Marine Corps News Room

By Terri Moon Cronk, American Forces Press Service | Headquarters Marine Corps | May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON --

During the busy season of military transfers, adjusting to new communities and registering children for school, more than 2,000 museums across the nation will open their doors, free of charge, to service members and their families as a break from the summer challenges, a Defense Department official said today.

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By Logan Jenkins6 a.m.May 22, 2013

Memorial Day, we’re reminded this time of year, was originally called Decoration Day, a day in late May set aside for the adornment of the fallen’s resting places with flowers, flags, endearments.

Continue reading "It will be memorable Memorial Day at Alpine's cemetery" »

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By MOLLY BLAKE
May 21, 2013, 3:37 pm

When I graduated from college, I planned on being the next Diane Sawyer. My hubris took me to a small television station down south where I was a general assignment reporter until one day when the military reporter, Mark Dent, up and quit. I volunteered to fill in. That was 1997, long before The Longest War began.

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By Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz | Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch | May 21, 2013

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Blue chemical lights illuminated the Pacific under a early morning sky as 41 dark figures approached the black waters off San Onofre beach at 4 a.m. and patiently waited in the brisk air for the countdown to honor their fallen comrades to begin May 17.

Continue reading "Marines sacrifice at Recon Challenge for those who gave it all" »

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Story by 2nd Lt. Gerard Farao | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 05.21.2013

USS San Antonio, At Sea – U.S. Marines have been at sea since 1775 and the U.S. Navy has been landing Marine forces ashore since the Battle of Nassau when a battalion of Marines led by Capt. Samuel Nicholas landed on the shores of New Providence in the Bahamas, March 3, 1776, during the Revolutionary War.

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Courtesy Story | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 05.20.2013

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - More than 300 local residents attended a memorial dedication at Veterans Memorial Park May 20, 2013, honoring seven Marines from 1st Battalion, 9th Marines who died while training nearby.

Continue reading "Fallen 1/9 Marines legacy set in stone" »

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Granite 7-ton wall delivered after 10-day trip

Joe Little
Posted: 05/20/2013

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A new memorial honoring Marines killed in Afghanistan arrived Monday at Camp Pendleton following a lengthy journey.

Continue reading "New memorial honors Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Afghanistan" »

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By Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | May 20, 2013

NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO, Calif. -- The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit will be first MEU to bring GATR’s with them on their Western Pacific Deployment in 2013. No, not the fearsome jagged toothed reptilians and apex predators, but a state-of-the-art communication tool able to rapidly transmit and receive data. Though actual gators would be an epic mascot for the MEU deployment

Continue reading "13th MEU tests new communication game changer for approaching deployment" »

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James K. Sanborn
Staff writer
May. 20, 2013 - 06:00AM

The commingled remains of 13 fallen service members — mostly Marines — killed in the last armed action of the Vietnam War were laid to rest May 15 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. The men died in a raid known today as the Mayaguez Incident, which was mounted to save the crew of a civilian container ship highjacked in 1975 by communist Khmer Rouge forces near Cambodia.

Continue reading "The Mayaguez incident: A farewell" »

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by Romney Smith
Posted: 05.19.2013 at 12:00 PM

Brigadier General Lori Reynolds is in charge of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island South Carolina. She says her job in a nutshell is to produce marines, and to do it right. “I think there's a lot of misperceptions out there about what happens at recruit training. Everything that we do has a purpose and at the end of the day we turn regular American citizens into basically trained marines through a transformative process that is going to carry them through their whole enlistment” says Reynolds.

Continue reading "Meet the woman in charge of all Parris Island marines & recruits " »

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By Allison M. Roberts
Danville Register & Bee, Va.
Published: May 19, 2013

Sara Bryant knew going into the military was something she wanted to do, but what she did not know was the impact she would have on the role of females in the Marine Corps.

Continue reading "Marine helps develop Female Engagement Team in Afghanistan" »

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By Lance Cpl. Orrin G. Farmer | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | May 19, 2013

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. --

Fighters, big and small, from all over Southern California’s military installations joined together in the 5th annual U.S. Military Pankration Championships at the 52-area fitness center here May 18.

Continue reading "Pankration breeds brotherhood, promotes safety" »

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By Erik Lacitis
The Seattle Times/MCT
Published: May 18, 2013

SEATTLE — The two had known each other less than three weeks when they found themselves inside helicopters about to land off a Cambodian island, and were easy targets for a firestorm of Khmer Rouge bullets and rocket-propelled grenades.

Continue reading "38 years later, closure for a Marine" »

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Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | Date: 05.18.2013

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion set up an Improved Ribbon Bridge with Bridge Erection Boats and an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge as part of the battalion’s continued effort to crosstrain their Marines.

Continue reading "No river wide enough: Marines demonstrate bridging capabilities" »

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Athletic competition for wounded troops taps competitive drive for rehab

By Gretel C. Kovach
3:19 p.m .May 17, 2013

The Marines fought off a near upset from the Army this week in the 2013 Warrior Games, claiming a fourth Chairman’s Cup and another year of bragging rights as undefeated champion of the athletic competition for troops injured by combat, illness or accidents.

Continue reading "Marines win Warrior Games" »

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Col. Scott Campbell of the 15th MEU talks about the amphib future.

By Gretel C. Kovach
5:59 p.m .May 17, 2013

The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to Camp Pendleton this week after an eight-month deployment aboard the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. The Corps kept its infantry afloat while most Marines fought in the deserts of Iraq or Afghanistan.

Continue reading "Marines set sail post-Benghazi" »

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By Allison Barrie
War Games
Published May 16, 2013
FoxNews.com

A search and rescue of chemical-weapons casualties aboard a U.S. Navy vessel, a helicopter assault on Fort Irwin and an antenna that looks like an inflatable beach ball. What do they have in common?

Continue reading "Urban combat hits three states over nine days" »

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