US Marine Corps
DOVER, DE - MAY 29: A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of USMC Sgt. Julian Chase, from Edgewater, Maryland during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base May 29, 2012 in Dover, Delaware. Chase died in combat in Afghanistan.
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They wanted to extend me for another year ... At that point in time I had learned a lot of information about how the Marine Corps works.
I told him I was still about 50 dollars short ... And he said, ‘That means you gotta do some more work.’ Palacios has numerous memories of his father similar to this one. They all reinforce his belief that anything worth having in life requires hard work – a belief that led him to join the Marine Corps. The discipline and how [Marines] carry themselves, that was something I wanted to be a part of.
Over the past ten years, the Marine Corps relied heavily on the reserve to augment active duty units in Iraq and Afghanistan.More quotes »
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Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation to announce new funding for college students
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Salmonella outbreak tied to chicks; 93 ill
by members of a battalion who drew worldwide attention in a video that purports to show them urinating on Afghan corpses. The Marine Corps is investigating other possible misconduct by members of a battalion who drew worldwide attention when a video surfaced 4:42 PM from San Diego Local News 1 Read more »
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Marines expand probe of urination video
alleged massacre of 17 Afghan villagers by a soldier now in U.S. confinement. Gibson said Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, made the decision to launch a follow-up investigation based on "information that came to light" 4:33 PM from AZ starnet.com Read more »
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Marines expand probe of urination video
goes here The Marine Corps is investigating possible additional misconduct by members of a battalion who drew worldwide attention in a video that purports to show them urinating on Afghan corpses. A Marine spokesman on Thursday revealed the follow-up probe, 4:01 PM from San Luis Obispo Tribune Read more »
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Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For KC-46 Aircrew Training System
Air Force's strategy for global mobility. Aircrews will refuel fixed-wing receiver-capable aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and coalition forces. The first aircrews are expected to begin training with the system in 2016. "Lockheed Martin's solution 1:49 PM from iStockAnalyst Read more »
