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Letters home from Marine Officer Candidates School

"My parents saved the weekly letters I wrote during my 10-week training. The following are excerpts from my journey to ...
On the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary, a trailblazing general who now lives in Central Indiana is reflecting on a career ...
Most Marines had never seen combat when Peter Ortiz joined the Corps in June 1942. However, he had already survived five years in the French Foreign Legion and fought in Africa, faced the Nazis in ...
U.S. Marines guarding the country's embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with gangs controlling most of the capital, ...
When Marine Sgt. Gordon Reed collapsed during a fitness test in Florida, a string of decisions by fellow Marines delayed his ...
Marines, both active duty and veteran, celebrated their service's 250th birthday during a ceremony held in the Capitol ...
A 35-year-old U.S. Marine Corps pilot based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar who died in a training crash last week ...
Founded 250 years ago, in November of 1775, the United States Marine Corps has become one of the most elite fighting forces ...
Over the years they have received many monikers, some more irreverent than others: Soldiers of the sea. Teufelhund. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Leatherneck. Jarhead. Crayon eaters. But at the end ...
After the Army, he worked at McKinsey, then had stops at Home Depot, AH Harris Construction Supplies, PetroChoice, and HD ...