April 23, 2020 Marine Corps commandant on Confederate flag: 'Anything that divides us... must be addressed head-on' The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps wrote that “it is time to exclude” public displays of the Confederate flag in a letter to his fellow Marines this week.
April 21, 2020 Marines suspend physical-fitness training during coronavirus outbreak The Marines have temporarily suspended physical-fitness training amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the branch's top general said on Tuesday.
April 17, 2020 Marines race down NYC pier carrying oxygen tanks to help save patients outside USNS Comfort Facing an unexpected surge in ambulance arrivals at the USNS Comfort hospital ship docked in New York City -- some running dangerously low on oxygen -- Marines on security detail ran hundreds of yards down the pier carrying fresh tanks, the Navy said this week.
April 14, 2020 Illinois teen allegedly pushed Marine veteran in front of train: report An Illinois teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly pushing a Marine veteran in front of an oncoming train last week, killing him, according to multiple reports.
April 8, 2020 First combat-disabled, veteran-owned US distillery makes hand sanitizer for coronavirus fight As soon as the coronavirus pandemic hit, Hotel Tango Distillery in Indiana -- the first combat-disabled, veteran-owned distillery in America -- stopped making liquor and started making hand sanitizer.
April 6, 2020 California Marine surprised for 104th birthday with parade amid coronavirus stay-at-home order A statewide stay-at-home order in California couldn’t keep a woman considered the oldest living female Marine west of the Mississippi River from celebrating her 104th birthday last week.
April 1, 2020 New Hampshire crash that killed 7 was fault of drunken biker, not truck driver, defense lawyer claims A horrific crash in New Hampshire last June that left seven motorcyclists dead was actually the fault of one of the bikers – not the 24-year-old truck driver facing homicide and DUI charges in connection with the crash, a defense lawyer claims.
March 30, 2020 Parris Island boot camp closed to new recruits for weeks amid coronavirus outbreak The Marine Corps will not accept new recruits at Parris Island for at least two weeks, according to a report, after more than 20 people tested positive for coronavirus.
March 25, 2020 Pentagon reports its 1st coronavirus case as Marine tests positive A U.S. Marine stationed at the Pentagon tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday, according to the Defense Department.
March 24, 2020 Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan says coronavirus killed her Marine brother A man who died of the coronavirus in Tennessee had served in the Marines and was the older brother of Minnesota’s lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan.
