Marine Corps News Room

Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:39:52 -0600

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.

U.S. Grants NATO Request to Extend Marine Unit’s Afghanistan Tour

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:54:01 -0600

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has approved a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force request that the 2,200 Marines of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit remain in Afghanistan a month longer than planned.

Immigrant Killed in Afghanistan Granted Posthumous Citizenship

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:33 -0600

Dawid Pietrek, a Polish immigrant, couldn't vote, run for public office or obtain a U.S. passport. But he signed up to serve a country that wasn't yet his, and last month he gave his life for that country.

Wounded Warrior job fair offers opportunities

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:54 -0600

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Cpl. Mark Marcoux set his sights on college long before he was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Bush signs Iraq and Afghanistan war-funding by Olivier Knox

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:57:15 -0600

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday signed into law a 162-billion-dollar spending bill funding the Afghanistan and Iraq wars well into 2009 -- roughly six months into his successor's term.

Your new GI Bill An average of $80,000 for college — and it’s transferable to your spouse or kids

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:06:56 -0600

Lawmakers have approved some of the most significant improvements to the GI Bill since its inception during World War II, an expansion of benefits that will enable new generations of veterans — and for the first time, family members — to fully cover the costs of obtaining a college degree.

Fallen Marine Laid To Rest

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:22:04 -0600

Family, Friends Remember Sgt. Matthew Mendoza

SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio Marine was laid to rest Saturday, a little more than a week after he died on patrol in Afghanistan.

Honoring Marine as he wished

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:16:35 -0600

Before Marine Sgt. Matthew Mendoza left for each of his three deployments to the war zone, he told his father what he wanted done if he came back in a casket.

Suicide bomber kills 3 Hawaii Marines

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:24:56 -0600

Battalion commander among suicide bomber's victims

The commanding officer of a Hawai'i-based battalion of more than 1,000 Marines and sailors died Thursday in Iraq in an attack that also killed two other Kane'ohe Marines, the military said yesterday.

Suspect held in deadly Iraq bombing

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:19:16 -0600

Victims of attack targeting anti-al-Qaida tribal sheiks included 3 Marines

BAGHDAD - A member of an extremist cell believed to be behind a suicide attack that killed more than 20 people including three U.S. Marines has been arrested, the U.S. military said Friday.

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's History

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:07:06 -0600

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit was activated March 1, 1967, as Special Landing Force Alpha, for operations in Vietnam. It made the first of many amphibious deployments from Okinawa to the coast of Vietnam April 10, 1967. Ten days later, it was committed to Operation Beaver Cafe/Union #1. From May to September, Special Landing Force Alpha was entrusted to ground operations 22 days out of each month. It was during this period of intense combat that Special Landing Force Alpha earned the Presidential Unit Citation. The unit participated in supporting operations ashore during the following three years, returning to Okinawa periodically for re-outfitting and the rotation of forces.

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's History

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:07:06 -0600

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's History

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:07:06 -0600

Fallen DuPage Marine to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:36:44 -0600

U.S. Marine Dawid Pietrek, who gave his life for a country that was not yet his own, will be buried with military honors alongside other American heroes.

After Long Exile, Afghan Returns to Aid U.S. Marines

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:40:59 -0600

June 26, 2008 · At 53, Abdul Torabi is a soft-spoken man with gray hair, a short gray beard and a quiet chuckle. He was born in Afghanistan, but has lived most of his life in exile in America.