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37 min ago | Dorsetecho.co.uk

Proud Lulworth commando back from warzone

The 20 year old from West Lulworth was among the 700 troops who were cheered through Taunton town centre before a ceremony to receive their campaign medals.

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4 hrs ago | Fox News

Former US Marine kidnapped in Mexico, family says

Armando Torres, 27, and two other family members have been reported missing in Mexico by his family after crossing the border to visit his dad.

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Related Topix: Prison, Los Indios, TX, Brownsville, TX, US Military

8 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Guantánamo’s military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in plea to Hagel

Military lawyers for former CIA captives held at Guantánamo are appealing to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to intervene in what they describe as deteriorating conditions and leadership failures on a scale similar to the Vietnam War’s My Lai Massacre.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Seattle Times

2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor." Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw were remembered Tuesday at a private memorial ceremony at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Chapel at Quantico , the agency reported on ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, US Military

The Province

Thousands of military sex abuse victims seek disability, health care after leaving service

FEBRUARY 26: Female Marine recruits stand in line while they wait for a dental examination on their first full day of boot camp on February 26, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Related Topix: Parris Island, SC, US Military, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Navy, US Air Force

Examiner.com

Cherry Point Marines detain rowdy drunk in Beaufort, N.C.

Looking for a few good men? Look no further than the waterfront in Beaufort, N.C. on a Friday night.

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Related Topix: Beaufort, NC, US Military, The National, Entertainment, Television

EDGE

GOP Nominates Anti-Gay Minister for Virginia Lt. Gov.

The Associated Press reports that Virginia Republicans have nominated the controversial conservative minister E.W. Jackson for the state's lieutenant governor, making him the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

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Kennebec Journal

Marine seeks Katahdin memorial for Maine's fallen

Maj. David Cote hopes to honor the 46 Mainers who have died in the war on terror with engraved rocks atop the state's tallest mountain.

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Related Topix: Maine, Bangor, ME, US Military, Millinocket, ME, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

WNYT NewsChannel 13

NY Senate honoring veterans from across the state

Two of the last surviving members of a Marine Corps commando unit from World War II are among the dozens of veterans being honored by the New York Senate.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Edward, NY, Glens Falls, NY, Addison, NY

Reuters

Exclusive: U.S. Air Force to move forward target date for F-35 use

The Air Force's decision to accelerate its introduction with a slightly less capable version of the F-35 software package means the planes will carry fewer weapons at first, although the software will later be upgraded to the final version, said the sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, US Navy

Mon May 20, 2013

US News & World Report

In Marine Umbrella Incident, Republicans Still Deny Obama Is President

Have we become so obsessive-compulsively, potato chip scarfing-like addicted to scandal that we are really having some sort of national discussion about umbrellas? Sadly, apparently so.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, World News, Middle East, Opinion

Burlington Times News

Former Marine enters plea in Elon rape case

A former Marine entered a plea to lesser charges in a case alleging he had sex with an Elon student while she was passed out.

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Related Topix: Elon University, US Military, US News, US Marine Corps, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Alamance County, NC

The Orlando Sentinel

Marine holding umbrella for Obama is from Apopka

Such is the case for the picture of a frowning President Obama looking up at a rainy sky while a young Marine stands by with an umbrella.

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The Marion Star

Complaint alleges Marine general influenced video probe

Gen. James F. Amos, the 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marine officers and staff noncommisioned officers during the Heritage Brief at the Pentagon in Washington on May 30, 2012.

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Marine Corps Times

NCOs focus of new anti sex-assault push

Marines and sailors use 'stop' cards to show presenters when they think a scenario has gone too far during a Sex Signals presentation April 10 at Camp Hansen.

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Abc13.com

Local Marine killed in duty honored for bravery

The Marine Corps presented a Silver Star to the father of Sergeant Wade Wilson in a ceremony at Ellington Field Sunday.

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WFXL-TV Fox 31

Meet the woman in charge of all Parris Island marines & recruits

Brigadier General Lori Reynolds is in charge of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island South Carolina.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Jacksonville Daily News

Loved ones welcome home loved ones

A multitude of homemade signs and banners welcomed about 117 Marines who had just served a seven-month deployment in Mrs.

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Patch.com

Five Federal Jobs at Fort Meade, May 16

Are you looking for a federal job? Here's a look at the latest jobs at Fort Meade.

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The Daily Breeze

Patriotism at Torrance's 54th annual Armed Forces Day Parade

Photo by Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer 5/18/13 - World War II veterans wave to the crowd during the 54th Annual Armed Forces Day parade in Torrance, California.

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Related Topix: Torrance, CA, US Military, US News, US Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, US Army