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About 9,600 current and former Marines are eligible for at least $500 through a new program that pays troops for the months they were kept on active duty by the Defense Department’s stop-loss policy, Marine officials said.The (Read More)
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A Marine noncommissioned officer who faked being a decorated wounded war hero was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in the brig and fined $25,000.Sgt. David Budwah never suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from combat tour (Read More)
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A Marine sergeant charged with faking battle injuries to get freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty, a Marine Corps spokeswoman said Monday.Sgt. David W. Budwah, 34, of Springhill, La., wil (Read More)
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Marine officials say that an MV-22 Osprey squadron will deploy to Afghanistan for the first time in November.Brig. Gen. Jon Davis, the assistant deputy commandant for aviation, can’t wait for the Osprey to get to theater, he (Read More)
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Ward and I had an interesting discussion with an engineer with the Joint IED Defeat Organization at this year's Modern Day Marine expo in Quantico.She gave us a good rundown of the differences between the kinds of threats fou (Read More)
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Marines and Soldiers carry enough stuff already and welcome any chance to go lighter.That even includes lighter ammo -- so long as the round remains as effective as what they're shooting now -- and to get there AAI Corp. is t (Read More)
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It's like seeing two people that you're really confident are just right for each other.I was walking through the warrior toy bazaar known at Modern Day Marine at Quantico when, in one of the gadget-filled rooms, I came across (Read More)
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A heads up to DT readers out there...This week is the annual Modern Day Marine Expo at MCB Quantico outside DC. Ward and I will be hitting it today and may do some follow ups later in the week, so stay tuned here for updates (Read More)
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An indictment handed down in a North Carolina federal court charges three men with plotting to attack Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., with the intent to murder U.S. military personnel – a plot foiled by the FBI and U.S. (Read More)
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Two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and one of them obtained maps of Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia to plan an attack, prosecutors say. (Read More)
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and one of them obtained maps of a Marine Corps base in Virginia to plan an attack, prosecutors said Thursday.A superseding indictm (Read More)
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Two North Carolina men accused this summer of being at the center of a homegrown terrorism threat cased the U.S. Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., with plans to kill U.S. military personnel, federal prosecutors alleged Thur (Read More)
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A decorated reserve Navy chaplain who served with Marines and soldiers in Iraq in 2007 died of an apparent suicide Sept. 10, according to police.Cmdr. Dennis J. Rocheford, 60, a Catholic priest and former enlisted Marine, jum (Read More)
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The Marine Corps plans to announce next month a heavily anticipated plan for the infantry automatic rifle, which is expected to replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in Marine fire teams.“We’re close to having a decision,” (Read More)
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The Army intends to start issuing a new combat helmet made of a special plastic capable, for the first time, of stopping penetration by enemy rifle rounds.Officials from Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment plan to bu (Read More)
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Commandant Gen. James Conway is unconvinced that putting a collapsible butt stock on the Corps’ primary service rifle makes sense, but Marine officials behind the idea are building a case for it rooted in research, they said. (Read More)
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The Corps recorded 26 suspected or confirmed suicides in the first half of 2009 despite broad-based efforts introduced to reduce the number of Marines taking their own life, officials said.The statistics were disclosed Monday (Read More)
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Devices that stop vehicles and boats without harming their drivers are among the nonlethal weapons the Defense Department is planning to test within the next year, officials said.Their capabilities range from disabling comput (Read More)
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WASHINGTON — More history was made at the White House on Thursday when President Barack Obama climbed aboard his waiting helicopter: An all-female Marine Corps crew was taking him to Andrews Air Force Base.It was Maj. Jennife (Read More)
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The recent discharge of Lieutenant Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arabic linguist, from the Army National Guard must draw our attention to one of the greatest continuing embarrassments to our American ideals: the governm (Read More)
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