A CH-53E Super Stallion from the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing landed at about 4:40 p.m. after the pilot received a “cockpit warning indication." The incident occurred during routine training on a pre-determined route.

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More than 12 years after Ben Lunak lost part of his leg in combat in Iraq, he became a Colorado Springs police officer – only the fourth amputee to complete a police academy in the United States, officials say.

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said this week he thinks of Noah Furbush as a future NFL player. "I certainly have a passion for football," Noah Furbush said Wednesday, "but my dream and my goal has always been to be a pilot in the military."

Three of six young Marine recruits who became critically ill last fall after eating undercooked hamburgers at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego have filed lawsuits against the foodservice company Sodexo Inc.

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Navy Seabees have been busy using “raw American muscle” to clear roads and pick up debris, said Task Force 76 commander Rear Adm. Brad Cooper.

The commanding general of the Marine Corps' largest base on the East Coast has decided not to issue mandatory evacuation orders as Hurricane Florence bears down, fraying nerves as local officials in the surrounding area warn citizens to leave or face potentially deadly consequences.

Sheriff's officials say Sgt. Christopher Truax was found inside a car bleeding from a gunshot wound early Friday in the city of Lemon Grove, Calif.

The Marines recruit training facility at Parris Island in South Carolina will begin mandatory evacuations Tuesday to elude Hurricane Florence as the storm moves to strike the East Coast of the United States by the end of the week, officials at the base announced.

David “Dee Dee” Osborne had little interest in pursuing the medals he had earned during his service in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. “I was 19 years old, a sergeant back then, and I turned 70 on Sept. 4,” he said. “It took 50 years.”

The circumstance surrounding the death of Pvt. 1st Class Ronald Valentin, who was assigned to Headquarters and Support Battalion Consolidated Postal System, were unknown on Friday.

No injuries were reported after a U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday on an island off Okinawa’s coast, officials said.

A former Marine arrested last month in connection with a grisly drug-related homicide on Taiwan has ties to the nearby island of Okinawa and may have been disciplined prior to leaving the service nearly a decade ago.

Jonathan McKinley, 20, of Camp Hansen, is accused of taking a donation box containing about $50 for flood and landslide victims in western Japan from a convenience store while on leave in Kyoto.

The parents blame former III MEF commander Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson for not holding Marine Col. Daniel Wilson to account for earlier transgressions, which later allowed the colonel to prey on their family.

One of the innovations that has allowed the Marine Corps to move toward its vision of readiness is the use of 3D printers. The technology, which has become increasingly popular in the private sector, has advanced so significantly that it now offers opportunities perhaps only dreamed of in the past.

“We were in combat immediately with no experience,” Sam Folsom, 98, told Stars and Stripes recently. “Green as can be – very few of us had any real flight experience." He would ultimately leave Guadalcanal with three air-to-air kills.

In the spring of 1967, Johnnie Ashe, a Marine counting down the days left of his time at war in Vietnam, realized that if he went home, his older brother, who had 15 months left in the Army, could be shipped off to Vietnam.

This is the third time officials have either revoked permitting or sued to stop a coastal runway project essential to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. It is largely seen as a last-ditch effort after two previous attempts were struck down in Japanese courts.

Pvt. Jordan Rhodes, 22, of Bolingbrook, Ill., had been charged with the Jan. 13 rape of a female Marine who was under the influence of alcohol and unable to consent, according to a copy of the charge sheet provided to Stars and Stripes.

Ewart Odane Bent, a former U.S. Marine, has been arrested in connection with a grisly drug-related homicide in Taiwan in which a 43-year-old Canadian was hacked to death and dismembered with machetes on the evening of Aug. 21.

Brittney Shanae Dyson admitted dunking a puppy in a bucket of water, bleach and Pine-Sol cleaner on June 16, 2016 in a house on Camp Pendleton in Oceanside.

After a homeless Marine vet spent his last 20 dollars on gas for a stranded motorist last October, a subsequent crowdfunding campaign raised over $400,000 for him. Now he's back on the Philadelphia streets and says the campaign's organizers spent lavishly on themselves.

