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Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from LA

July 24, 2025 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders. The […]

US military spent $6B in 3 years to recruit, retain troops

May 31, 2025 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. The financial […]

Veterans face challenges starting small businesses, but resources are there to help

November 16, 2024 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Many veterans who’ve started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part. […]

US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists

September 21, 2023 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, as criticism […]

Japan’s top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US military runways

September 5, 2023 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals […]

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Parris Island battles rising sea levels

May 27, 2022 Michelle Liu, Associated Press

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Rising seas are encroaching on one of America’s most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year amid the salt marshes of South Carolina’s Lowcountry region. […]

Marine Corps identifies 4 killed in NATO exercise crash

March 21, 2022 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified the four Marines who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed Friday night in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise. The men, […]

More Marines discharged over vaccine refusal, total at 169

December 23, 2021 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps discharged 66 Marines in the past week for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine as mandated by the military, outpacing the other services at discipline related to the shots. […]

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Wilmington Marine struggles to get interpreters out as Taliban takes over

August 25, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — As many around the world watch the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, for one retired North Carolina Marine, protecting the lives of those left behind is personal and now his mission. “To […]

COVID vaccines to be required for military under new US plan

August 10, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the U.S. military will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning next month under a plan laid out by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by President Joe Biden. In […]