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Marine faces trial over urination on corpses

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:27:50 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed.

Fond du Lac professor helps study Marine suicides

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:30 -0400

FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin - A Fond du Lac professor will help study the rising suicide rate among U.S. Marines.

Ind. Marine's family mark decade since his death

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:36:09 -0400

ANDERSON, Indiana - Family and friends of a U.S. Marine from Indiana who died in a 2003 Humvee crash in Kuwait marked the 10th anniversary of his death by gathering for a somber memorial at his gravesite.

Officials: US forces on alert in response to Libya

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:38:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Marines and other U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, two U.S. officials said Friday.

3 relieved of command in Marine training accident

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:23:40 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - Three Marine Corps officers at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune have been relieved of their command nearly two months after a training accident that killed seven Marines in Nevada.

3 relieved of command in Marine training accident

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:29 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - Three officers at Camp Lejeune have been relieved of command following a March training accident in Nevada in which seven Marines were killed.

2 Camp Lejeune Marines killed in Afghanistan

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:14:20 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Two members of a Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion based at Camp Lejeune have been killed in Afghanistan.

Camp Lejeune honors Marine training blast victims

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:33:13 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Camp Lejeune has honored seven of its Marines killed in an explosion during a training exercise last month at Nevada's Hawthorne Army Depot.