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Camp Pendleton general: Afghans taking lead in Taliban fight
L.A. NOWAs Marines return to Camp Pendleton from Afghanistan, fighting continues in volatile Helmand province, but the responsibility for battling the Taliban has now shifted to Afghan forces, the top U.S. general in the region told San Diego reporters Wednesday.... -
Michiana troop returning from Afghanistan today
UPDATE: SOUTH BEND – Today 50 local reserve Marines are coming home. They've spent the last 7 months fighting in Afghanistan. The Marines are with Engineering Company B based in South Bend. They were deployed last May and spent several weeks...Tags: Afghanistan, Science and Technology
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Records: Veteran had been taken to mental hospital before shooting ex-Navy SEAL
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with gunning down two men on a Texas shooting range — including a highly decorated former Navy SEAL sniper — had been taken to a mental hospital twice in recent months and told...
Tags: Iraq, Criminals, Prosecution, Iraq War (2003-2011), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses
A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the...Tags: Courts-Martial, Armed Forces, Court Preliminary, Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Martinsburg Marine veteran takes the walk on 'Project Runway All Stars'
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comJessica Lord of Martinsburg, W.Va., isn’t a model. She’s a Marine. But it is because of her service with the Marine Corps that Lord was selected to be part of Lifetime’s “Project Runway All Stars” as part of the show’s...Tags: Television Industry, Heidi Klum, Carmen Marc Valvo, MTV (tv network), Entertainment
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Lloyd Waters: After war, veterans still need care
When a young man or woman makes a decision to enter military service, they do so for a lot of reasons. They know, however, that this commitment means protecting American freedoms like many generations before them have done. Some of them might sacrifice...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Vietnam, Heart Disease, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971)
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Marine pleads guilty to receiving $150,000 in bribes in Iraq
L.A. NOWA Marine staff sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of taking $150,000 in bribes while he was a contracting officer for the Marine base at Camp Falloujah, Iraq. Gilbert Mendez, 36, who served at the base in 2006, admitted in...... -
Former Marine gets 40 years in prison for killing girlfriend's husband in Christiansburg
A former Marine from North Carolina has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the first-degree murder of his girlfriend’s husband in Christiansburg. 27-year-old Don Walker was sentenced Tuesday in the December 2010 of Matthew McPeak. Walker&...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Murder
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Wounded Marine honored during football game Friday
A high school football team’s tribute to the military took on an even greater meaning Friday night when they welcomed home a Marine recently injured in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Zach Nelson, a 2010 graduate of Western High School, suffered a...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Afghanistan, Sports, Football
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Marines to be Court-Martialed Over Urinating on Corpses Video
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two U.S. Marines will be court martialed over their alleged involvement in a video showing troops urinating on dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with casualties. The Marine Corps announced the criminal charges Monday...Tags: Courts-Martial, Qatar, Jay Carney, Islam, War Crimes
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Amherst County woman believes military base caused severe illness
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefSome of Diana White's earliest memories involve her father serving in the military. "My father spent 21 years in the Marine Corp," White said. "He's a lifer, so I'm a Marine Corp brat." When she was born, White's parents were stationed at Camp LeJeune,...Tags: Camp Lejeune Water Contamination, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis
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Family: Navy Seal from Michigan killed in crash
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The family of a Navy Seal who grew up in West Michigan say he was among seven American troops who died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan Kent County Commissioner Harold Voorhees tells The Associated...
Tags: Skype, Armed Forces, Accidental Death, Afghanistan, Fort Hood (military base)
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