US Marine Corps News

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:14 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:14 a.m. Abdi Akgun joined the Marines in August of 2000, fresh out of high school and eager to serve his country.

A dispute over the relocation of a key US military base in Japan will not be a "dominant" or "essential" feature of President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo, a senior US official said on Monday.

Ryan C. Adams celebrated life, whether he was enjoying the outdoors by hunting and fishing or volunteering with Angels on My Shoulder, a nonprofit cancer support group dear to his heart.

Authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military.

Jonathon Law A Marine from Hamilton is murdered and authorities say his fellow comrade is responsible for his death.

ST. LOUISVILLE -- Even when her son, Devon, was small, Janet Seymour could see how much he loved his country.

A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from her hometown of Salisbury, N.C., who had been flown to Washington that morning to get their first view of the nation's tribute to the troops that helped defeat ...

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. Wounded warriors from around the nation arrived in Huntsville for a week of honors and the "coming home" celebration they missed because of their injuries.

Following a deadly shooting attack at a Texas Army post and a homicide Friday morning aboard Camp Lejeune, officials on base say they will monitor the incidents and assess what they mean for security procedures.

Dozens of young people gathered Saturday around a flag-draped coffin at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at a time in their lives when they should have been meeting for a wedding or a class reunion.

Marine long distance runners are hoping turn out for a 234-mile relay run from Camp Pendleton to Malibu.

THOUSANDS of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., was honored Thursday as the most senior Marine in the U.S. Senate at a ceremony highlighting the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Marine Corps officials confirmed today that accused serial killer Anthony Sowell was stationed once at Camp Lejuene and twice at Cherry Point during his military career.

Lt. Colonel Donald Finn, MCLB Albany Executive Officer, sent condolences to all the fallen at Fort Hood.

Ross Mackenzie Tribune Media Quotations on Afghanistan and nationalizing the practice of medicine... Afghanistan Gen.

Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials.

Coral reefs are pictured along the front of the US Marine base Camp Schwab, off the hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Oct.

Accused serial killer Anthony Edward Sowell served at Cherry Point air station and Camp Lejeune in the 1980s while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Updated at 12:23 p.m. Pvt. Jonathan Law, who is in custody following the death of a fellow Marine, is being treated for self-inflicted wounds, according to Camp Lejeune officials.