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 ...
Stars and Stripes

Marines seek more MRAPs for Iraq

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps will replace all its up-armored Humvees in Iraq with Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles by 2009 if Congress approves additional money for the equipment, ...
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 ...
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 ...
usace.army.mil

Quick response by munitions clearance team in Iraq helps stranded Marines

The Soldier's Creed states, "I will never leave a fallen comrade." Army Civilian and contractor employees feel the same way. On Jan. 14, a convoy supporting the U.S. Army Engineering and Support ...