The Marine general who branded stories about sexual harassment at his command as "fake news" and joked at a town hall about his sex life defended his remarks as appropriate, according to a Marine Corps internal investigation

A new squadron of MV-22B Ospreys has been activated at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, marking the end of a modernization transition for Marine aviation and the return of a historic unit to active flight status.

One week after the Marine Corps celebrated a century of women in its ranks, some of its newest female recruits will be issued blues dress coats designed to look more like those of their male counterparts.

Michael Baker Jr. suffered kidney failure after exposure to E. coli at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and required dialysis as a result of the illness. Baker and a number of other recruits fell ill after eating food provided by Sodexo.

Marine Cpl. Jonathan Currier was serving aboard the USS Essex when he was believed to have gone overboard earlier this month. His disappearance set off a five-day search over 13,000 square miles.

Sgt. Isaiah Bernstein, 21, of Charlottesville, Va., was killed in the early morning hours of Aug. 12 outside Parker, Ariz., where he was attending free fall school with his unit.

The Pentagon says President Donald Trump has nominated Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. for promotion to four-star rank and appointment as the next commander of Central Command.

Cpl. Jonathan Currier wanted to pursue a career in aviation and was known for his resilience, service and humor.

A video of Marines dancing to a Japanese pop hit is a viral internet sensation with millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets.

The search for Cpl. Jonathan Currier began following a “Marine overboard” call at about 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 9 while the USS Essex was sailing through the Sulu Sea west of the Philippines.

As a pilot with the Blue Angels, Marine Corps Maj. Jeff Mullins is doing what many aspiring aviators only dream of accomplishing. But as he spoke at Terre Haute North Vigo High School on Friday, among those in the audience was an Air Force Junior ROTC cadet who has earned wings of her own.

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By constant touring and gigging across the Pacific, members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band attempt to win hearts and minds through the international language of music and by putting a friendly face on American foreign policy.

The Marine, assigned to Air Station Beaufort, died Monday night after the motorcycle he was driving struck a tree, Beaufort County Deputy Coroner David Ott said.

No injuries or damage were reported after two Marine Corps tiltrotor aircraft made separate precautionary landings Tuesday in Japan.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran and journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria in August of 2012. His family believes he is still alive, held by forces in a country notoriously hostile to foreign journalists.

The Marine was reported missing Aug. 9 at 9:40 a.m. while the ship was crossing the Sulu Sea west of the Philippines. That prompted a round-the-clock scramble in which 13,000 nautical square miles of the Sulu Sea, the Mindanao Sea and the Surigao Strait were searched.

A public celebration on Tuesday in Window Rock, Arizona, will include a parade, presentations, speeches and a luncheon to honor the more than 400 Navajo Marines who created a radio code during WWII.

A new exchange is the latest evidence of a growing Marine Corps presence in Australia’s Northern Territory.

A century after she joined the Marine Corps, Opha May Johnson's historic achievement was commemorated. At the time she enlisted, it would still be two years until women could legally vote.

Guam is undergoing a metamorphosis that will see about 4,000 Okinawa-based Marines relocate there in the mid-2020s. While no firm date has been set for the massive project’s completion, military leaders on Guam say they’ve overcome significant challenges to keep things on track since ground was broken.

Years of isolation ended in mid-June, when Marine veteran John Tipton and Daisy became the first six-legged safety patrol team at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

Navy, Marine Corps and Philippine ships and aircraft began search-and-rescue efforts immediately after the incident was reported and continued searching through the night, according to statements.

A U.S. Marine was shot and wounded inside a base in Syria earlier this year, and there isn't enough evidence to determine whether the gunman, who is a member of the Syrian forces being trained by American troops, fired accidentally or on purpose, U.S. officials said Friday.

A Marine embarked aboard the USS Essex is believed to have gone overboard Thursday morning in waters near the Philippines, according to a statement by the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

The 19th annual Far East Bodybuilding Competition was supposed to be a celebration of months of training — but overly sexual comments from emcees have now drawn a flurry of complaints from participants and spectators alike.

“We continue to work by, with and through our partners to achieve the lasting defeat of ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria,” Operation Inherent Resolve officials said in a statement.

Addressing Marines and a couple hundred more in the audience during Wednesday's ceremony, Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta said, “I can only promise you 100 percent effort for as long as I’m afforded the privilege of command, and I look forward to serving in your ranks.”

