Service records released on two Marine veterans involved in weekend violence

The deadly shootings took place on Saturday and Sunday in Southport, North Carolina, and Grand Blanc, Michigan.
The Washington Post

Marines in Iraq Are Allowed to Skip the Battle of the Bulge

The Marine Corps has decided that fighting one war at a time is enough. A recent order from headquarters at Quantico says Marines sent to Iraq can be exempt from the Corps' rigid weight-loss program, ...
Rutland Herald

Marines in Iraq want better gear, exit date

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq As Americans head to the polls, U.S. Marines squaring off against Iraqi insurgents say they expect trouble in Iraq for years no matter who wins the White House. What they want is ...
Nextgov

Marines award $45.6M deal to meet needs in Iraq

General Dynamics won the contract to deliver 150 tactical data systems to Marines in Iraq. The Marine Corps Systems Command awarded General Dynamics C4 Systems a $45.6 million contract for Tactical ...
Stars and Stripes

Soldiers, Marines in Iraq not surprised by Bush's speech

BAGHDAD — About 10 minutes after the chow hall opened for dinner Wednesday, soldiers and contractors were filling the place. In one corner, a television tuned to the British Broadcasting Corp. was ...
Reuters

Iraq lessons learned, US Marines turn to Afghanistan

* Marines' goal: Talk a little more, shoot a little less * Lessons of Iraq's Anbar applied in Afghanistan's Helmand By Peter Graff DESERT OF DEATH, Afghanistan, June 28 (Reuters) - After five years ...