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Marine stories: 78 news summaries

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Who Are You Calling 'Devil Dog'?

Marines now balk at WWI nickname once
used with pride

Apr 28, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once used with pride, the Marines moniker "Devil Dog" now has a nasty bite to it, the Marine Corps Times reports. Young Marines recoil at the term that troops earned by fighting off Germans in a bloody World War I battle. They say it reminds them of angry COs:... More »

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military • officer • Marine • military training • terminology

Armed Forces Enlist More Criminals

Trend may undermine 'military readiness,' lawmaker says

Apr 21, 08 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army and Marines are signing up more felons in an effort to overcome flagging enlistment, the AP reports. The Army doubled its recruitment of felons last year and the Marines upped theirs from 208 to 350—including conscripts with sex crime and manslaughter convictions. The rise in felon... More »

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recruitment • US Army • felon • Marine • military recruits

US Military to Finally Release AP Photog

'Suspect' imprisoned two years in Iraq without charges

Apr 15, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer detained in Iraq for two years will finally be released tomorrow, the US military has announced. Bilal Hussein, 36, was held on suspicion of having links to insurgents but was never brought to trial, and the military has now determined he's not a threat to... More »

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Human Rights Watch • Marine • Committee to Protect Journalists • Bilal Hussein • Salvatore Santoro • Tom Curley • Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone • amnesty law • UN Security Council • Central Criminal Court of Iraq

 Marine Murder
 Suspect:
 I Loved Her 

Fugitive nabbed in Mexico in pregnant corporal's killing

Apr 11, 08 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fugitive Marine finally busted in Mexico yesterday in the grisly murder of a pregnant colleague told a reporter who asked whether he killed her: "I loved her." Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean of Camp Lejeune was captured after a three-month manhunt, reports CNN. He went on the lam... More »

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Mexico • Cesar Armando Laurean • Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean • Marine • Camp Lejune • pregnant marine • Laurean

 Fugitive Marine 
 Captured 
 in Mexico  

He's charged in the murder of pregnant fellow Marine in NC

Apr 10, 08 9:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says it has arrested a fugitive Marine sought in the murder of a pregnant fellow Marine in North Carolina, the AP reports. Authorities say they arrested Cpl. Cesar Laurean in Mexico, where he fled in January. He is charged with killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, whose burned remains,... More »

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Mexico • Maria Lauterbach • Marine • Camp Lejeune • Cesar Laurean

Singing Marine Sounds Off at Dixie Chicks

Iraq vet takes war at home to the studio
with hawkish hit

Mar 20, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine back from Iraq and Afghanistan has fired a musical rebuke at the Dixie Chicks for their anti-war hit, "Not Ready to Make Nice."  Cpl. David Thibodeaux's "Not Ready to End the Fight" is hitting America's country dials—including some that shunned the Nashville trio's... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • country music • singer • Nashville • Marine • Iraq war • Dixie Chicks • Not Ready to Make Nice

 Wounded Warriors
 Saluted at Pentagon

Quiet indoor ceremony honors injured

Mar 13, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A poignant and little-known ceremony featuring wounded vets is held privately indoors at the Pentagon every six weeks, reports the Wall Street Journal. It's called the "Wounded Warrior March." Hundreds of Defense Department employees line the corridors of the Pentagon to applaud, cheer, shake hands, or hug... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pentagon • Department of Defense • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • wounded • Marine • Wounded Warrior March • caskets • bereaved • Maj. Zachary Miller • Diane Bodman • Maj. Lyndon Marshall

4 Marines Face Court-Martial
in Hiroshima
Rape Case

Gang-rape trial
to begin in spring

Mar 6, 08 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - The American military has announced it will court-martial four Marines on charges of gang-raping a Japanese woman in Hiroshima last year. The first two Marines will face a general court-martial in late April or early May. Japanese prosecutors had concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to charge them in... More »

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Japan • Condoleezza Rice • US military • Hiroshima • Okinawa • court martial • Marine

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

Military investigating video showing puppy hurled from cliff

Mar 4, 08 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Military officials are investigating a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff, the Marine Corps Times reports. The video shows a Marine joking with buddies in a rocky landscape before throwing the animal. An official from the Hawaii base where the... More »

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military • YouTube • animal cruelty • PETA • puppy • viral video • Marine • animal

Marine in Okinawa Rape Case Released

Teen victim drops charges, but US is still investigating incident

Feb 29, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - A US Marine was released into US custody today after Japanese prosecutors dropped rape charges against him, Reuters reports. The Okinawa arrest had sparked outrage across Japan, but prosecutors backed off when the alleged victim withdrew her accusations. The 38-year-old Marine had admitted holding down his 14-year-old accuser but maintained... More »

