May 21, 2015 22 Marines treated for exposure to fire retardant during California training exercise Twenty-two Marines were treated for exposure to halon Thursday afternoon when a fire extinguisher system inadvertently discharged aboard an amphibious assault vehicle at a California base.
May 7, 2015 What every business can learn from the Marines In serving many exceptional clients during my career, I’ve seen firsthand what sets these organizations apart. Every day, they live a unique culture of purpose beyond making a profit.
May 7, 2015 Leave no man behind: Why is Team Obama unable to bring home Marine held in Mexico? Andrew Tahmooressi is a 25 year-old active U.S. Marine reservist who served four years in the Marines that included two tours in Afghanistan.
May 7, 2015 Marine Held in Mexico: If Congress can't get Obama's attention to free Tahmooressi, We the People must If Congress can’t get Obama’s attention on freeing an unjustly imprisoned Marine, We The People must.
May 7, 2015 Why Andrew Tahmooressi, Marine held in Mexico, will be home soon Despite having another hearing within the Mexican court system scheduled for Sept. 29, the time has come for Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi to be released from El Hongo Prison. No purveyor of justice could honestly believe that Andrew posed a threat to Mexican authority or its people
May 7, 2015 Failing our veterans: We cannot leave US Marine Tahmooressi behind in Mexico On Wednesday morning I had the privilege and honor to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere to help draw attention to the plight of Marine Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, a decorated combat veteran who the Mexican government has been permitted to hold for more than six months.
May 6, 2015 US & UK: British soldier who saved Marine personification of our 'special relationship' A few weeks ago Queen Elizabeth bestowed her nation’s highest military honor — the Victoria Cross, which has been awarded only twice in the past 45 years, and never before to a living person — on British paratrooper Joshua Leakey, who risked his life multiple times to save an American Marine officer.Â
May 6, 2015 Navy bans chaplain from ministering to family of dead sailor It really takes a special kind of lowlife to stop a chaplain from ministering to the family and colleagues of a dead sailor. But that’s exactly what happened last week at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Goose Creek, S.C., according to attorneys representing Chaplain Wes Modder.
January 13, 2015 Marine dies in skydiving accident during trip wife won on Ellen DeGeneres' show A Marine vacationing with his wife in Australia died Saturday during a skydiving trip, an employee of the skydiving company said.
January 8, 2015 'Heart of a lion': Quadruple amputee Afghanistan vet prepares for arm transplant Marine Sgt. John Peck is one of very few quadruple amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he is preparing for his next mission: an experimental double-arm transplant that will give him, in part, his freedom back.