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By PAM KRAGEN | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: May 17, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — This fall, the last American troops will leave Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that involved tens of thousands of troops who trained and deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Since the 200-square-mile military base was established along the northern border of Oceanside, Calif., in 1942, the city has had a strong and symbiotic relationship with the Marine Corps. But the Corps economic i...

The Vast Majority of Active-Duty Military Deaths Happen in the U.S.—What Is Going Wrong? Despite the “preventability” of most U.S. troop deaths, whistleblowers and critics contend that the problem is only getting worse given that few are ever held accountable. It is the stuff of nightmares: losing your only child, a U.S servicemember, not to war in a far-flung place but while on-duty right here on home soil.  For Patrick Caserta, a retired Navy career counselor with 22 years of service h...

Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Pfc. Robert C. Burke A Marine from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, cautiously approaches a damaged hut during Operation Allen Brook. The Viet Cong dominated the small villages on Go Noi Island in Vietnam. MAY 17, 2021 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS Marine Corps Pfc. Robert C. Burke took charge in 1968 when his unit was pinned down by intense enemy fire in Vietnam. Burke didn’t make it out alive, but his actions earned him the Medal of Honor.  Burke was born Nov....

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 17, 2021 May 17, 2021 11:22 AM USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 17, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 296 In Japan Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assaul...

Hagen Engler Sometimes its okay to simply be a passenger in life, being blissfully ignorant about things beyond your control. Blue Pill or Red Pill? Do you choose blissful ignorance, or knowledge? Picture: iStock The basic principle of news, journalism and investigative reporting, as well as commissions of inquiry, informants, wh...

Gavin Smith’s father, a U.S. Army veteran, was exposed to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where he worked as a civilian for 25 years.

Marines break ground on new war game center Quantico, Virginia, Wargaming Center official groundbreaking on May 12. MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia ― The Marine Corps broke ground here on what it plans will be a state-of-the-art war gaming center, to direct war fighting experiments and pull feedback from across the fleet to continuously refine how Marines fight. Lt. Gen. Eric Smith told the audience that the $79 million center will help get resources, whether that’s equipment or ne...

I was deployed in Afghanistan, and by the end, I thought the situation was hopeless. But my cynicism eventually melted away, as I suppose America’s will.

Concern over potentially key evidence in SoCal Navy medic death probe case

From Gibson Co. to Cali streets: band needs help representing West Tenn. to 60 million-plus in Rose Parade The Jackson Sun 2 hrs ago Lasherica Thornton, Jackson Sun © PAULA OSPINA/ The Jackson Sun Peabody High School marching band during the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival Grand Floats Parade on Friday, May 7, 2021 in Humboldt, Tenn. Most times throughout the year, students at five high schools in Gibson County are school rivals on the football fields, basketball courts ...