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Marine stories: 78 news summaries

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OPINION

 AP Made Right Decision 
 to Run Marine's Photo 

We need to see the war

Sep 9, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP made the correct call in running a photo of a mortally wounded Marine, writes David Harsanyi in the Denver Post. “If I could recall a wanton penchant of the press to run photos of dead Marines, my reaction might have been very different,” he writes. But... More »

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US military • First Amendment • freedom of press • Associated Press • Marine • Afghanistan war • photojournalism • Marine Corps • Joshua Bernard • Julie Jacobson

 Hannity Guest: 
 I'm No Nazi—Obama Is 

Gov't practicing Nazism 'almost line for line'

Aug 25, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a congressman compared health care protesters to “brown shirts,” a disabled Marine vet appeared on Sean Hannity’s show to refute the claim, saying the “Nazi” label was better placed on the Democrats, Gawker reports. “I don’t think it’s acceptable language that he’... More »

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Fox News • Sean Hannity • health care reform • Marine • Nazis • Obama administration

(Newser) - Taliban forces in Afghanistan are bolder, better organized, and more tenacious than the deadliest Iraqi insurgents, a war-hardened Marine told the New York Times. “In Iraq, they’d hit you and run,” said Sgt. Jacob Tambunga, who spent three tours fighting in Anbar Province. “But these guys... More »

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Iraq • Taliban • Anbar • Marine • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - A realistic video game featuring a historic Fallujah battle involving US forces in Iraq has incensed vets and their families, reports ABC News. Six Days in Fallujah is due out next year, and involves Marine consultants to ensure accuracy of the action. "It's upsetting," said a mom who... More »

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Iraq • military • Fallujah • ultimate fighting • Marine • video game developers • video games • Marine Corps • troops

(Newser) - President Obama reiterated his wish to close Guantanamo Bay and rein in harsh interrogation techniques in an address today to graduates of the Naval Academy, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We uphold our fundamental principles and values not because we choose to, but because we swear to,” he... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • graduation • US Naval Academy • Marine • commencement speech • President Obama • Navy officer

Pentagon Kept Humvees Despite Known IED Threat

Officials delayed switch to safer vehicles: report

Dec 9, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Military leaders knew before the Iraq war that roadside bombs would threaten troops, but they still dragged their heels on adopting vehicles more resistant to IEDs, a Pentagon investigation has found. In 2005 officials stopped processing an urgent request from field commanders for vehicles called MRAPs, whose height and hull... More »

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Pentagon • Humvees • IED • soldier • MRAP • Marine • Iraq war • investigations

Joint Chiefs Head Calls for Wider PTSD Screening

Post Traumatic Stress a 'bigger problem than we realize,' says chief

Oct 13, 08 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every member of the US military should undergo screening for post-traumatic stress disorder upon returning from combat in Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has recommended. As many as 1 of every 5 returning combat vets suffers from mental health problems, USA Today reports. "I... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Adm. Mike Mullen • Department of Defense • US Army • Marine • Iraq war • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • Center for Military Health Policy Research

Marines Try to Wean Iraq From US Pocketbook

Saddam-era budget network can't provide to expanded security forces

Oct 9, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Iraq becomes safer, the Marines have focused on the next challenge: weaning the country’s security forces off US financial and logistical support, USA Today reports. To spur the independence of the nascent Iraqi police, the Marines now refuse to refuel their vehicles, and it's gotten the Iraqis' attention.... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Iraq oil • budget • US troops • Iraq police • Marine • Iraq war

Fewer Marines Needed in Iraq's Anbar: General

Not many 'bad guys left' in province with Iraqi forces set to take over

Aug 27, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Marines’ top general says his two combat units in Iraq’s Anbar province could stand to be deployed elsewhere after the US hands over control there to Iraqi forces next week, the AP reports. “There aren't a whole heck of a lot of bad guys there left to... More »

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Iraq • Anbar • Gen. James T. Conway • Marine • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - As the situation in Afghanistan worsens, 1,000 Marines deployed to train local security forces will stay there for at least another 30 days, mirroring an identical move last month for another group of Marines elsewhere in the country, Reuters reports. A defense official confirmed the move, which has yet... More »

