Marine faces trial over urination on corpses
A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed. The U.S.
Officials: US forces on alert in response to Libya
Marines and other U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of ...

Afghan troops hold their ground at high cost
The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a ...

Marines killed in training were young, lives ahead
Lance Cpl. Mason Vanderwork loved going to the beach and cruising in his Mustang convertible. He and his wife, Taylor, married the day after she ...

Profiles of 7 Nev. Army depot explosion victims
A mortar shell explosion Monday at an Army depot in Hawthorne, Nev., killed seven Marines and injured eight other servicemen. Here are profiles of the ...

Pentagon bans 60 mm mortar round after deaths
A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured several more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting ...
More Marines charged over corpse urination video
Two more Marines face criminal charges over a 2011 YouTube video showing members of a scout sniper platoon urinating on the corpses of Taliban ...

Marine survey lists concerns on women in combat
Male Marines listed being falsely accused of sexual harassment or assault as a top concern in a survey about moving women into combat jobs, and ...

Marine leader: skepticism in infantry about women
The head of the Marine Corps — the most male of all military branches — said Thursday the infantry side is skeptical about how women will perform in ...

Marines studying mindfulness-based training
The U.S. Marine Corps, known for turning out some of the military's toughest warriors, is studying how to make its troops even tougher through ...
Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpse
A Marine who pleaded guilty Wednesday to urinating on the corpse of a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan will likely be demoted one rank under a plea ...

US pushes to finish Afghan dam as challenges mount
In the approaching twilight of its war in Afghanistan, the U.S. is forging ahead with a giant infrastructure project long criticized as too costly in ...
US Marines to face random blood-alcohol tests
Marines and sailors will be subject to random blood-alcohol tests twice a year in what is billed as the toughest anti-drinking policy in the U.S.
Marines pleads guilty in urination case
A Marine general will scale back the punishment announced by a military judge who presided at a court-martial of a Marine who pled guilty to urinating ...

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 ...