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Twelve weeks of sand fleas, limited contact with friends and family and drill instructors screaming in your face all day, every day -- boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is often as tough as advertised.

Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died.

Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, are bracing themselves for a purge if, as expected, he returns to office following the country's bitterly disputed presidential election.

When Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Eckman was promoted to gunnery sergeant on May 2, he became one of the few Marines to know the rare honor of being meritoriously promoted for combat service.

Troops are out in Iran this week, but in many cases the crowds have grown so large that the security forces are standing back and letting them swarm silently and peacefully through the boulevards -- just like in 1978.

The family of an Iranian man killed in a demonstration against the country's contested presidential election has been ordered to pay the equivalent of $3,000 for the bullets that took his life, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when police clashed with "terrorists" in Tehran on Saturday, state TV says.

Marine Pvt. John Michael Kliment graduated from 13 weeks of boot camp training at Parris Island, S.C. Following graduation, he was sent to Camp Johnson, N.C., for training in the adminstration division.

Burton firefighters had to use the "Jaws of Life" to free two men from their vehicles Tuesday morning after a three-car collision on Parris Island Gatewaynear Cleveland Drive, according to the Burton Fire District.

Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at the Beth Israel Synagogue, 304 Scott St., Beaufort.

Trevor Swain, son of Donald & Traci Swain and brother of Chase & Garret left for boot camp in Parris Island this week.

One of the two security guards who shot at a white supremacist after he allegedly opened fire Wednesday inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., had been a rifle marksman and pistol expert in the Corps, according to military records.

From a young age, Marine Corps Sgt. Kristy L. Kayto dreamed of being a Marine. Shea s done that, and now shea d like to be a drill instructor, but shea s put that dream on hold, turning down a chance to leave Iraq early in favor of taking care of her Marines here.

The "Rally Round the Flag Pole" concert featuring the Parris Island Marine Band will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Naval Hospital Beaufort.

A new program involving the United States Marine Corp is helping some local students get back on track.

Beaufort County officials are treading lightly as they attempt to collect more than $1 million they say is owed by Beaufort military bases.

At least two local construction companies are seeing work from the federal stimulus money, as more than $84 million is flowing through South Carolina's military installations.