel, plus nearly 200 aircraft and several ships. Participants will test their skills in simulated combat in a remote swath of the Interior and the Gulf of Alaska. The U.S. Air Force's Alaskan Command is leading the exercise.

A Marine Corps recruit who was hazed by his drill instructor suffered second- and third-degree chemical burns on his buttocks so severe that he needed skin grafts, according to documents newly released by the service.

A U.S. Marine accused of a hit-and-run accident last year that killed two teenagers is now in the Harnett County Detention Center.

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony this month.

It was a surprise war-deployment scenario, one with a cruel twist. When done correctly, former 4th Battalion Commander Kate Germano said, it can be an effective teaching tool. But done incorrectly, Germano said, it can be considered hazing.