Marine Sgt Rafael Peralta and the Medal of Honor
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter continues to feverishly pursue the Medal of Honor for fallen Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who scooped a grenade under his body to save other Marines in Fallujah,...
View ArticleMarines ask: Why not more Presidential Unit Citations?
The decision to award the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation to 28,000 personnel who served under Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010 has led to a basic question from other...
View ArticleSmoke the donkey, beloved Marine mascot dies
Smoke the donkey, beloved Marine mascot and wounded warrior therapy animal passed away last night of natural causes, according to his Facebook page. After a harrowing, years-long journey that took him...
View ArticleQuantico trails named for OEF/OIF battles
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Officer candidates will now be training and running on trails named for some of the hardest battles fought by Marines during the recent conflicts in Iraq and...
View ArticleMarine Corps investigating questionable decade-old photos from Fallujah
The Marine Corps is looking into several photographs posted on an entertainment gossip website on Wednesday that appear to show Marines burning Iraqi corpses. TMZ posted eight of 41 photos they were...
View ArticleFormer Force Recon Travis Haley recounts harrowing fight in Najaf, combat...
Celebrity firearms trainer Travis Haley, who served in Iraq with 2nd Force Reconnaissance Battalion and returned to the country as a Blackwater contractor protecting ambassador Paul Bremer, recently...
View ArticleWounded Marine vet claims poor treatment at national park could cost him a limb
A Marine veteran who earned the Navy Cross for actions in Iraq but later refused it, filed a complaint with the federal government alleging treatment by a ranger at a national park in California could...
View ArticleCorps’ new CMC issues 239th birthday message to Marines
Gen. Joe Dunford, the new commandant of the Marine Corps, is featured in a video message celebrating the service’s 239th birthday. Dunford issued the message celebrating Marines’ Nov. 10 birthday the...
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