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May 2, 2013, 11:51 am
By
Carlo Muñoz
One of the Marine Corps' premiere combat aircraft is now officially the newest member of the White House's helicopter fleet.
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Marine Corps
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April 10, 2013, 5:56 pm
By
Pete Kasperowicz
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) said on Wednesday that he would enlist the help of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to ensure that the Defense Department makes a finding that two Marine pilots were not at fault in a 2000 Osprey crash that took their lives.
"I will go to the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, who I know and I have a friendship with," Jones said on the House floor. "And I will ask him to assign someone on his immediate staff to work with me on this issue."
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House, Defense, Marine Corps
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March 26, 2013, 5:47 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
The Marine Corps's plan to shift back to its traditional, sea-going roots after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will not be thrown off-track by an ongoing review of the Pentagon's postwar national security strategy, a top service official said Tuesday.
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Marine Corps
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March 22, 2013, 6:43 am
By
Ian Swanson
Two Marines were fatally shot Thursday at the Quantico Marine Corps base by a third Marine, who then killed himself.
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Marine Corps
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March 21, 2013, 1:19 pm
By
Keith Laing
The agency said its screening of a wheelchair-bound Marine was "done by the book."
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TSA, Aviation, Marine Corps
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March 15, 2013, 1:48 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
The Marine Corps will hold a pre-trial hearing next week for
the Marine accused of shooting video of Marines urinating on the corpses of
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Robert Richards is accused of videotaping Marines
urinating on dead Taliban fighters, which drew widespread condemnation last
year when it appeared on the Internet.
Richards was charged in January with dereliction of duty and
violation of a lawful general order for his role in the incident, as well as
for failing to properly supervise fellow marines and the indiscriminate firing
of weapons.
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Marine Corps
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February 1, 2013, 2:48 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
A survey conducted by the Marine Corps found 17 percent of
male Marines would likely leave the service if women were moved into combat roles.
If women were assigned involuntarily to combat roles, 22 percent
of male Marines said they might leave, the study found.
The results of the survey of 53,000 Marines, which were
released to The Associated Press on Friday, highlight some of the complications the services are anticipating as they integrate women into male-only combat units.
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Marine Corps
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January 30, 2013, 6:48 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
But Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos said nearly all combat positions in the Marines would be opened to women.
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Marine Corps
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January 30, 2013, 3:11 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
As the military services prepare to implement an end of the ban on women in combat positions, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) wants to make sure
the Pentagon keeps its word that physical standards will remain gender-neutral.
Hunter, a retired Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan,
said he’s planning legislation to prevent gender from being a factor in physical standards for combat positions as more than 200,000 new positions are
potentially opened up to women. Pentagon leaders said last week that standards for combat jobs would in fact be gender neutral. Defense Secretary Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey
also said that standards would not be changed to allow more women to serve in combat roles, although Dempsey also said that the standards themselves were going to be evaluated.
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Marine Corps
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January 22, 2013, 7:01 pm
By
Jeremy Herb
The Pentagon has cleared U.S. Afghanistan commander Gen. John Allen of
any wrongdoing over sending inappropriate emails.
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Marine Corps
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