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Japan • Condoleezza Rice • rape • Okinawa • Marine • Tyrone Hadnott

Marines Demand Probe
Into Armor Delay

Blast resistant vehicles 'could have cut deaths in half'

Feb 26, 08 4:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Marine Corps has asked the Department of Defense to investigate delays obtaining vehicles with blast-resistant armor for combat units in Iraq. An internal USMC memo claims the money needed for the vehicles, which could have cut deaths from roadside bombings by 50%, was diverted to other projects, reports... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • roadside bomb • budget • Department of Defense • MRAP • Marine • deaths • USMC • Plans, Policies and Operations Department • casualties • vetting • Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle • whistleblower • Naval Audit Service • Government Accountability Project

Iraq Tours to Cut by 3 Months This Summer

Top Army general
plans to return to
yearlong stints





Feb 20, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - American soldiers deployed to Iraq this summer will likely serve shorter tours, the AP reports. Soldiers at war today are serving 15 months and coming home for a year before going back to Iraq for another tour. War tours are expected to be shortened to 12 months for units leaving... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • deployment • US troops • troop withdrawal • US Army • Gen. George Casey • Marine • Iraq war

US Troops Confined to Base in Japanese Uproar

Military personnel confined to bases indefinitely

Feb 20, 08 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military has ordered 45,000 American troops, civilian employees and their families in Japan restricted to their military bases, homes and workplaces in a move to quell growing Japanese outrage at problem Marines. The orders, in place indefinitely, will effectively bar Marines nationwide and all military personnel on... More »

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Japan • US military • rape • Okinawa • military bases • Marine

4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

Men busted just days after arrest in separate case involving 14-year-old girl

Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - US military authorities are charging four Marines with raping a young Japanese woman, just days after a Marine was arrested by Japanese authorities and charged with raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a separate case. The four men are accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman in October after meeting her at... More »

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Japan • rape • Okinawa • Marine • sexual assault

Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

Citing discipline lack, angry Japanese want less military presence

Feb 14, 08 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The arrest this week of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has stirred long-simmering resentment of the nearly 50,000 American troops stationed there, Reuters reports. “Considering that such vicious, atrocious incidents have never ceased to occur, we must... More »

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Japan • US military • rape • Okinawa • Marine • Tyrone Hadnott

Berkeley Retreats on Marines

After day of protests, marathon city council meeting revokes earlier statement

Feb 13, 08 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Early this morning, the city council of Berkeley, Calif., rescinded a controversial declaration that Marine recruiters are not welcome in the city, CNN reports. The council, however, stands by its opposition to the Iraq war. The decision came after three hours of raucous citizen input and a day of clashes... More »

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California • protests • Berkeley • Marine • Code Pink • Iraq war

UC Berkeley Rumbles Over City Council's War Criticism

Pro- and anti-war groups plan protests

Feb 12, 08 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Berkeley is getting a little of its ‘60s vibe back, with pro- and anti-war groups gearing up for a night of demonstrations as the City Council decides whether to revoke a letter critical of the Marine Corps, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The council’s letter, written 2 weeks... More »

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US military • UC Berkeley • protests • political activism • Marine

US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

Governor furious as marine denies crime

Feb 11, 08 5:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese schoolgirl in Okinawa, where resentment is already running high against American military presence, Reuters reports. The 38-year-old Marine allegedly raped the teen in a car yesterday, officials said. "This kind of crime cannot be forgiven, especially... More »

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military • Japan • US military • rape • Okinawa • Marine

Hundreds Mourn Slain Marine at Ohio Funeral

Slain woman had 'strong spirit'

Feb 2, 08 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of family members and friends gathered near Dayton, Ohio, today for the funeral of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, the pregnant Marine murdered in North Carolina in December. Marines carried her casket; a smaller one held the body of her unborn child, Gabriel. Some 200 members of a group called... More »

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Mass • funeral • Maria Lauterbach • Marine • Cesar Laurean • pregnant marine • burial

Germany Balks at US Request for Troop Help

Call for reinforcements in southern Afghanistan outside 'point of focus'

Feb 1, 08 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Germany has rejected a request from US defense secretary Robert Gates for more troops to fight the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, Der Spiegel reports. German defense minister Franz Josef Jung prefers his troops remain in the country's north, in accordance with Germany's Afghanistan mandate—which says troops will only... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Angela Merkel • Germany • US military • Marine • Franz Josef Jung

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