Camp Lejeune News

Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

Cpl. David M. Sonka, 23, died earlier this month in the Farah Province in Afghanistan.

Rose Brown is familiar in local bowling circles and competed internationally for Team USA in 2007, the same year she graduated from Davis High School in Modesto.

Christi Skenes heard her phone ring last Sept. 26, glanced at it, but didn't recognize the number.

A battalion commander, a company commander and an infantry weapons officer have been relieved after a mortar tube exploded during a field exercise March 18 at Hawthorne Army Depot, the Marines said Wednesday.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Fire crews battled a fire Thursday morning at an apartment building in North Las Vegas on the 2600 block of Donna Street.

Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks outside the main gate at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the day after seven Marines were killed in a 60mm mortar explosion.

The Defense Department is committed to providing the best medical care and recovery for service members with traumatic brain injury, DOD's top doctor said in a statement issued yesterday.

One statistic about the war in Afghanistan has stood out for weeks: the single U.S. Marine killed so far in 2013.

As Tom Philpott wrote in a recent column, "Debate continues on Tricare pharmacy increases." Defense officials "plan to increase the co-payments paid by military family members and retirees who use Tricare retail and mail order pharmacies." In addition, "Congress also authorized the department to begin a pilot program that will require Tricare for ... (more)

Roses from reader Lisa Inman to the charity organizations and volunteers that helped make the Color the Hill Fun Run possible.

A memorial service was held Tuesday at Camp Lejeune, N.C., for the seven Marines killed March 18 when a mortar exploded at Hawthorne Army Depot during training.

Governor Pat McCrory ordered United States and North Carolina flags to be lowered from sunrise to sunset on April 23 on state facilities in honor of the seven U.S. Marines who were killed, and those wounded, as part of a training exercise on March 18, 2013, at Nevada's Hawthorne Army Depot.