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Lance Cpl. Jamen Miller is a Body Bearer that has help lay to rest nearly 200 Marines in his year with 8th & I at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C..

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The first photo was taken in Oceanside, California before they shipped off for Vietnam and the new one, while taken in Florida a half-century later, is faithful to the original.

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Back in early 2004, I was quietly told about Pentagon secret talks regarding making women sign up for the Selective Service in order to be drafted. I’m surprised that it’s taken this long to surface publicly, but it has. Recent conversations at top government levels are pushing just that. The gender differences and working lines […]

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If you’re a glutton for punishment, like many servicembers are, you’ll soon be able to lay rounds downrange with a semi-auto version of the SAW, courtesy of FNH USA.

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Search and rescue operations are underway in Hawaii for two Marine helicopters and their 12 currently unaccounted for Marines.

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Killed in WWII at the Battle of Tarawa, Medal of Honor recipient 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., is on the way home to Tennessee to be buried next to his parents.

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Marine Corps leaders have made the long-awaited proposal to adopt the M4 carbine as the standard Marine infantry rifle with 5 commands backing the move.

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Thirty-six caskets holding the remains of U.S. Marines killed in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa were returned from battlefield interment last weekend.

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A group of Marines with III MEF walk you through the the easiest way to make a door when needed through the proper use of some demolition charge and shock tube.

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While all of the military branches have long-used working dogs, the Marines have perfected the Multi-Purpose Canine which embed with deploying Marine Special Operations Companies.

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One of the last remaining fighter aces from the Greatest Generation received the Congressional Gold Medal at age 91 Friday for his actions over Okinawa in World War II.

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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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