TRIANGLE, Va. — No matter where U.S. Marines are in the world, they pause to honor the birth of the Marine Corps. A day before Veterans Day, U.S. Marines across the country and overseas are ...
Like the Navy, which celebrated its 249th birthday last month, the Marine Corps disbanded in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. It was re-established in 1798 and has remained in service ever ...
The U.S. Marine Corps is celebrating its 249th birthday this year on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. Older than the United States itself, the Marine Corps is reportedly the nation’s third-oldest branch ...
Gunnery Sergeant Corey J. Nawrocki, 41, who served in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 to 2021, volunteered to fight in Ukraine. Reports said that Nawrocki was one of four people killed by ...
Sadly for the Marine Corps and its veterans, local residents of Philadelphia don’t have thousands of celebrating Marines packing the streets of the neighborhood every November 10th. All that ...
Generations of Marines graduated boot camp with a litany of ditties and bits of jargon seared into their brain housing group — including “ditty” and “brain housing group” — but few ...
Three Marine Corps drill instructors began yelling and screaming at me right there in the airport. I was shocked, afraid, angry, and unable to comprehend -- for at least the second time in my life ...
Celebrate at The Finish Festival, a short walk from the MCM finish line at the Marine Corps War Memorial in the Rosslyn area of Arlington. The celebration from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. will feature food ...
Thousands of first-time racers will take to the starting line Sunday at this year’s Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia. If you would like to take on the challenge, one day, a running ...
WASHINGTON — D.C. and Arlington County, Virginia, have announced road closures for Sunday morning and afternoon as racers run the Marine Corps Marathon, 50k and 10k . The marathon and 50k races ...
The scene around the U.S. Marine Corps base near Beirut, Lebanon, following a massive bomb blast that destroyed the base on Oct. 23, 1983. (AP Photo) Forty-one years ago today, a Hezbollah ...
To this day, that event remains the largest loss of life the Marine Corps has suffered since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. A new book on the bombing argues that it was also an opening ...