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October 10, 2022

Marine recruit, 18, dies after collapsing during training at California’s Camp Pendleton

The U.S. Marine Corps announced Saturday that Pfc. Javier Pong, an 18-year-old recruit, collapsed and died last month during training at Southern California's Camp Pendleton.

October 7, 2022

US Marines storm beach near disputed reef in South China Sea joint military drills

United States Marines on Friday stormed an uninhabited beach near the South China Sea in joint military exercises with the Philippines, Japan and South Korea.

August 31, 2022

HEROES OF KABUL: Cpl. Hunter Lopez dove into a sea of people to save girls fleeing the Taliban

Cpl. Hunter Lopez, one of the Marines killed in the Kabul airport suicide bombing, spent his final moments helping girls escape the Taliban, his family says.

August 27, 2022

HEROES OF KABUL: Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui believed America was worth fighting for, fallen Marine's mom says

Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui's mother reflects back on the day her son was killed in the 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the Afghanistan evacuation.

August 26, 2022

Biden remembers 13 Americans killed in Kabul airport attack: 'They were heroes'

President Biden released a statement Friday remembering the deaths of 13 U.S. service members during the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

August 12, 2022

John Fetterman returns to Senate campaign trail after health scare, contest with Mehmet Oz enters final months

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is set to return to the campaign trail with an event Friday in Erie County, PA. The event will be his first public appearance in more than 90 days.

August 8, 2022

Marine who lost arm and both legs in Afghanistan tells struggling vets, 'Reach out' for help

USMC Sgt. Kenny Kalish suffered horrific wounds in Afghanistan, losing an arm and both legs. He credits the Semper Fi & America's Fund with helping him recover from his injuries.

July 7, 2022

Paul Whelan's family pleads for meeting with Biden as he toils in Russian labor camp for more than three years

The brother of Russian detainee and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan pleaded with President Biden to secure a safe return for all the wrongful detainees in Russia.

July 3, 2022

100-year-old WWII vet breaks down, says this isn't the ‘country we fought for’: ‘I am so upset’

100-year-old U.S. Marine Carl Spurlin Dekel lamented that the America he sees today is "not what our boys' died for in World War II."

June 11, 2022

Marines killed in military aircraft crash in California have been identified

Authorities have identified the U.S. Marines who were killed when an Osprey tiltrotor they were riding in crashed near Glamis, California on June 8, 2022.