All posts tagged "Marine"

He drew a hard line in the sand, stalling hundreds of promotions of military brass.

That line is budging.

Officials are fuming at Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) after it was discovered over the weekend that Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith, who had been doubling as both the top No. 1 and No. 2 Marine Corps leader since July, suffered an apparent heart attack and was hospitalized on Sunday — leaving a three-star general to hold the prestigious post, according to a report published by Politico....

A Marine vet faces criminal charges for using a fake story about being the sole survivor of an Iraq IED blast to bilk the government out of almost $350,000 in payments for injuries he didn't actually have, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.

Paul John "P.J." Herbert, according to Justin Rohrlich, "described traveling through the mountains of Iraq with a contingent of British Royal Marines when they hit an IED," for a laudatory piece in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. "Herbert said he and the others were providing safe passage to Kurds fleeing Saddam Hussein’s chemical attacks, under Operation Provide Comfort, which stretched from 1991 to 1996." He even went so far as to file a Purple Heart application for these injuries in 2017.

However, according to the report, it was all a lie....

WASHINGTON — A planned US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will start slowly this summer with about 800 soldiers in two Army units due to depart this month, US officers said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged a Marine Corps reservist with shooting at four military buildings around Washington, including the Pentagon, and also said he appeared to be trying to build a bomb.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DWYER, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Marines on Sunday that they won't be able to opt out of their enlistment just because they disagree with a government decision to end a ban on gays serving openly in the military.

A Marine Corps. helicopter crashed in the shallow waters of Kaneohe Bay, off the shore of Hawaii Tuesday night, according to Navy Times. Four crew members were injured in the crash Tuesday evening, and CNN reported on-air Wednesday afternoon that one died.