Marines

White House chief of staff John Kelly conducted a rare interview with the Los Angeles Times, defending his tenure as he leaves the position in January.

Marines Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres testified in uniform about allegedly being assaulted by Antifa in the Old City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 17th.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania visited United States Marines on Thursday in Washington, DC.

U.S. Marines will begin reinforcing ports of entry at the southwest border beginning Thursday. The move is in advance of a migrant caravan traveling from Central America to the United States, according to a Northern Command spokeswoman.

About 1,000 U.S. Marines were activated on Friday to assist in border operations ahead of a migrant caravan making its way towards the U.S.

President Donald Trump hosted an event Thursday, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, condemning radical Islamic terrorism.

A short, scrawny 19-year-old Marine dashed through a deadly artillery barrage with a .45 in one hand and a grenade in the other. John Kelly, who served as a messenger on the front lines of the Western Front, came face-to-face with a German about to fire his machine gun.

“Pat, this is Stokes. You know my dream has always been to be a Marine. I need your help on something. I found out this week the Corps doesn’t want to extend my enlistment — they are going to kick me out. Can you write a letter of recommendation?”

President Donald Trump honored each branch of the United States military at a White House Fourth of July Independence Day picnic, specifically praising one member representing each branch – even making mention of the proposed “Space Force.”

California Democrats are reacting angrily to plans by the Trump administration to house tens of thousands of illegal aliens detained at the southern border at military bases in the Golden State.

Drag queen icon and reality television star RuPaul described drag queens as “the Marines of reality TV” in an opinion piece published by the Hollywood Reporter.

Lance Corporal Jimmy Reddington died at 19-years-old in Vietnam in March 1967, just a few months after he arrived there in December 1966. He was the life of Scranton, by all accounts, before he left to serve his country in one of the most gruesome wars in U.S. history.

Police in Joelton, Tennessee, indicate that 18-year-old Gabriel Gonzales was hospitalized in critical condition after allegedly attempting to rob an armed gas station clerk who is former USMC.

Actor R. Lee Ermey, who died at 74 of pneumonia Sunday morning, was Exhibit A in the New Hollywood Blacklist. After criticizing Barack Obama in 2010, Ermey’s thriving film career immediately dried up. Even after apologizing, he was ostracized, fired by GEICO insurance and never did another commercial. After disappearing completely for a few years, he managed to appear in a couple of C-grade reality shows in the last few years of his life.

If confirmed, Marine Corps Colonel Lorna M. Mahlock will be the first black woman to attain one of the highest military positions in the world.

On Saturday, Japan activated its first marine combat unit since World War Two. China immediately panicked over the relatively small Japanese force, denouncing the revival of “militarism” under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and advising every other Asian nation to go on “high alert” in the state-run Global Times.

At a remote military base in Jordan earlier this month, U.S. Marines were abuzz with excitement — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was in town.

Hundreds of strangers gathered at a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday to honor a Vietnam veteran with no known living relatives.

“It’s an incredible privilege to take that flight,” he said, noting that there were “few sights more awe-inspiring” than riding the helicopter past the national monuments and landing at the White House.

Some veterans spent this past summer back on the battlefield fighting wildfires in the western United States.

The U.S. is reportedly deploying dozens of additional Marines to join an estimated 300 others in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, an opium-rich Taliban hotspot located along the Pakistan border.

Marines who served in Iraq and Afghanistan outraged at the assault of a 92-year-old World War II (WWII) veteran from Texas defending his country’s flag are coming together to ensure he gets the respect he deserves.

A Marine has been court-martialed in a hearing related to the “Marines United” scandal in which Marines digitally shared nude images of their female comrades.

U.S. Marine David Pond made it through a seven-month tour in Afghanistan partly because he had a partner who helped him through the toughest times. The soldier and his bomb-sniffing dog traveled the dangerous streets in that country trying to find improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to keep other troops out of harm’s way.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) introduced legislation on Friday that would prevent funding for U.S. boots on the ground in Syria as the fight against the Islamic State in the city of Raqqa is intensifying, including the recent deployment of U.S. Marines and Army Rangers.

President Donald J. Trump reviewed units representing all of the armed forces shortly after taking command of America’s military from former president Barack Obama on Friday.

Former Secretary of State and two-time presidential campaign loser Hillary Clinton wants Congress to stop people from reading “fake news” — after spending her political career promoting and defending herself with the exact same thing.

The State Department informed Breitbart News that the estimated completion date was now February 2017 in a September 7, 2016 email, responding to an inquiry made several days earlier. Breitbart News subsequently asked the State Department to accelerate the estimated completion date to before the presidential election on November 8, but has not received a response to several such requests.

“If I was getting ready to join the military right now, I wouldn’t do it. I’d wait to see who is getting elected–if it is another Clinton, you don’t know if they have your back if something happens. They will just leave you to hang out to dry,” John “Tig” Tiegen says.

The family of Marine Sgt. Brandon Ketchum, 33, is asking why a VA doctor in Iowa City did not admit him to a psychiatric ward when he requested care. With his request denied, Ketchum committed suicide last Friday.