Marine gunny receives medal for saving biker’s life after California crash
Marine applied two tourniquets following a motorcycle rider's collision with a sport utility vehicle.
By Todd South
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Navy commissions destroyer honoring youngest WW2 Medal of Honor recipient
Pfc. Jack Lucas received 26 operations to remove shrapnel from his torso, arm and face after hurling himself on two grenades to save his fellow Marines.
By Diana Stancy
Remembering Iwo Jima on the anniversary of the WWII amphibious landing
Today we remember and honor the Marines that fought and gave their lives on the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima.
By John Fannin, American Grit
Gunboats in Hell: Battle at Iwo Jima
Feb. 17, 1945, had dawned clear and bright off Iwo Jima. At 10:45 that morning, Lieutenant (junior grade) Rufus G. Herring, aboard LCI(G)-449, peered through binoculars at the tiny island, still some distance away.
By Mitch Weiss, World War II magazine
The Battle of Iwo Jima: A 36-day bloody slog on a sulfuric island
The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. ‘Jumpin’ Joe’ Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on the right flank of the landing beaches, he encountered interlocking bands of automatic-weapons fire unlike anything he had faced in Tulagi or Saipan. ‘You could’ve held up a cigarette and lit it on the stuff going by,’ he recalled. ‘I knew immediately we were in for one hell of a time.’
By Joseph Alexander, World War II magazine
Marine Corps War Memorial finally commemorates Iraq, Afghanistan
The Marine Corps War Memorial was updated for the first time since 1996.
By Jeff Schogol
Survey: Do you want Arlington National Cemetery to encroach on the Marine Corps War Memorial?
The cemetery wants to know what you think about the proposed expansion.
By Jeff Schogol
Marine Corps Marathon prep: Advice for new runners, event history, videos and more
Hitting the streets of D.C. on Sunday? What you should know before the starting gun goes off.
By Rachel Rakoff
Massachusetts Iwo Jima memorial vandalized again
Police in Massachusetts are investigating the latest case of vandalism to an Iwo Jima memorial.
Group seeks to name Navy ship for Iwo Jima photographer
The iconic image of six Marines raising an American flag over Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945, is recognized around the world, credited with boosting morale at a critical moment of World War II, and generating record fundraising for war relief at home.
Eight Navy ships, other assets mobilized after hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Marines and sailors were sent to help those stricken by the historic storms in recent weeks.
First US female war correspondent to die in combat named 'honorary Marine'
Photographer ‘Dickey’ Chapelle died in Vietnam on patrol with the Marine Corps.
By Andrea Scott