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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that the U.S. military will soon be seeing a dramatic reduction in the number ...
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), together with several original co-sponsors, reintroduced the SHIPS for America Act in the U.S.
Col. Gabe Pryor, the commander of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, served as the guest speaker of McAlester’s annual ...
They’ve been making a splash since 2000. The Long Island Aquarium is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with many of its original marine life still flipping and swimming in Riverhead.
In a rare move for the U.S. military, Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer has re-enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve after 15 years out of uniform. Meyer says the decision comes from a ...
The U.S. Marines Corps has identified the service members killed in a crash near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The two Marines were identified as Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside ...
In brief remarks during the ceremony, Hegseth said Meyer's reenlistment is "not common practice" and the Marine Corps "doesn't do things like this lightly," but praised Meyer's "uncommon valor." ...
The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that with staying ready for its core mission as the Defense Department’s ...
He killed at least eight Taliban insurgents. Firing from a gun turret on top of a Humvee driven by a fellow Marine, he provided cover for his team, allowing many to escape likely death.
FILE - President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 23, from Greensburg, Ky, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept., 15, 2011 ...
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