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War on Terror • Pentagon • tour of duty • Pakistan militants • Marine • Afghanistan war

Ex-Beau Charged in Pregnant
Soldier's Murder

Victim had ended affair
with married man

Jul 30, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former boyfriend of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier has been charged with her murder, reports CNN. Edgar Patino, 27, proposed to fellow soldier Spc. Megan Lynn Touma while the two were stationed in Germany, according to friends. But Touma, 23, broke up with Patino recently when they were transferred... More »

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murder • domestic violence • soldier • Marine • Fort Bragg

TV Review

 Generation Kill On Target 

HBO's miniseries captures soldiers in 'their unfettered, foul-mouthed glory'

Jul 10, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the mean streets of Baltimore to the meaner ones of Baghdad, the force behind The Wire scores a direct hit with HBO's new Generation Kill, writes Brian Lowry for Variety. Following a cast of Marines during the Iraqi invasion’s first 40 days, the 7-episode miniseries may make... More »

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television • Baghdad • HBO • The Wire • David Simon • Marine • Band of Brothers

Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours

2,200 Marines will remain another 30 days despite repeated denials

Jul 3, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(AP) - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pentagon • Robert Gates • defense secretary • Marine • Afghanistan war

USMC Tosses Puppy-Throwing Marine

Also sanctions partner in crime in infamous YouTube video

Jun 12, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Marine is being expelled and another punished for their roles in the YouTube video posted in March that showed a puppy being thrown off an Iraq cliff, reports the AP. Lance Cpl. David Motari is "being processed for separation" from the Marine Corps—he and the Marine accused... More »

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YouTube • animal cruelty • puppy • Marine • David Motari

Marine Dies Months After Mugging

Corporal who survived Iraq shot for having
only $8 in his pocket

Jun 2, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A careful young Marine has died from bullet wounds 4 months after muggers shot him point blank in the neck while he was on leave home in Cleveland from Iraq, the AP reports. Warned that a Marine could be a robbery target, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield decided to carry only... More »

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armed robbery • Marine • shooting • Iraq war

Marine In Iraq Suspended Over Bible-Quoting Coins

He reportedly handed them out to Iraqis

May 30, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US Marine has been suspended after he reportedly distributed coins with Bible verses at an entry point in Falluja, CNN reports. One coin reportedly asked, in Arabic, “Where will you spend eternity?” Military rules forbid troops from proselytizing. A US spokesman apologized to angry Muslims and said “... More »

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Iraq • US military • Fallujah • Bible • coins • Marine

'Miracle Marine' Dead After 3-Year Struggle

Struck by roadside bomb, he endured 100+ surgeries

May 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine who endured burns on 97% of his body with good humor and hope has died during routine surgery, USA Today reports. Hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Sgt. Merlin German walked, talked, and even danced during his 3-year recovery. Undergoing more than 100 surgeries, he became a... More »

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Iraq • military • roadside bomb • US Army • soldier • Marine • Merlin German • burn victim

Marine Guilty of Sex 'Misconduct' in Hiroshima

But he's acquitted
of raping
Japanese teen

May 9, 08 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US Marine was convicted of "wrongful sexual misconduct" with a 19-year-old Japanese woman, but was acquitted of the more serious charge of rape, reports CNN. The Marine, 20, is one of four accused of attacking the woman in Hiroshima. The case was heard by an American military court... More »

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Japan • rape • Hiroshima • Marine

Marines Tread Lightly in Opium Poppy Fields

Fighters ignore
Afghan crop to avoid
alienating locals

May 7, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Marines have been battling the Taliban in the world's largest opium-growing region—and they're taking care not to damage the crop, the AP reports. Troops in Afghanistan are aware that the Taliban makes millions from the poppy harvest, but they also realize that destroying the locals' only source... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • opium • poppies • Marine

Bush Salutes Tornado Town in Speech to Kansas Grads

US communities 'stronger than any storm,' he boasts

May 5, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush returned to praise Greensburg residents yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the day the Kansas town was struck by a devastating tornado that killed 11. Bush applauded the community's resilience and determination in a speech to the town's high school graduating class of just 18 students, reports... More »

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tornado • Marine • rebuilding • George W. Bush • disaster • Greensburg Kansas • Greensburg High School

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