Marine

Community Helps Heal Vet's Severely Injured Dog

thegranbys.patch.com | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Granby Memorial High, The Grandbys, Taylor Verbridge, Connecticut, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Iraq, Belgian Malinois, Nate Larabee, Marine, Fallujah, Impact News

This is a story about the local girl, the Iraq war veteran and the injured dog and how a community has rallied around all three. The story begins o...

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Judge Rules On Discharge Of Marine Who Hit 'Enemy' Obama

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Obama Gary Stein, Obama Marine, Facebook, Gary Stein, Marine, Gary Stein Obama, Politics News

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge denied a request Friday to block military discharge proceedings against a Camp Pendleton Marine who called President Bara...

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How A Jewish Marine Inspires Freedom

Chava Tombosky | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: United States Military, Hero, Jewish, Marine, Jewish Marine, Judaism, Religion News

When asked why Dave decided to become observant he explained that although his family did not follow many of the Jewish holidays, he clearly remembers Passover as a recurring holiday where the whole family got together.

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Last Weekend's Real Tragic Death

Anthony Amore | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Dominican Republic, Whitney Houston, New Jersey, Marine, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion 6th Marines, Houston, United States Marines, Entertainment News

Last Friday, Osbrany Montes De Oca, a lance corporal in the United States Marines, set out to begin his patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan....

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Marine Vet Runs 100 Miles In Army Boots To Raise Money For Fallen Soldier

Macomb Patch | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Always Brothers, Captain Tyler B. Swisher, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Washington DC, Marine Core Marathon, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Marine, Veterans, Dean Allen Smith, Impact News

Dean Allen Smith runs with his boots on. A nod to his days as a Marine, Smith’s boots have trod the streets of Washington, D.C., the trails of St...

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Marine Escapes Jail Time In Killings Of Iraqi Citizens

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Frank Wuterich Jail, Frank Wuterich Iraq, Haditha Killings, Video, Marine Killings, Frank Wuterich, Haditha Attack, Iraq, Marine, World News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The lone Marine convicted in his squad's killing of two dozen unarmed civilians in one of the Iraq War's defining momen...

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WATCH: Marine Survived War Only To Be Shot In Craigslist Robbery

AP | By CURT ANDERSON | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Craiglist, Video, Jeff Steele, Karl Trenker, Godl Necklace, Miami News, Tanya Saiz, James Flounory, Marine, Miami News

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- A U.S. Marine Corps officer said Friday he reacted as he was trained to do by chasing two men who stole a gold necklace he th...

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SHOCK VIDEO: Firefighter In Critical Condition After Savage Thanksgiving Assault

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Albert Bartal, Video, Jack in the Box, Hit-and-Run, Assault, Richmond, San Francisco, Marine, Firefighter, San Francisco News

A Bay Area firefighter, single father and former Marine is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being intentionally hit with a car fol...

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Radio-in-a-Box: Afghanistan's New Warrior-DJs (Part 2)

Sam Jacobson | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Marine, Radio, Afghan War, World News, Radio Afghanistan, Radio in a Box, Music Taliban, Radio Taliban, Music Afghanistan, World News

The Radio-in-a-Box is a source of news for the locals of Safar, a village in Helmand Province. Music was banned under Taliban rule, so listening to the radio is in a way an act of defiance against the recently departed regime.

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What Oceans Provide

M. Sanjayan | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Nature Conservancy, Oceans, M Sanjayan, World Oceans Day, Marine, Sanjayan, Green News, Coasts, Environment, Slidepollajax, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Marine Conservation, Coral Reefs, Green News

Though we have feet not fins, we are more dependent on the oceans than you may imagine. On World Oceans Day it pays to reflect on all that our seas provide and how we can repay the many favors.

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This Reef May Save Your Life

M. Sanjayan | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Corals, Corals and Cancer, The Nature Conservancy, M Sanjayan, Health, Nature, Oceans, Medicine, Marine, Coral Reefs, Sanjayan, Arden O'connor, Cancer, Green News

In an era of spiraling health care costs, nature's most promising pharmacy is the only thing that is still free. We ought to take better care of it.

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Happy New Year!

Tina Sloan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Son, Recovery, Friends, Children, Tina Sloan, War, Iraq, Movie, Film, Happy New Year, Marine, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Proud, Changing Shoes, Ptsd, Pride, Injury, Family, VA Hopsital, Healthy Living News

Timing is everything... As I am wishing my friends, family, readers and fans a happy New Year, I am also so pleased that a wonderful film of the sam...

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HMS Astute, U.K. Nuclear Submarine, Grounded In Accident (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Scotland, Submarine, Nuclear Submarine, Marine, Submarine Accident, HMS Astute, Video, World News

LONDON - A nuclear-powered British submarine was grounded Friday in an accident off the coast of Scotland, though officials say the incident was not s...