A Marine Corps veteran, Nicole Banks noticed the Purple Heart license plate on Jim Stewart's 1996 Pontiac Bonneville as it sat in a supermarket parking lot, its back seat filled with stuff as if someone lived in it.

Lance Cpl. Dillon Bennett suffered a traumatic brain injury, shrapnel to his knee and other cuts and bruises as a result of a mortar round explosion last month. He was awarded a Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Three Marines who were stabbed during a fight over the weekend outside a bar in San Clemente are back with their unit, military officials said Monday, Aug. 6.

The former commander of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma pulled rank to get more time in the cockpit, and problems ranged from undue command influence to safety concerns, according to the report. One aviator described an incident in which Col. Mark Coppess "warmed a burrito on the exhaust duct of the aircraft.”

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Rick Spooner, now 92, said he and his wife, Gloria, opened the Globe & Laurel restaurant 50 years ago out of a desire to serve those who put everything — even their lives — on the line for the love of their country.

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The military likes to boast “we do more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day” — which sounds better at the recruiting office than at six in the morning when you’re wet and cold in a training area that’s 6,000 feet above sea level.

A 39-year-old former Marine recruiter being called a “person of interest” by police in the disappearance of a young recruit whose body was found in March off a highway in Canton was held without bail yesterday in connection with an alleged assault in Roslindale.

A U.S. district court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by environmental groups looking to block Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s relocation within Okinawa because of an endangered species.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller called Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson the service’s “most operationally experienced and capable commander.” Nicholson is planning to retire after over 30 years of service in the Marines.

The Indiana World War I Centennial Committee will commemorate the first female Marine with a special ceremony in Kokomo’s Foster Park on the 100th anniversary of her enlistment.

The Henoko Referendum Group wants voters to decide whether to fill in a section of Oura Bay so that a Marine Corps runway can be built at Camp Schwab. That runway would facilitate Futenma’s closure and relocation to the remote northern coastal base.

Marine Corps veteran Will Schmidt has raised over $50,000 for charity by completing stand-up paddle boarding adventures. He is set to release a documentary about his paddle down the Pacific coast.

At the time of his discharge in 1919, Mark McCarthy Jr. was given a "Good Conduct Medal," but his son often wondered why he was not given a Purple Heart, for being wounded in battle. 99 years later, he has received his Purple Heart.

Camp Pendleton officials said crews were tackling a small brush fire in the Whiskey impact area of the military base Tuesday.

A father convicted of assault and voluntary manslaughter in the 2012 death of his infant daughter lost his bid Monday to have his lengthy sentence reduced.

Lawyers representing Vincent Grano filed the lawsuit against Sodexo, Inc. on Tuesday, charging their client suffered permanent brain and kidney damage after contracting E. coli from undercooked ground beef served at the company-run facility on Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, according to court documents.

Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, credited with an incredible work ethic and team leadership, relinquished command of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force during a change of command ceremony this week.

Officials initially said the fire had started in the military cemetery, but it was later clarified the cemetery was not threatened by the blaze.

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The mock attack was commanded by RIMPAC’s Marine Air Ground Task Force-Hawaii, which is composed of more than 2,800 Marines and sailors and foreign military personnel from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Chile, Philippines and Tonga.

A new report from the RAND Corporation analyzed survey data from thousands of active-duty military members and found Marines are more likely to be heavy drinkers, use tobacco and engage in riskier sexual behavior than the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the other branches.

Researchers want to stop a bat apocalypse by locating them and reverse-engineering how they survived. Amid the species devastation, the search for northern long-eared bats in the Washington area can lead to two places where some have survived: Marine Corps Base Quantico and Rock Creek Park.

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In a ceremony Wednesday, the completed National Montford Point Marine Memorial was formally transferred to the Secretary of the Navy and presented to the Montford Point Marines.

Okinawa’s anti-base governor has once again unveiled plans to revoke permitting for a new coastal runway that will facilitate the relocation and closure of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Air Force and Marine Corps aviators, along with participants from 16 nations, are engaging in simulated combat above Australia’s Northern Territory during Exercise Pitch Black, which began Friday.

