US Marine Corps News

Dozens of young people gathered Saturday around a flag-draped coffin at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at a time in their lives when they should have been meeting for a wedding or a class reunion.

Marine long distance runners are hoping turn out for a 234-mile relay run from Camp Pendleton to Malibu.

THOUSANDS of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., was honored Thursday as the most senior Marine in the U.S. Senate at a ceremony highlighting the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Marine Corps officials confirmed today that accused serial killer Anthony Sowell was stationed once at Camp Lejuene and twice at Cherry Point during his military career.

Lt. Colonel Donald Finn, MCLB Albany Executive Officer, sent condolences to all the fallen at Fort Hood.

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Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials.

Coral reefs are pictured along the front of the US Marine base Camp Schwab, off the hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Oct.

Accused serial killer Anthony Edward Sowell served at Cherry Point air station and Camp Lejeune in the 1980s while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Updated at 12:23 p.m. Pvt. Jonathan Law, who is in custody following the death of a fellow Marine, is being treated for self-inflicted wounds, according to Camp Lejeune officials.

5 will march down State Bridge Road to the beat of a U.S. Marine Corps Band, which will lead five musical marching units in the holiday-themed event celebrating the city's incorporation.

A spokeswoman says the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Va., is at "threat condition alpha" after shootings in Fort Hood, Texas, that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.

President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day.

An Army officer opened fire Thursday with two handguns at the Fort Hood military base in an attack that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.

THOMASTON : The United States Marine Corps was officially born November 10th, 1775 at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia.

Angry Afghan villagers protested against what they said was the killing of 11 civilians by foreign troops, but local authorities said only fighters were killed.

Israeli security services were today re-questioning an American-Israeli settler who they say has confessed to attacks including the killing of two Palestinians and wounding a professor with a pipe bomb.

A typical officer retiring today who declines to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan lets the government off the hook for a subsidy worth $50,100 in "net present value," say Department of Defense actuaries.

Stephanie Rivas CBS 7 News November 4, 2009 Odessa, Texas - It a chance for all veterans to celebrate their service and for supporters to say thank you.