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2 hrs ago | The Press-Enterprise

French Valley: Jurors consider death penalty for ex-Marines

Tyrone Miller and defense attorney John Dolan, left, stand as jurors enter a Riverside courtroom May 30. Miller and two other ex-Marines were found guilty of murder in the slayings of a Marine sergeant and his wife in the couple's French Valley home in 2008.

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7 hrs ago | Journal and Courier

Pentagon phasing out MRAPs, but bomb threat remains

The Pentagon plans to liquidate most of its $45 billion fleet of armored vehicles, betting that wars like Iraq and Afghanistan won't be fought again soon and that the holy grail of combat trucks - one light enough to be nimble and strong enough to withstand roadside bombs - becomes reality in the next five years.

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7 hrs ago | National Public Radio

After A Marine's Suicide, A Family Recalls Missed Red Flags

Anna Rodriguez tends the grave of her son, Nick. Nick took his own life after serving in Afghanistan.

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11 hrs ago | KMIZ

US military presence in Jordan quietly grows

Even as U.S. military officials privately maintain there are no immediate plans for action against the Syrian regime, the American presence next door in Jordan is quietly growing as is an increased U.S. military capability to defend that nation.

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12 hrs ago | The Review

Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet

Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build.

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16 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

US war games are sending a signal to Assad

Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.

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20 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

Scientists Confirm Marines' Poisonous Camp Lejeune Water Wells Date Back to Mid-Century

Federal health officials continue to uncover excessive levels of previous water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Top of the News

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the eight new astronaut candidates will help lead the first human mission to an asteroid in the 2020s, and then to Mars in the following decade.

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Jacksonville Daily News

Marine death in Afghanistan under investigation

Brown, an infantryman by trade, deployed for the first time in March attached to 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.

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Marine Corps Gazette

(Video) Charges Possible In Navy Football Sex Assault Claim

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Reuters

Pentagon, contractors take aim at F-35 operating costs

U.S. officials worry the current $1.1 trillion price tag for operations and maintenance - sometimes called "sustainment" - will erode international support for the new Joint Strike Fighter, which is critical to ensuring the plane can be as affordable as advertised.

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HawaiiNews

Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship a U.S. Marine Corps...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing Friday on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

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Salem-News.com

Marines' Deaths Linked to CIA Narcotrafficking

The murder of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow and other Marines whose deaths are linked to the use of El Toro assets during the 1980s and 1990s to import South American cocaine into the U.S and to export weapons to the Contra Rebel faction of Nicaragua.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

Navy football players facing charges in alleged rape

The superintendent of the Naval Academy has decided to bring charges in the alleged sexual assault of a female midshipman last year by three members of the football team, academy officials said Monday.

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The Charlotte Observer

Groundwork for arming Syrian rebels began before Obama's announcement

U.S. Marines and Jordanian military soldiers prepare explosives in a demolition military act during Eager Lion military exercises in Quweira, 186 miles south of Amman, Jordan AMMAN, Jordan The U.S. military began laying the groundwork to arm and support Syrian rebels more than a week ago, using a military exercise currently being held in Jordan as ... (more)

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Star Tribune

Military has schedule for women to move into combat jobs, including SEALS, other commandos

Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

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Navy Times

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.

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MilitaryCity.com

Marine Corps' bagpipes boycott drives new legislation

Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

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Defense Tech

U.S. May Sell 100 Ospreys Abroad: Official

The U.S. military over the next decade may sell as many as 100 of the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to international customers, the program manager said.

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Gay.com

World's Cutest Gay Marines Get Engaged

Boyfriends Matt and Russ, the two Marines who have a delightful habit of posting adorable videos on Russ's YouTube channel RussMarine2014 , have melted our hearts once again by sharing a video of Matt proposing to Russ.

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