Pfc. Raymond W. Begay was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal Jan. 2018 stabbing of Pfc. Ethan Andrew Barclay-Weberpal, a fellow Marine at the School of Infantry.

Wisconsin's Jake Leinenkugel, of Leinenkugel Brewing Co., has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead a Department of Veterans Affairs commission focused on veterans’ mental health treatment.

The memorial will be presented to Montford Point Marines in a gifting ceremony scheduled for Wednesday at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, in Jacksonville, N.C.

Through a tour of Guam's WWII battle sites, 1st Lt. Joshua Hays wanted his Marines to gain an appreciation for the difficult terrain and fighting conditions that are a hallmark of the Pacific, while imparting lessons that can be passed down through the ranks.

Okinawa-based Marines were hailed as heroes Saturday as they led Guam’s Liberation Day parade, an annual celebration of the U.S. Pacific island territory’s deliverance 74 years ago from a brutal Japanese occupation. Thousands of Guamanians and indigenous Chamorro lined the streets shouting, “Thank you for your service.”

There’s a whole lot of amphibious assault training and stealth fighter flying going on in Hawaii.

To this day, 16 years after his death, Ted Williams remains something of an enigma, a man whose other-worldly talent was quickly evident but who was a complex riddle in so many other facets, as an exceptional chapter “Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” in PBS TV’s “American Masters” series seeks to illuminate.

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Twenty-five nations, more than 45 surface ships and submarines, 17 national land forces, 200-plus aircraft and 25,000 personnel are involved in the Rim of the Pacific exercise, which ais scheduled to run through Aug. 2 in Hawaii and Southern California.

City and Hamilton County officials broke ground Thursday on the memorial designed to honor the five service members killed in the July 16, 2015, Chattanooga terrorist attack on two local military sites.

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Someone had been feeding the alligator, and to prove it, officials at the Marine Corps New River Air Station posted a 12-second video Wednesday: It shows the gator coming out of water like a very dangerous puppy when human hands are extended toward it.

A Marine Corps officer must fight to keep his job after sexual harassment allegations in Quantico, Virginia mushroomed into a scandal that prompted the firing of a general.

In 1946 after months in Guam during WWII, 21-year-old August Pollitz was ready to soak in the Florida sun at one of his favorite hangouts, the Daytona Beach Boardwalk. While there, he lost his dog tags.

Marine Sgt. Dietrich Schmieman of Richland, Washington was one of 16 service members killed July 10, 2017, when their KC-130 cargo plane crashed in Mississippi. The bill to rename the post office in his honor now goes to the U.S. Senate.

A brigadier general found to have treated his aide-de-camp like a servant while directing air strikes against ISIS in Iraq has been disciplined, officials at Marine Forces Pacific said Tuesday.

A group known as the Rucking Raiders marched through Alabama's Jefferson County early Tuesday morning as part of a somber, 900-mile trek to mark the first anniversary of a deadly military crash in the Mississippi Delta.

More than 40 U.S. Marines sent to southeastern Ukraine to train with the local marines as part of the 19-country Sea Breeze exercise, which U.S. officials hope will encourage the country’s military to emulate western armed forces to meet NATO standards.

The Marine Corps field-tested flash-bang mortar rounds designed to suppress the enemy and save civilian lives during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii.

Major Gen. Kevin Iiams assumed command of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Friday, July 13, during a ceremony held on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Under normal Marine field conditions, scarcity might make Skittles or jalapeno cheese spread from a Meals, Ready to Eat pouch worth trading. But on a base outside Mykolaiv, where Marines trained with their Ukrainian marine counterparts as part of the 19-nation Sea Breeze naval exercise this month, the American staples can net more unusual goods.

A health-conscious Marine veteran has channeled a longtime dissatisfaction with MREs into a full-time job making meal-replacement bars.

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Exercise Sea Breeze is a lot like many other annual drills at the operational level. But in this case, Ukrainians are going to use what they learn to fight separatists backed by Russia.

The Navy Cross will be presented to Cpl. Stephen Austin’s daughter, Neily Esposito, on July 21 by the Marine Corps at a 50th anniversary reunion banquet for the 1/27 Marines in Alexandria, Virginia.