Marine Corps News 

Marine Corps legend ‘Brute’ Krulak passes away at age 95
Service members from across the country gathered Jan. 8 to say goodbye to a legend who helped set the standard of the Corps today and remember the life of Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, a Marine who established himself as an integral part of Marine Corp...
Parris Island set to hold 2009 shooting competition
  Marines of all ages, ranks and backgrounds have the chance to represent their unit, the Depot and even the Marine Corps in a shooting competition. The Marine Corps intramural rifle and pistol competition is an annual event held at Weapons a...
Sodexo serves up jobs across Marine Corps
Military friendly employers are out there if people know where to look. Even during this economic downturn, those employers are still hiring veterans. Sodexo, a food service company, earned its third recognition from the military as one of the to...
Joint effort secures city for key leader engagement
 Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces put together what was truly a joint effort to provide a safe venue for the first regional security meeting held in the city of Rutbah, Iraq, Jan. 2. Despite the frigid temperatures, senior regional Iraqi and Mari...
Echo Marines conduct atmospherics
Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, conducted “atmospherics” on a security patrol in Rutbah, Dec. 29, in conjunction with their Iraqi Police counterparts. The goal of an atmospherics patrol is to...
Security Marines learn more than their own job
Handling weapons is something every Marine is expected and trained to do. It is instilled in them that “every Marine is a rifleman.” This credo is taken one step further at Security Company. For the Marines of 4th squad, Security Co., Combat Logisti...
Marine infantrymen bring combat knowledge to logisticians
The second Battle of Fallujah, known both as Operation Phantom Fury and Operation Al-Fajr, served as a major turning point in the Marine Corps’ mission to crush the insurgency and bring stability to the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The battle that beg...
Coalition forces pay visit to hospital, donate supplies
Service members at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, toured Ramadi General Hospital and donated 20 crates of medical supplies including oxygen masks, IV bags and mass casualty equipment, Jan. 7. Soldiers and sailors with the embedded Provincial Reconstruction ...
Iraqi Police assume control of parolees
Iraqi Police in Rawah assumed responsibility for the parole of nine former Coalition Force detainees Dec. 28. Marines with 4th Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, provided overwatch for this I...
Female Marines give up hair for locks for love
Two female Marines from the 2nd Marine Logistics Group came together this holiday season to donate more than 26 inches of hair to financially disadvantaged children. Cpl. Kendra Hernandez, a legal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Comb...