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Hawk Brought Down Marine Chopper

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A bird strike caused a deadly helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton last year that killed two Marines, according to a Mar...

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Author: What I Learned From Sergeant John Basilone

Chuck Tatum | Posted 05.01.2012

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Every young boy in 1942 America knew Sergeant John Basilone fired from the hip. Cradling his water cooled .30 caliber machine gun in his arms, on the night of October 24, 1942 he mowed down dozens and dozens of onrushing enemy soldiers on the island of Guadalcanal.

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LOOK: Marine Recieves 'First Ever' Gay Proposal On U.S. Military Base

Posted 04.27.2012

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In a heartwarming sign of the post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era, one gay marine was greeted with a romantic wedding proposal as he returned to San Dieg...

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Wisconsin Teen Collects 4,000 Stuffed Bears For Kids Dealing With Trauma

menomoneefalls.patch.com | Posted 04.23.2012

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Forget your Wall Street-inspired perception of bear and bull markets for this story. For five years 16-year-old Nicolas Bast has reaped soul-satisf...

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Marine's Missing Wife Likely 'Victim Of Foul Play'

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.18.2012

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SAN DIEGO — Authorities arrested a woman Tuesday for investigation of murder after finding a body in their search for the missing wife of a U.S....

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Obama Criticizing Marine Face Discharge

Camp Pendleton Patch | Daniel Woolfolk | Posted 04.05.2012

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A judge has denied a request to halt or postpone a military separation hearings for Sgt. Gary Stein - a Temecula Marine who maintains a Facebook page ...

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Names Of Marines Killed In Deadly Helicopter Crash Released

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS and JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.25.2012

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SAN DIEGO — Details of the personal lives of the seven Marines killed in one of the Corps' deadliest aviation training accidents in years emerge...

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Major Iraq War Crimes Trial To Continue On Friday

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.21.2012

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A major war crimes trial resumed Friday after lawyers worked on unspecified negotiations for two days, with the prosecu...

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The "Psychological Projection" of the ACLJ

Chris Rodda | Posted 02.05.2012

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n an article yesterday on the ACLJ website, specifically going after Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), David French puts the 'poor bullied Christians' spin on the Pendleton cross controversy.

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The Camp Pendleton Cross: The Facts vs. What the "Persecuted" Christians Are Saying

Chris Rodda | Posted 02.01.2012

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Religious neutrality by the government does not equal persecution of Christians, no matter how many times FOX News and "Team Sekulow" keep claiming it does.

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2 Dead After Helicopter Crashes At Marine Corps Base

Patch | Posted 11.19.2011

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Two people aboard a Marine Corps helicopter died Monday after a mishap, according to base officials. The AH-1W Cobra went down at approximately 1 p...

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Helicopter Crash At California Marine Corps Base Kills 1, Injures 5

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.05.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine Corps helicopter crashed Wednesday afternoon at the sprawling coastal base of Camp Pendleton, killing one and ...

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Ex-Marine Kesaun Sykes Urinates In Courtroom At His Own Hearing

Posted 05.25.2011

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Kesaun Sykes (known as "Psycho") will be undergoing a mental health evaluation after he urinated in the courtroom at his own hearing. The Riverside Pr...

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Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle Sinks Off California With 1 Inside

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine died after going down with an amphibious assault vehicle that sank Friday during a training exercise in a harb...

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ROTC Cadets: A Day In The Life

Daily 49er | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Jennifer Do and her group had been hiking for almost five hours since noon. Heavy rain from days before left the ground mudd...

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Honoring Our Nations Veterans as Cancer Stricken Soldiers Go Ignored

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our military has already chosen to die for their country -- but does that include by the hand of Big Pharma too?

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Mark Lowe, Marine Major, Sentenced For Passing Secrets To LA Sheriff's Department

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Camp Pendleton Marine officer who leaked intelligence documents to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has be...

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Lawrence Hutchins III, Marine Sergeant Accused Of Iraq War Crimes, Returns To Duty

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III put on his uniform and reported for duty Tuesday despite lingering accusations that h...

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Marine Amphibious Assaults May Be A Thing Of The Past

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a stretch of clean, white Southern California beach, thousands of young Marines this month charged forward from the sea, leaping from helicopters a...

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From Gods And Monsters and Quiet Riot to Tina Turner and Citizens Of The World: A Conversation With Spencer Proffer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Spencer Proffer is considered a leader in entertainment, pioneering media integrations before it was fashionable to do so.

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Pentagon Orders 16,000 Troops To Start Afghanistan Surge

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The first wave of President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the pa...

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Conviction overturned in Iraqi soldier's death

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine reservist's conviction in the death of an Iraqi soldier was overturned by a military appeals court, which ruled the judge who presided over the trial erred in his jury instructions.

The three-judge panel ruled last week in Washington that Delano Holmes' negligent homicide conviction should be overturned because judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks did not instruct jurors that the charge could legitimately be countered with a claim of self-defense.

The appeals panel instructed the Camp Pendleton court that originally tried Holmes to retry him or dismiss the charge.

The Marine jury convicted Holmes, 24, in December 2007 of negligent homicide and of making a false official statement in the stabbing death a year earlier of Pvt. Munther Jasem Muhammed Hassin in Fallujah.

Jurors acquitted him of unpremeditated homicide, which carried a potential life sentence.

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Mullen Expects Casualties To Rise In Afghanistan

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has gr...

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Samuel L. Wellington

Glenwood Springs Post Independent | Post Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Samuel L. Wellington of Ft. Mohave, Ariz. passed away in Las Vegas on Dec. 7, 2009. Formerly of New Castle. He was 35. He was born May 25, 19...

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Will We Wait Until Another Gay Sailor Is Murdered?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Camp Pendleton, Barry Winchell, August Provost, Politics News

Last week a 29-year-old gay sailor was found shot to death at a guard shack at Camp Pendleton. His death is Exhibit A for why the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy should end now.

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