U.S. Marines

A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Tuesday. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard was found Wednesday morning in a mountainous area outside San Diego.

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Heavy snow makes it challenging to reach Marine helicopter that crashed with 5 aboard

5:41pm February 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Rescuers were battling heavy snow to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in a mountainous area outside San Diego.

A poster photo of U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former Russian prisoner Trevor Reed stands in Lafayette Park near the White House, March 30, 2022, in Washington. Reed, a former U.S. Marine who was released from Russia in a prisoner swap last year, has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said.

Marine veteran Trevor Reed was wounded fighting in Ukraine

3:40pm July 25, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. Marine veteran was freed from Russian prison in a prisoner swap last year. Now he has sustained an injury while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said.

Rioters try to open a door of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Three active-duty Marines have been charged in the attack.

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Three active-duty Marines are charged in the Jan. 6 riot

11:39am January 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested on misdemeanor charges after fellow Marines helped investigators identify them in footage among the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jacques Yves Duroseau, shown here in 2016 when he was an active duty Marine, was found guilty by a federal jury over a weapons smuggling scheme.

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Former U.S. Marine Found Guilty Of Trying To Smuggle Firearms Into Haiti

4:22pm December 11, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Jacques Yves Sebastien Duroseau, 34, was found guilty of five counts related to gun smuggling charges. Court filings say he wanted to "train the Haitian police, and run for president of Haiti."

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton is seen from behind the gates of the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte granted Pemberton a pardon following his conviction in the 2014 killing of a transgender

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Philippines Pardons U.S. Marine In Killing Of Transgender Woman

6:53pm September 07, 2020

by Julie McCarthy

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, was sentenced in 2015 to a term of six to 12 years for homicide, a sentence that was later reduced to 10 years.

Air Force veteran Cat Corchado leads support groups in Charlotte, N.C., specifically for female veterans. Her group is called Women Veteran Network, or WoVeN.

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Battling Depression And Suicide Among Female Veterans

12:53am May 30, 2018

by Jay Price

Female veterans have higher rates of depression and suicide than their male counterparts. Advocates say the VA must step up its efforts to reach women who need help and may not be seeking it.

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A U.S. Marine from the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Alpha Company looks out as an evening storm gathers above an outpost near Kunjak, in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.

A Retired Marine And A Photojournalist Confront War's 'Invisible Injuries'

6:46pm August 24, 2017

by Dave Davies

Marine Sgt. TJ Brennan suffered from memory loss after being injured by a grenade in Afghanistan in 2010. Finbarr O'Reilly captured the event on film. Now the two men have written a memoir.

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The wreckage of a U.S. Marine Osprey has been found underwater off the coast of northeast Australia. The aircraft had taken off from the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship, seen here during exercises earlier this summer.

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Australian Navy Locates Crashed U.S. Marine Osprey Plane

10:00am August 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

A rescue effort had saved 23 of the 26 service members who were on the plane when it went down on Saturday.

Smoke and flames rise where a military transport plane crashed near Itta Bena, Miss., on Monday, killing at least 16.

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Military Plane Crash Kills 16 In Mississippi

7:54pm July 11, 2017

by Jim Kane

The Marine KC-130 refueling tanker reportedly spiraled into a field in rural Mississippi. Officials say 16 service members were killed on the flight originating from eastern North Carolina.

The military is investigating a scandal involving the sharing of nude photos of female service members. This week, retired Marine Erika Butner (right) appeared at a news conference with attorney Gloria Allred and active-duty Marine Marisa Woytek (left).

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Nude-Photo Scandal May Expand Beyond 'Marines United' Facebook Group

3:28pm March 10, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"These allegations themselves, they undermine everything that we stand for as a Marine Corps, and as Marines," Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said Friday.