November 08, 2004 — Marine recruits headed for Parris know they won't be seeing the Eiffel Tower or experience romantic strolls along the Seine River. Instead, those young men and women will challenge themselves as never before during 12 weeks of grueling, gut-check Marine training at Parris Island. Tucked away near the Atlantic coast in southeastern South Carolina, MORE
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November 05, 2004 — When 52-year-old Master Gunnery Sgt. Stephen C. Doutt, supply/operations chief, Center Logistics Division, graduated from boot camp in 1979, Gen. Robert H. Barrow was the 27th commandant of the Marine Corps. Women Marines were finally given assignments as embassy guards and Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran taking MORE
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November 04, 2004 — U.S. military and Iraqi security forces stepped up offensive operations against insurgent strongholds in Fallujah overnight by attacking several fortified fighting positions in the city. Marines with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, with the help of Air Force bombers using precision-guided munitions, destroyed several barricaded positions in MORE
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November 03, 2004 — President George W. Bush will remain the commander in chief of the U.S. military for four more years.Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry of conceded the election in a phone call to the president this morning, and was expected to do so publicly this afternoon in Boston. Bush was scheduled to speak later in the day here.During the campaign, Bush vowed MORE
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November 03, 2004 — In honor of the 229th Marine Corps Birthday, The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recognized the Marines for their service to the nation during a morning proclamation ceremony at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration here today. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Corcoran, training chief, and Sgt. Jaime Arroyo, H&S Co, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, Encino, MORE
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November 02, 2004 — The fiscal 2005 National Defense Authorization Act provides the equipment the American military needs to fight the war on terror. The bill, signed Oct. 28, provides both equipment the military needs today and the seed money to design and build equipment the military will need in the future. It will also fund major weapons systems designed to MORE
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November 01, 2004 — The seasoned Marines of yesteryear celebrated 1st Tank Battalion’s 63rd birthday with today’s generation of warriors at a windblown ceremony Monday. “The 1st Tank Battalion was activated on 01 November, 1941 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,” read parade narrator Staff Sgt Horace Miller, battalion wire chief. The battalion participated in World War MORE
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October 29, 2004 — "I went with Ray to where the mayor stood watching the rescuers dig through the rubble. Unflappable and stone faced as always, Ray took one look and shook his head. The scene was much too disorganized. He marched out and ordered everyone off the pile. Then he quizzed the chiefs, made quick calculations of velocity, distance, and timing, and MORE
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October 29, 2004 — The assembly lines are moving 24/7 to keep up with the demand for up-armored vehicles in Iraq and for conversion kits to add extra protection to vehicles already there. Gary Motsek, director of support operations for the U.S. Army Materiel Command, said the effort to provide increased vehicle protection against grenades, improvised explosive MORE
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October 29, 2004 — Military and civilian Pennsylvania residents living overseas today received an eight-day extension on the deadline to get their absentee ballots counted. The extension came about when a federal judge today settled a lawsuit between the governor of Pennsylvania and the parents of two servicemembers, according to news reports. So the state's MORE
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