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Severna Park Marine dies in Nevada military training accident
He was the teenager who wasn't embarrassed to hug his mom at Severna Park High School while other students looked on, who pitched on the Falcons' 2009 state championship baseball team, and who matured into a Marine with a swallow tattoo on his right arm....
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taylor Swift, Anne Arundel Community College, College Baseball
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Nevada town mourns Marines who died in explosion
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of at least seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at...
Tags: Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, World War II (1939-1945), Credit and Debt
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Pentagon bans mortar round after Nev. deaths
Associated PressHAWTHORNE, Nev. -- A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured several more during mountain warfare training in Nevada’s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can...Tags: Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, World War II (1939-1945), Wars and Interventions
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Mortar explosion blamed for 7 Marine deaths at Nevada training site
A live ammunition training exercise erupted in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured at least seven others at a storied Nevada military munitions depot, officials said Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred about 10 p.m. Monday night at the...
Tags: Explosions, George Wright, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), Brian Sandoval
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Iraq War anniversary: Remembering our fallen
L.A. NOWThis week marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq. In the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 729 California servicemen and servicewomen have been killed. One of the first to die was Jose Garibay from Costa...... -
Military suspends use of mortar rounds in deadly Hawthorne blast
Military officials have suspended the use of the 60-millimeter mortar rounds and ammunition similar to what was involved in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured seven others during an exercise Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot in...
Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Armed Conflicts
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Charles Wells, printing firm owner
Charles Nelson Wells, a retired owner of a printing firm and a World War II veteran later honored for his service with a Congressional Gold Medal, died of a blood disorder Feb. 12 at Sinai Hospital. He was 87 and lived in Lochearn. Born in Baltimore and...
Tags: Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, NAACP, Morgan State University, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Camp Pendleton general: Afghans taking lead in Taliban fight
L.A. NOWAs Marines return to Camp Pendleton from Afghanistan, fighting continues in volatile Helmand province, but the responsibility for battling the Taliban has now shifted to Afghan forces, the top U.S. general in the region told San Diego reporters Wednesday.... -
Records: Veteran had been taken to mental hospital before shooting ex-Navy SEAL
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with gunning down two men on a Texas shooting range — including a highly decorated former Navy SEAL sniper — had been taken to a mental hospital twice in recent months and told...
Tags: Shootings, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Criminals
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Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses
A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the...Tags: Trials, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Judges, Courts-Martial, Court Preliminary
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Martinsburg Marine veteran takes the walk on 'Project Runway All Stars'
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comJessica Lord of Martinsburg, W.Va., isn’t a model. She’s a Marine. But it is because of her service with the Marine Corps that Lord was selected to be part of Lifetime’s “Project Runway All Stars” as part of the show’s...Tags: Heidi Klum, Entertainment, Television Industry, Fashion Shows, MTV (tv network)
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Lloyd Waters: After war, veterans still need care
When a young man or woman makes a decision to enter military service, they do so for a lot of reasons. They know, however, that this commitment means protecting American freedoms like many generations before them have done. Some of them might sacrifice...Tags: Vietnam, Heart Disease, The Herald-Mail, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971)
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