Camp Lejeune News

Grunts everywhere, prepare to face the Crips of Kabul. The same techniques used by inner-city cops to fight street gangs in the U.S. are headed to Afghanistan - this time to root out insurgents, collect intelligence on improvised explosive device networks and build sources in Afghan villages.

President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy Newspapers.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP For the first time, in honor of Veterans Day, the servicemen and women who have had their oral histories taken by the Atlantic Heritage Center for the Library of Congress were brought together Saturday afternoon, Nov.

US MARINES MENTAL HEALTH Dr. Kernan Manion poses for a photograph in his officer in Hampstead, N.C., Friday, Nov.

Workers at a North Carolina aircraft manufacturer will be sending care packages to troops who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.

A quick round up of Veteran's issues: GOP amendment allows A A A mentally incapacitatedA A A vets to buy guns [...] A press release issued by Republican North Carolina Sen.

The Marine Corps has identified a 22-year-old Marine from Central Texas killed in hostile action in Afghanistan.

Shane Parsons has given part of his life for his surrounding community and country, now, his neighbors are giving something back.

Last April, two Marines at Camp Lejeune predicted to a psychiatrist that some Marine back from war was going to "lose it." Concerned, the psychiatrist asked what that meant.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office had a somewhat unusual ally in its successful fight against the annexation this past week of a patch of land in southeast Gainesville: Gainesville Police Officer and union chief Jeff McAdams.

"Mom, it's me," Lance Cpl. Robert Rae said, his voice shaky and weak. "I've been blown up.

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a North Carolina woman accused of killing her 11-month-old daughter and hiding her body in an attic.

A Marine from Hamilton whose body was found near his barracks at Camp Lejeune died from blows to the head.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 7:05 pm US/Central Facebook YouTube WASHINGTON 1 of 1 Marines in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on Nov.

The suspected shooter accused of killing 13 people at a US military base has regained consciousness and can talk, raising hopes he may soon reveal the motive behind the attack.

5. The JTAC Virtual Trainer is a system of training applications and simulators providing joint terminal attack controllers with an opportunity to hone their aircraft-control skills in a field environment with pilots in aircraft simulators that could be located anywhere in the world, said Phil Shevis, who works in the operations office of Joint ...

No sooner after the Fort Hood Army shooting by insane gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan did a killing occur around Camp Lejeune.

Following a deadly shooting attack at a Texas Army post and a homicide Friday morning aboard Camp Lejeune, officials on base say they will monitor the incidents and assess what they mean for security procedures.

Submitted by WWAY on 6 November 2009 - 12:53pm. The Marine Corps says a Camp Lejeune Marine is in custody for the alleged murder of another Marine early this morning.