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Marine Corps Birthday 2009: USMC Delivers Birthday Message (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

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Today, November 10, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 234th birthday, and social media is commemorating the historic date. The official...

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Marine Commandant Defies White House on Gay Troops

Aaron Belkin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Barack Obama, US Marines, Gay Rights, James Conway, Gay Issues, Politics News
Aaron Belkin

Commandant General James Conway's opposition to the president on "don't ask, don't tell" could have many underlying implications. Some would say he should be taken out to the woodshed.

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A Letter to the President

Ron Kovic | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Disabled, Marines, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Ron Kovic, US Marines, Vietnam, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Marine Corps, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Politics News
Ron Kovic

Many of us who served in Vietnam promised ourselves long ago that we would never again allow what happened to us in that war to ever happen again. We have an obligation to protest. To speak out.

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Reflections on Suicide

Christopher Lukas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Iraq PTSD, US Marines, Survivor, Afghanistan, General Mark Graham, Army Suicide, US Soldiers, War, Suicide, Iraq, Ptsd, Suicide Prevention, US Army, War on Terror, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Books News
Christopher Lukas

The rate of death by suicide in the armed forces is increasing at alarming rates. Death is terrible, no matter how it comes. But death by suicide leaves those left behind, asking Why? How?

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Three Cups of Teabaggers: Insight from the Right on Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Government, Army, Pashtunwali, Peacebuilding, US Marines, Right Wing, Conservatism, Afghanistan, Tea Party, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Barack Obama, Tea Bagging, Pashtuns, World News
Lorelei Kelly

The path of the Right leads to a place where there is nothing left to conserve. This particular dilemma of the American Right provides an angle of insight into the challenge that we face in Afghanistan.

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Iraqi Shot After Throwing Slipper At US Patrol

AP | ABDUL-QADIR AL-SAADI | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

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FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade a...

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Marines Take Risks With Deadly Trust-Building Game

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Marines Training, Marines, North Carolina, US Marines, Home News

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone was relaxing on his bunk at an Iraqi combat base when a direct superior interrupted his late-night mov...

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Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End

Michael Winship | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al-Qa'eda, National Security, US Marines, Associated Press, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghan Taliban, Bill Moyers, Robert Capa, World News
Michael Winship

There can be no denying the story the photo tells. It forces us to confront through a young man's violent death the ugly, bloody reality of a war.

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Military Contractors and Our Buck-Stops-Nowhere "Wars"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Draft, US Military, Republican Party, Democrats, US Marines, Private Security Contractors, Blackwatter, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

I have less and less respect for the way our civilian leaders lack the courage to tell the truth about our wars.

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Ramadan 2009: America and Islam

James Zogby | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Change, Department of Defense, US Marines, US Army, Muslim, Ramadan, Iftar, US Navy, US Air Force, American Muslims, Politics News
James Zogby

A primary factor accounting for the change and the growing recognition being given to Ramadan is the presence and vitality of a growing Muslim community.

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Facebook Holdouts: Just Try It. I Swear It's Not Addictive

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Friendship, Twitter, Facebook, Social Networking, US Marines, Facebook Privacy, My Space, Media News
Sarah Schmelling

Isn't it a type of rebellion, or just kind of quirky at this point, to not be on a social network? Like not having a phone or an electric can opener?

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4 US Marines, 15 Afghans Killed By Attacks

AP | MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and NOOR KHAN | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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KABUL — Four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in western Afghanistan, driving up Western military dea...

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder

thenation.com | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Millitary, Erik Prince, Weapons, Weapons Manufacturing, Erik Prince Blackwater, Virginia, US Marines, Weapons Transportaion, Blackwater, Blackwater Worldwide, War in Iraq, Erik Prince Murder, Xe, US State Department, Erik Prince on Trial, Politics News

A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in...

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Marine Corps Bans Twitter, Facebook, Other Social Media Sites

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules o...

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2 US Marines Die In Afghanistan Bomb Blasts

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

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KABUL — A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive ope...

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The Freeing of Afghan Poppies

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Poppies, Taliban, Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, US Marines Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, US Marines, Home News
Stewart Nusbaumer

For years we have been hearing about a crop eradication program that does not exist. How many more years will it be before we hear about a crop substitution program that could exist?

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Autistic Marine's Case Raises Questions On Recruiting Practices

LA Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Marine Corps, Marines, Military, U.S. Military, Autism, Military Recruiting, u.s. Marines, Politics News

A few days after he arrived at boot camp here, Joshua Fry no longer wanted to be a Marine. He was confused by the orders drill instructors shouted at ...

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World In Photos, July 6, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Michelle Obama, Slideshow, Chinese Embassy the Hague, President Obama, Protests in China, The Hague Protest, Obamas in Russia, Japanese Nuclear Envoy Akitaka Saiki, Obama, Tour De France 2009, China Protests, Akitaka Saiki, US Afghanistan, US Marines, Obama Visits Russia, Obama Trip, Obamas Visit Russia, World Photos, World in Photos, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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US Marines Push Deeper Into Southern Afghan Towns

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

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NAWA, Afghanistan _ U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win ove...

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U.S. Marines Launch Major Operation In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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NAWA, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with a...

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What I Learned In Afghanistan

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: US Soldiers, Afghanistan, US Marines, President Obama, US Troops, US Foreign Policy, Taliban, Afghanistan War, World News
Stewart Nusbaumer

From my three months in Afghanistan in 2006 and these two months in 2009 I have learned a national flag, a constitution, a president and a national seal do not make a nation.

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For Veterans, "Happiness is a warm puppy"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Veterans PTSD, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, 9/11, Obama Health Care, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Dogs and Relationships, US Marines, US Army, Gallery, Iraq, Ptsd, Obama Iraq, Style News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Recently, I learned that the comic-strip writer Charles Schulz was a decorated veteran of WWII and experienced severe forms of the shock and melancholy that often results from combat.

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Watching the Detectives

S.D. Liddick | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Pit Team, Baghdad, Haditha, Iraq, War, Iraq War, Marines, Warwire, US Marines, Iraq Withdrawal, War in Iraq, World News
S.D. Liddick

The Marines have accompanied the Iraqis about as far as they can go. Now they're feeling like a parent with a toddler on a bicycle. The training wheels have to come off at some point.

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Pontiac Silver Streak Woodie Wagon, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Class Warfare, Hemi Hybrids, Cars, Infrastructure Repair, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hybrid Cars, Daihatsu Naked, Ipod, Subway, Ucla, Detroit Three, Chicago Cubs, Detroit CEOs, W. Edwards Deming, Detroit Automakers, Green Infrastructure, Bullet Trains, US Capitol, Monorail, Jeep, Japan, Mitsubishi Mirage, Light Rail, Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, President Obama, Ford, Las Vegas Hilton, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Bob Lutz, Southern California, Credit Markets Tight, Japanese Cars, Robert Nardelli, Electric Cars, Washington, Detroit, Congressional Oversight, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Gas Electric Hybrids, Daihatsu Charade, Uaw, Gm, Alan Mulally, Electric Car Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mitsubishi Precis, Wall Street, US Marines, Hitachi, Lourdes, Narita, Business News
Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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Marines Plan Afghanistan Troop Redeployment

Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...

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