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Man Killed After Puppy Urinated On Neighbors Lawn

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Illinois Violence, University Park, Illinois Crime, Charles Clements, University Park Murder, Marine, Charles J. Clements, Chicago News

A former Marine who neighbors say obsessed over his University Park lawn is being held on $3 million bail, accused of gunning down a neighbor whose pu...

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Weekly Mulch: Slick of Oil Industry Cash Gummed up Regulatory Works

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Bp, Louisiana, Kerry, Gulf of Mexico, Landrieu, Regulation, Mms, Marine, Shellfish, Lieberman, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Shrimp, Oil Pipelines, Graham, Oil, Environment, British Petroleum, Off-Shore Drilling, Deepwater Horizon, Climate Bill, Leaks, Gulf Coast, Campaign Contributions, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than anyone thought, and the crisis will lik...

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World Cup Radiates outward to our troops in Afghanistan

Tina Sloan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Sports, Patriotism, Troops, Military, Marine, Afghanistan, World Cup, Healthy Living News

Last night, I wandered into the chow hall in the evening to catch the end of the USA vs Algeria world cup game. I was surprised to find as many soldie...

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Heroes on the Homefront

Christal Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Sherman, Military, Iraq, Afghanistan, Marine, War, Stop-Loss, Redeployment, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Los Angeles News

When a marine goes to war his whole family goes with him. Did you ever see the bumper sticker that says "The hardest job in the marines is being a marine wife?" Well, that's never been truer.

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Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City

Maria Popova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oceans, Satellite, Archaeology, Marine, Western Caribbean, Atlantis, Technology News

Today, we sit down with architectural historian and archaeologist Jes Alexander, who spearheaded the research team that discovered what could be a piece of real-life Atlantis.

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Haiti's Fish and Coral, An Untold Story Of Environmental Loss

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty, Coast, Knight Foundation, Aid, Knight Center for International Media, Jobs, Yellow Tail Snapper, Silt, Environmental, Hills, Clean, Topsoil, Jean Wiener, Nassau Grouper, Cooking Fire, Macarthur Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, Poverty, Dr. Gregor Hodgson, Beach, Biology, Earthquake, Reef Check, University of Miami, Mangroves, Coral Reefs, Drinking, Haiti, Marine, Treeless, Port-Au-Prince, Sea, Water, Fish, Coastline, Border, Degradation, Ocean, Foprobim, World News

Some aid projects have focused on restoring the country's forests, but few have tried to fix the generations of harm that has been done to Haiti's coral, its mangroves, its beaches and, most of all, its fish.

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Craigslist Rape Suspects Plead Not Guilty

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ty-Oliver-Mcdowell, Wyoming, Marine, Craigslist Rape, Jebidiah-James-Stipe, Craigslist Sex, Denver News

CASPER, Wyo. — A California Marine accused of using Craigslist to arrange the rape of an ex-girlfriend in Wyoming has pleaded not guilty to five...

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GPS-fitted Marine Animals Help "Write" Atlas

Mother Nature Network | Bryan Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Policy, Sea, Animals, Atlas, Animal Protection, Marine, Environmental Protection, Green News

In putting together an atlas for one of Earth's least understood marine ecosystems, the Patagonian Sea, scientists had a novel idea: What if it could ...

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David Budwah, Marine, Charged With Faking War Wounds For Gain

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marine Charged With Faking War Wounds, David Budwah, Marine Charged, Marine Fake War Wounds, Marine Faked Wounds, Marine, Marine Fake Wounds, Politics News

SABILLASVILLE, Md. — On a sultry day in July 2008, Marine Sgt. David W. Budwah strode in his battle fatigues to the front of a picnic pavilion t...

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Obama Will Be One of The Greatest (and Most Loved) American Presidents

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Prediction of Obama's Success, Faith in Obama, President Obama, Pension, Great Presidents, Barack Obama, Lincoln, Stock Market, Crisis, Roosevelt, Marine, George Washington, Republican, Politics News

Obama is our last best chance. He's worth laying it all on the line for. I say this as a former life-long Republican. I say this as the proud father of a Marine.

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Top Marine In Iraq Warily Optimistic About Anbar Province, Critical Of Post-Invasion Planning

LA Times | Tony Perry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baath Party, Saddam Hussein, Warwire, Al Qaida, U.S. Mistakes Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Anbar Iraq, Top Marine Anbar Province Iraq, Iraq, Marine, Baathist Party, Politics News

As he prepares to leave Iraq after a year as the top Marine, Maj. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin is upbeat about the future of Anbar province but candid about ...

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Pentagon Blocks Marine From Testifying About Torture

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Warwire, Testify, Marine, Testimony, Torture, Politics News

The Bush administration blocked a Marine Corps lawyer from testifying before Congress today that severe techniques employed by U.S. interrogators dera...

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