Posts Tagged ‘marines’
CMC says gays would get separate rooms
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps’ commandant said he will not force his troops to sleep in the same quarters with gays on base and would give them separate rooms if Congress votes to allow openly gay service. The comment by Gen. James Conway is the latest pushback by a small but vocal faction of senior military leaders opposed to a repeal [...]
Soldiers & Marines in Germany
http://www.youtube.com/v/tIcZ_TRsszw?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: In Hohenfels, Germany, Soldiers and Marines team up to evaluate Georgian soldiers and give them some insight into teamwork. Source
Conway Concerned With Gays in Barracks
The Marine Corps' top officer told Military.com that even if the ban on openly-serving gays in the services is lifted, he would draw the line at forcing heterosexual Marines to bunk with gays. "I would not ask our Marines to live with someone who is homosexual if we can possibly avoid it." Read the original post: Conway Concerned With Gays in [...]
MarSOC officer awarded Bronze Star
The officer in charge of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command’s assessment and selection received a Bronze Star with “V” device on Tuesday for his actions in Afghanistan. On May 30, 2008, Maj. John A. Moder, 36, repeatedly exposed himself to Taliban sharpshooters and rocket-propelled grenades during a firefight in the [...]
Corps says fire forced pilots to ditch Hornet
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. — A Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and his weapons officer tried to make it back home after both engines on their warplane failed and a fire broke out, but they were forced to eject and ditch the aircraft in the ocean, a spokesman said Thursday. “The fire was making its way toward the cockpit, so they [...]
Demonstration Showcases Emerging Technology
A group of Marines tested a U.S. Joint Forces Command interactive training simulation program during a demonstration held at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Read the original post: Demonstration Showcases Emerging Technology
Marine’s death sentence overturned
A Marine who has spent nearly two decades on death row for plotting the murder of two fellow Marines and helping to cover up the crimes was resentenced to life in the brig on Friday, after the appeals court overturned his original sentence. Lance Cpl. Wade Walker was sentenced to death by a general court martial in 1993 for the murder of Lance [...]
Navy to Fund Water Study at Lejeune
The Navy has agreed after months of fighting to fund a study into the health effects of past water pollution at Camp Lejeune on Marines. Read the rest here: Navy to Fund Water Study at Lejeune
Taliban, Marines exchange fire as battle looms
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — Marines and Taliban insurgents exchanged gunfire Thursday on the outskirts of Marjah, a southern militant stronghold where American and Afghan forces are expected to launch a major attack in the coming days.To the north, a U.S.-Afghan force led by the U.S. Army’s 5th Stryker Brigade linked up with Marines on [...]
Marines Wait in Cold for Afghan Offensive
Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent. That's Outpost Belleau Wood, a Marine base near the edge of the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah, which the Marines plan to attack in the coming days. See the article here: Marines Wait in Cold for Afghan [...]
