Marine Corps News
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Suicide rates in the military are at a 10-year high. In 2008, the Marine Corps had 41 confirmed suicides and approximately 150 suicide attempts, according to the Manpower and Reserve Affairs website.
Because of these skyrocketing statistics, ever...
Cpl Alex J. Reinoehl, an electrician with Utilities Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, battles his 8-year-old son with pugil sticks at a family day event on Onslow Beach, Aug. 21, 2009. The Battalion invited all of its Mar...
Marines retake the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test for numerous reasons, some of those reason will no longer be valid grounds for retesting. To help decrease unnecessary ASVAB testing, the Marine Corps has issued Marine Corps Order, ...
Nowadays in Iraq, it isn’t uncommon to find forward operating bases spread throughout the various regions where U.S. forces operate. These bases come equipped with contractors whose job is to ensure the area is sanitary and provide certain creatu...
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) held a safety fair aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2009, to help fight complacent attitudes that sometimes plague units serving in deployed environments.
Although security concerns hav...
Third Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment relieved 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment during a certificate of relief ceremony Aug. 16, 2009.
“Second Battalion, 1st Marines, met my expectations as they continued RCT-8’s efforts in empowering the peop...
Marines with Company G took on their final test before deploying by leading an assault through a nighttime mechanized raid here Aug. 20.
The raid took place while Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground-combat...
Marines and sailors scheduled to deploy later this year participated in their first range training at Combat Center Range 215 Aug. 14 to learn how to effectively operate in a hostile environment during daylight and darkness.
The exercise, a three...
As U.S. bases and posts in Iraq continue to consolidate or are transferred back to the Government of Iraq, military leaders across the country face the challenges of leaving their locations better than when they initially arrived. Whether it’s throu...
Between March 15 and Aug. 10, 2008, a young officer led his platoon through a highly kinetic battlefield in the Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Azada Wosa.
During the first 30 days of the operation, the p...
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