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December 25, 2024

Here's how many US service members are spending the holidays away from home deployed overseas

As millions of Americans gather together with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holiday and ring in the new year, hundreds of thousands more will mark the holidays away from family.

December 20, 2024

Chilling Google searches lead police to arrest active-duty Marine in alleged murder of escort

A 20-year-old Marine was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of a 26-year-old escort found dead in an Alabama pond.

December 17, 2024

Drones spotted over Camp Pendleton in California posed no threat to operations: report

Officials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California reportedly said there were six drones detected in its airspace last week, though none posed a threat to operations.

December 11, 2024

Marine critic of Afghan withdrawal to lead rank-and-file enlistees in Senate visits promoting Hegseth

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller will lead a group of rank-and-file service members around the halls of the Senate next Wednesday to lobby for Pete Hegseth before lawmakers leave for Christmas.

October 7, 2024

Russia jails American Stephen Hubbard over fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine

Stephen Hubbard, 72, of Michigan, has been sentenced by a Russian court Monday after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

September 23, 2024

IDF ops in Beirut bring closure for some; Hezbollah terrorists who killed Americans now dead

The White House is warning Israel about escalation as the Jewish state continues to decimate Hezbollah terrorists, some with the blood of hundreds of Americans on their hands.

August 14, 2024

Marine initially survived Osprey crash, died trying to save pilots from flaming wreckage, probe finds

Military investigators say Cpl. Spencer Collart, 21, did not perish in the initial crash of a MV-22B Osprey in Australia, but instead died running back into the wreckage to try to save the pilots.

July 29, 2024

Marine dies following vehicle rollover incident at combat center in California

A U.S. Marine was pronounced dead on Sunday after a vehicle rollover with a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle in Twentynine Palms, California.

April 1, 2024

On this day in history, April 1, 1945, US forces invade Okinawa, last major battle of World War II

The U.S. military launched a major invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, one of the deadliest battles of World War II, on this day in history, April 1, 1945.

February 20, 2024

On this day in history, February 20, 1962, John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth

John Glenn orbited the Earth, the first American to do so, on this day in history, Feb. 20, 1962. The United States' feverish effort came amid the Cold War space race.