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Corps Celebrates Parris Island Centennial
On Friday October 16, 2015 Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris
Island celebrated its 100th birthday with a flyover of Charlie and
Oscar companies, made up of about 600 “Centennial Grads”. The
new Marine Corps commandant, Gen. Robert Neller was also on hand to
give a speech to these new Marines. This isn’t the first celebration put
on by [...]
Our calendar's off, we've already had two Memorial Days
Memorial Day doesn't come around once a year. That only applies to the holiday, the long weekend, the traditional start of the summer vacation season.Memorial Day, the real Memorial Day, happens often. Too often, really.We have two Memorial Days already this month in Arizona.The first happened May 6 when Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob "Jake" Hug, [...]
Correction: Vietnam 40th-Last Marines Out Story
By MARGIE MASON
Associated Press
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — As the Marines scrambled to the roof of
the U.S. Embassy, they locked a chain-link gate on every other floor to
slow the throng of panicked Vietnamese civilians sure to come behind
them. They knew if the crowd pushed through to the top, they could [...]
US Marine Imprisoned in Iran a Victim of Torture, Cruelty,...
Fox News | Apr 17, 2015The family of a U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran for nearly four years says the American has been drugged, whipped and told a heartbreaking lie that his mother died in a car accident while he awaits a retrial.The sister and brother-in-law of Amir Hekmati appeared on Fox News Channel's "On [...]
