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“Not everybody's built to handle what we do overseas, and to see it at a McDonald's, of all places, is sad,” said the victim’s brother-in-law.

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An Illinois military museum has managed to save a historic machine gun, captured by an area Marine during World War II-- but only after a local sheriff rescued it from the ATF first

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The Marine Corps is putting a hold on the physical fitness standard that requires women to perform three pull ups, Headquarter Marine Corps announced.. The decision comes after the efforts to integrate women into combat roles that started Jan. 1, 2013. Since then, many women have attempted to complete the infantry training course, but only […]

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Dehydration is a serious issue, one that Marine drill instructors constantly remind boots about. “Drink water.” In this video, a Marine appears to be displaying objective symptoms of dehydration, but if the drill instructor just said, “Hey, bud, don’t worry about it. Maybe you should just take a break. Do you need anything? How about […]

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A Marine Corps colonel was relieved from his post after a recent investigation determined that he negligently discharged a personal handgun last month inside his office at a military facility.

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NRA Life of Duty presents Patriot Profiles: Highest Honor Part 1. The short film chronicles the life of Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, a boy who grew roaming the corn and tobacco fields of his Columbia, Kentucky home. Meyer quickly outgrew his rural farm town however, and when he spotted a Marine wearing his […]

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Sgt. Joseph Chamblin, one of the U.S. Marines that was videoed urinating on dead Taliban bodies in Afghanistan in 2011, has said in the past he doesn’t regret his actions and now the veteran warrior is speaking out again. In an exclusive interview with the Marine Corps Times, Chamblin tells of the happenings of that fateful […]

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Some Marines are outraged after the Department of Defense proposed spending $8 million on unisex hats. According to the Daily Mail, the current hats — referred to as covers — the United States Marine Corps have as part of their uniforms are much wider and thicker than the new style that has been proposed, which […]

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A horse proved so heroic during the Korean War, she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Sgt. Reckless, named after the 75mm recoilless rifle, proved herself so invaluable to American troops during the Korean War that she was later listed in Life magazine as one of America’s greatest all-time heroes. Sgt. Reckless was trained […]

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It turns out the United States Marin Corps doesn’t much care for Marines using port-a-potties as a “masturbation facility.” According to Business Insider, a notice was placed at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, telling Marines to either stop masturbating in the port-a-potties or face “disciplinary action under Article 92 UCMJ,” a code that allows […]

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Four more women washed out of the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course as the USMC presses forward with its pilot program, exploring to see if females are physically capable of completing the rigorous demands of course. According to the Military Times, Marine Corps training programs are known for their brutal conditions and high attrition rates, […]

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A Facebook photo of a bloodied female Marine infantry student has surfaced. She wears her green shirt and poses for the camera as blood trickles from her forehead. The United States Marine Corps has worked diligently to keep the identities of their female students under wraps, so this blatant social media pic flies in the […]

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