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Marine pleads guilty to receiving $150,000 in bribes in Iraq
L.A. NOWA Marine staff sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of taking $150,000 in bribes while he was a contracting officer for the Marine base at Camp Falloujah, Iraq. Gilbert Mendez, 36, who served at the base in 2006, admitted in...... -
Former Marine gets 40 years in prison for killing girlfriend's husband in Christiansburg
A former Marine from North Carolina has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the first-degree murder of his girlfriend’s husband in Christiansburg. 27-year-old Don Walker was sentenced Tuesday in the December 2010 of Matthew McPeak. Walker&...
Tags: Murder, Punishment, Prisons
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Wounded Marine honored during football game Friday
A high school football team’s tribute to the military took on an even greater meaning Friday night when they welcomed home a Marine recently injured in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Zach Nelson, a 2010 graduate of Western High School, suffered a...
Tags: Football, Injuries and Wounds, Sports, Afghanistan
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Marines to be Court-Martialed Over Urinating on Corpses Video
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two U.S. Marines will be court martialed over their alleged involvement in a video showing troops urinating on dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with casualties. The Marine Corps announced the criminal charges Monday...Tags: CBS Corp., Firearms, Taliban, NCIS (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice
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Amherst County woman believes military base caused severe illness
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefSome of Diana White's earliest memories involve her father serving in the military. "My father spent 21 years in the Marine Corp," White said. "He's a lifer, so I'm a Marine Corp brat." When she was born, White's parents were stationed at Camp LeJeune,...Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Camp Lejeune Water Contamination, Cancer
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Family: Navy Seal from Michigan killed in crash
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The family of a Navy Seal who grew up in West Michigan say he was among seven American troops who died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan Kent County Commissioner Harold Voorhees tells The Associated...
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Marine from Southern California killed in Afghanistan
L.A. NOWA Marine from Southern California has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced.... -
Governor orders flags lowered Friday, Aug. 3 to honor Sgt. Justin Hansen of Traverse City
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyderhas ordered U.S. flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Marine Sgt. Justin M. Hansen, of Traverse City, on Friday, Aug. 3. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, Aug. 4. Hansen, 26, died July...
Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Dean retires from Navy
Chaplain Kevin L. Dean enlisted in the Navy Reserve in 1989. He served for 14 years as a Religious Program Specialist (E-6) assigned to various Marine Corps units and was mobilized to the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing in support of Operation Desert Storm. In...
Tags: Health and Safety at School
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President signs bill limiting military funeral protests
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsPresident Barack Obama signed a bill into law Monday that prohibits protests within 300 feet of military funerals two hours before and after services. "The graves of our veterans are hallowed ground," said President Obama. "And obviously we all defend...Tags: Water Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, Camp Lejeune Water Contamination, Environmental Pollution, Barack Obama
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After a deployment, a Marine meets his match
It wasn't until my husband held our son Aaron for the first time that I realized I'd been holding my breath — for months. In August, Judah had hugged me, 20-something-weeks' pregnant, and our 3-year-old goodbye before leaving for a tour in...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Skype, Afghanistan, Christmas, Kyrgyzstan
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Three Marines from Camp Pendleton killed in Afghanistan
L.A. NOWThree Marines from Camp Pendleton were killed Friday in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Monday....
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