
The Administration is finally willing to describe the shooting that killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee as a terrorist attack, and the Navy has announced that the victims will receive Purple Hearts.
by John Hayward17 Dec 2015, 8:16 AM PST0

Maj. Jason Brezler is being kicked out of the military after more than 15 years of service for warning fellow Marines in 2012 that a Taliban-linked Afghan police commander working at their post in southern Afghanistan was corrupt and sexually abusing boys, the Washington Post recently reported.
by Edwin Mora2 Dec 2015, 8:09 PM PST0

The Medina community in Ohio expressed outrage when the local Walmart forced former active duty Marine John Harkness to stand outside to collect Toys for Tots donations for the first time in fifteen years.
by Mary Chastain2 Dec 2015, 5:40 AM PST0

Over one thousand residents turned up at the funeral of an Indianapolis veteran who had no remaining family to give him a dignified send off.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Nov 2015, 6:58 PM PST0

When a leading Republican presidential candidate was targeted last week by a sloppy hit piece that claimed he was lying about an effort to recruit him out of high school to West Point, commentators with long memories recalled that Hillary Clinton used to tell a story about trying to join the Marines when she was in college.
by John Hayward12 Nov 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

Purple Heart recipient Shane Kruchten, an 11-3 professional mixed-martial artist, issued an inspiring all-expenses-paid invitation to a Gold Star Mother, Wife, or Daughter to accompany him to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball next month.
by Daniel J. Flynn29 Oct 2015, 2:00 AM PST0

The University of Tennessee reports that Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has established a Chattanooga Heroes Fund to “support the families of those who lost their lives as well as those who were wounded in the tragic shootings on July 16.”
by John Hayward23 Jul 2015, 5:37 PM PST0

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) says he will make sure the four Marines and a Navy Petty Officer killed during the attack on a Navy training center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, receive Purple Hearts.
by John Hayward23 Jul 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

Law enforcement officials have revealed that at least one of the service members attacked by Chattanooga killer Mohammed Abdulazeez was able to return fire with a handgun – possibly two, as the FBI is said to be examining another weapon recovered from the scene.
by John Hayward23 Jul 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

It’s all the more puzzling because, as Stars & Stripes recalls, the flag was lowered after the Washington Navy Yard shooting in 2013, and even after traitor Nidal Hassan’s jihad rampage at Forth Hood in 2009 – the attack shamefully classified as “workplace violence” by this Administration. “We’ve lost five servicemen, and as you’ve said, the flag goes to half-mast for all types of other incidents around the country,” said Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) told Stuart Varney of Fox News on Monday. “Here we have five servicemen who lost their lives. I can’t imagine why it hasn’t been lowered.”
by John Hayward21 Jul 2015, 7:09 AM PST0

On July 20, disabled veteran Jim Young stood guard outside a Guntersville, Alabama, Marine recruiting office as part of his “patriotic duty.”
by AWR Hawkins20 Jul 2015, 6:57 PM PST0

On Friday, Presidential candidate and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton posted well wishes on Twitter to the Muslims celebrating Ramadan–just one day after five military members were killed in the Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting at a military recruiting center and a U.S. Navy facility.
by Alex Swoyer19 Jul 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

The authorities have begun releasing the names of the four Marines killed in Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez’ attacks on a military recruiting office and Navy -Marine training center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
by John Hayward17 Jul 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

After gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, a Muslim immigrant from Kuwait, allegedly shot and killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, former NYPD detective Harry Houck said the military’s “gun-free zone” mindset has to change.
by AWR Hawkins16 Jul 2015, 3:30 PM PST0

Action star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is “back” as the famed Terminator ,and Sunday brought hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines and their families the first U.S. screening of his new potential blockbuster, Terminator Genisys. The “Governator” got
by Michelle Moons15 Jun 2015, 11:13 AM PST0

A U.S. Marine who was court-martialed in 2014 for failing to remove a Bible verse from her work desk has launched an appeal, bolstered by a religious liberty law firm.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 May 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

A six second video recorded of an April 2008 terrorist attack in Ramadi explains why the city fell without a fight to ISIS last week.
by James Zumwalt26 May 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Veterans told students they can feel conflicted when civilians thank them for their service. People mean well, Grimm said, but some veterans say kind words can ring hollow if the person doesn’t know how, when or why they served.
by Breitbart News24 May 2015, 2:37 PM PST0

Nepalese authorities reported Friday that three bodies have been pulled from the remains of a U.S. Marine helicopter in Nepal after search teams discovered the aircraft that had gone missing Tuesday while delivering earthquake relief supplies.
by Michelle Moons15 May 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

A helicopter from U.S. Marines Camp Pendleton was on a rescue mission following the massive and deadly Nepal earthquakes when it lost contact Tuesday. Search efforts continue in hopes the six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard the UH-1Y Huey are simply unable to communicate in the mountainous region.
by Michelle Moons13 May 2015, 12:31 PM PST0

Solana Beach became Kenny Loggins’s real-life “Danger Zone” as a Marine helicopter made an emergency landing where the famed singer-songwriter was walking on Wednesday. An image of Loggins’s encounter with the troubled military aircraft went viral after he tweeted a selfie from the landing site.
by Michelle Moons17 Apr 2015, 3:30 AM PST0

The latest online threat from ISIS is a list of one hundred U.S. military personnel, with instructions for “our brothers residing in America” to hunt them down and “deal” with them. The listings include names, photographs, and other information.
by John Hayward23 Mar 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Four crew members and seven Marines disappeared after an Army helicopter crashed offshore during a training exercise Tuesday night near the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
by Edwin Mora11 Mar 2015, 1:32 PM PST0

In late January, America lost two of her finest during a helicopter training mission at 29 Palms in California. U.S. Marine Corps Major Elizabeth Kealey and Captain Adam Satterfield served their country with honor and were remembered at a recent
by Michelle Moons23 Feb 2015, 6:01 PM PST0

As uncertainty continues to plague the Middle East, Marines in Barstow, California have begun undergoing training to prepare for a a second round of deployments this spring into the war-ravaged region. In light of the recent closure of several U.S. embassies in countries such as Yemen, these “crisis-response capability” troops could be ordered to assist with evacuating embassies that have come under siege in the same way.
by Adelle Nazarian16 Feb 2015, 4:00 AM PST0