RALEIGH, N.C. — For an elite band of U.S. Marines known as the Raiders, the fiery military plane crash this week in Mississippi represents a second devastating blow during training in less than three ...

Marine EX/3236 Robert Casson from Whitehaven, Cumbria. Robert died on D-Day 6th June 1944. He is buried at the CWGC Cemetery at Ryes near Bayeux next to his brother Joseph. (Use of photo courtesy of ...

On the 7th September the Brigade returned to England, for training for invading the Japanese main land, except for 4 Commando and 45 Royal Marine Commando. No. 4 Commando were to attack Walcheren ...

Tears well up in John Holtom's eyes when he thinks of the Marine commando uncle he never knew, a hero who died 59 years ago yesterday in a raid on a Japanese-held atoll in the southwest Pacific.

It comes as commanders of the 350-year-old Corps seek to end the blurring with Army counterparts and adopt a more "commando raid" approach, with smaller units using hi-tech kit. Future Commando Force ...

ROARING into Portsmouth on Harley-Davidson motorbikes, a group of distinguished former Royal Marine Commandos have praised the city for its support for the armed services – now and during the ...