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Crime, Osprey add to Okinawan anger over US bases
For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America's military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It's the ...
How Asia sees Obama's pivot to the Pacific
A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word — ...
McCain welcomes new fighter jet squadron
Sen. John McCain on Tuesday welcomed the Marine Corps' first squadron of pilots who are being called upon to fly the branch's version of the ...
Marine Corps forms new fighter jet squadron
The Marine Corps is forming the first squadron of pilots to fly the next-generation strike fighter jet, months after lawmakers raised concern that ...
APNewsBreak: US Navy reviews rules on Japan bases
Weary of rules limiting the freedom of their "overwhelmingly outstanding" sailors, the top commanders of the U.S. Navy in Japan eased after-hours ...
US knew dead Zeta leader's ID before body stolen
The U.S. government knew that a suspect fatally shot by Mexican marines was the head of the widely feared Zetas drug cartel well before the marines ...
Mexico catches alleged drug capo 'El Taliban'
Mexican marines acting on U.S. intelligence seized the leader of a breakaway faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, officials said Thursday, ...
2 Marines to be court-martialed in urination case
Two Marine non-commissioned officers will be court-martialed for allegedly urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters last year in Afghanistan and ...
2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan
Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S.
Marines sent to Yemen to boost embassy security
An elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen's capital in the wake of violent protests at the U.S. Embassy over a film critical of Islam, ...
US sends Marines to Libya after deadly attack
The U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday after the mob attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
Marines headed to Libya to reinforce security
When the Pentagon called out the Marines on Wednesday and dispatched them to Libya, it wasn't the first wave of an invading force. Instead, the 50 ...
200 US Marines join anti-drug effort in Guatemala
A team of 200 U.S. Marines began patrolling Guatemala's western coast this week in an unprecedented operation to beat drug traffickers in the Central ...
Marines testing women in combat jobs
There may be some anxiety from male Marines as female officers work their way into infantry and other combat jobs that historically have been open ...
Afghan policeman turns gun on Marines, kills 3
An Afghan police officer shot and killed three U.S. Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness ...
US Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan amid protests
A shipload of the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft arrived in Japan on Monday amid protests over safety issues that have aggravated ...
US drawdown in Afghanistan includes many trainers
For today's drill, an instructor explains, the Taliban will be played by U.S. Marines, and the "village" will be just down from the driving practice ...
Congress honors black Marines
Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a time segregation was an everyday reality are ...