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3 hrs ago | Jacksonville Daily News

Marine death in Afghanistan under investigation

Brown, an infantryman by trade, deployed for the first time in March attached to 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.

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7 hrs ago | Marine Corps Gazette

(Video) Charges Possible In Navy Football Sex Assault Claim

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11 hrs ago | Reuters

Pentagon, contractors take aim at F-35 operating costs

U.S. officials worry the current $1.1 trillion price tag for operations and maintenance - sometimes called "sustainment" - will erode international support for the new Joint Strike Fighter, which is critical to ensuring the plane can be as affordable as advertised.

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15 hrs ago | HawaiiNews

Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship a U.S. Marine Corps...

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft made an unprecedented landing Friday on a Japanese naval vessel off the California coast.

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20 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

Marines' Deaths Linked to CIA Narcotrafficking

The murder of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow and other Marines whose deaths are linked to the use of El Toro assets during the 1980s and 1990s to import South American cocaine into the U.S and to export weapons to the Contra Rebel faction of Nicaragua.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

Navy football players facing charges in alleged rape

The superintendent of the Naval Academy has decided to bring charges in the alleged sexual assault of a female midshipman last year by three members of the football team, academy officials said Monday.

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The Charlotte Observer

Groundwork for arming Syrian rebels began before Obama's announcement

U.S. Marines and Jordanian military soldiers prepare explosives in a demolition military act during Eager Lion military exercises in Quweira, 186 miles south of Amman, Jordan AMMAN, Jordan The U.S. military began laying the groundwork to arm and support Syrian rebels more than a week ago, using a military exercise currently being held in Jordan as ... (more)

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Star Tribune

Military has schedule for women to move into combat jobs, including SEALS, other commandos

Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

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Navy Times

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.

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MilitaryCity.com

Marine Corps' bagpipes boycott drives new legislation

Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

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Defense Tech

U.S. May Sell 100 Ospreys Abroad: Official

The U.S. military over the next decade may sell as many as 100 of the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to international customers, the program manager said.

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Gay.com

World's Cutest Gay Marines Get Engaged

Boyfriends Matt and Russ, the two Marines who have a delightful habit of posting adorable videos on Russ's YouTube channel RussMarine2014 , have melted our hearts once again by sharing a video of Matt proposing to Russ.

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Free Republic

FReeper Canteen - Salute to the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps On Its 115th Birthday - 17 July 2013

The FReeper Canteen Salutes the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps On Its 115th Anniversary 17 JUNE 1898 - 17 JUNE 2013 From the early days of the Republic the Navy has had enlisted medical personnel known variously as 'Loblolly Boys', Surgeons Stewards, Pharmacists Mates and, most recently, Hospital Corpsmen.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

NBC San Diego

Vet Raped in Military Speaks Out

Marine Corps veteran Everlyn Thomas during her time in service. Thomas says she was raped by four marines in the military.

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TBD.com

Military skills don't help in a tough economy

Navy corpsman Jason Martines earned his chops on the Afghan battlefield, patching together wounded Marines in the war-ravaged Helmand Province.

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Examiner.com

Pentagon: US will be keeping Patriot missile batteries, F-16 fighters in Jordan

Pentagon spokesman George Little has announced that the United States military will be keeping Patriot missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan after the completion of joint military exercises this month.

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International Business Times

2013 Death Race: How Do You ToTrain For The Most Unpredictable, Harrowing Race? You Really Can't

This will be the first stage of a nearly three hour session as the towering 29-year-old prepares for the ominous-sounding and grueling Death Race on Saturday, June 21 in Pittsfield, Vermont.

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The Greenville News

Law to offer help to military families

Lawmakers hope to give South Carolina a boost in the next round of base closures with measures aimed at helping military families adjust when they move from another state and make the transition to civilian life.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

NC woman recalls 'The Forgotten War' as nurse

She graduated from Presbyterian Hospital's nursing school, enlisted in the Army Nursing Corps, went through basic training at Fort Sam Houston and as a second lieutenant receiving her orders in Tokyo, Japan, she learned she was headed to Korea.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Japan Times

Rebels cool to U.S. arms aid

In a first, U.S. Marine Corps pilots landed two MV-22 Ospreys on the Japanese helicopter destroyer Hyuga during a joint exercise Friday involving the U.S. military and the Self-Defense Forces in California.

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