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Medal of Honor hero Kyle Carpenter just gave an inspiring speech everyone...
Marine veteran Cpl. Kyle Carpenter gave a powerful speech to his fellow veterans of the Battle of Marjah recently that everyone should take the time to read.Carpenter, who received the Medal of Honor...
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India's ailing air force is at risk in tough neighborhood
BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - India's air force risks a major capability gap opening up with China and Pakistan without new western warplanes or if local defense contractors can't produce what the...
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Here's what it looked like when US Marines landed at Iwo Jima 70 years ago today
The Battle of Iwo Jima kicked off 70 years ago, on Feb. 19, 1945.One of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre of World War II, the 35-day fight for the desolate island yielded 27 recipients of...
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The story of a Medal of Honor recipient killed at Iwo Jima 70 years ago
“Never fear your enemy but always respect them.” — Gunnery Sgt. John BasiloneSeventy years ago, on February 19, Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone was killed in action during the battle of Iwo Jima and...
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70 years ago, a relatively-unknown photographer took the most iconic war...
The raising of the US flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima 70 years ago is perhaps the most iconic image of World War Two.No other picture so succinctly and evocatively captures...
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A US Marine who vanished in Iraq a decade ago and resurfaced in Lebanon has...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A US Marine who vanished a decade ago in Iraq was convicted Monday of desertion for leaving his post there and then fleeing to Lebanon after a brief return to the US.The...
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World War II's most iconic photo is a reminder of how deadly the battle for...
"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima"— the black and white photo depicting five Marines and a Navy corpsman planting a US flag after a bloody battle for the island — may be the Second World War's most iconic...
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Texas jury finds ex-Marine guilty of killing 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle
The jury in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, an ex-Marine charged with killing the Navy SEAL "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and another man, has found him guilty of capital murder.Jurors returned the...
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Why insanity cases are so hard to win
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The former Marine convicted of killing "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and another man was hospitalized multiple times for psychiatric treatment and was prescribed...
View ArticleWatch Leonard Nimoy in a Marine Corps instructional video from 1954
Long before he played the greatest Starfleet officer of all time and directed the immortal 'The Voyage Home' Leonard Nimoy spent 18 months in the Army reserve. According to Military.com, Nimoy achieved...
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This extraordinary documentary shows the aftermath of a single raid in...
The 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah will be talked about among Marines for years to come. But for some who fought in those deadly streets and from room-to-room, the battle continues to play out long...
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The F-35B can't carry its most advanced weapon until 2022
Lockheed Martin's F-35B variant has hit yet another snag which could seriously impact the aircraft's overall ability to strike at ground targets.Now, the fifth-generation aircraft will be unable to...
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These incredible photos show a week in the life of the US military
Military photographers in all the branches of the armed forces are constantly taking awesome shots of training, combat, and stateside events.We looked among the military’s official channels, Flickr,...
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Here's a Marine's advice for braving the extreme cold
The polar vortex pummeling the East the last several weeks got me thinking about the misery of living and sleeping in frigid temperatures. When I recently heard a friend say, “I’d much rather be cold...
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The Marines were the first US ground troops to land in Vietnam 50 years ago
On the morning of March 8, 1965, 3,500 US Marines landed on a beach in South Vietnam, becoming the first US ground troops to be committed to the Vietnam War, The Guardian reports.While it was a clear...
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Veterans on Reddit shared their favorite experiences from the US military
People have a range of different reasons for joining the military, and each US veteran has their own unique experiences and memories while in the service.Redditer user airmonk asked the veterans at the...
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23 terms only US Marines will understand
Marines speak a slightly-different language than the rest of the United States.While all troops in the Corps speak and use English most of the time, there’s another layer of terminology added on top...
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11 US military members missing in helicopter crash in Florida presumed dead
Seven Marines and four soldiers were missing early Wednesday after an Army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.The area where the crash...
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The Marines are having to defend against criticism of their new amphibious...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill today voiced concerns about the US Marine Corps' new amphibious vehicle, questioning the service's selection of wheels over the venerable tracked design.Marine Corps leaders...
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Wreckage of the US Army helicopter that crashed off Florida has been found
(Reuters) - Search teams found the wreckage of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed off Florida's Gulf Coast and have recovered the bodies of most of the seven Marines and four soldiers on board,...
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