For most of his 26 years in the military, Maj. Jeff Hackett was a standout Marine. Two tours in Iraq destroyed him. Home from combat, he drank too much, suffered public breakdowns and was hospitalized for panic attacks. In June 2010, he killed himself. Read full article > >
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Marine’s suicide is only start of family’s struggle
An earlier 2006 plan aimed at removing 8,000 Marines from the island hinged on relocating an important Marine air base.
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Japan and United States in Talks to Renegotiate Part of Okinawa Deal
To celebrate 50 years since 007 first hit our screens, 50 of the films’ most memorable cars, boats and submarines are going on display.
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VIDEO: 50 years of Bond – in 50 vehicles
To celebrate 50 years since 007 first hit our screens, 50 of the films’ most memorable cars, boats and submarines are going on display.
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VIDEO: 50 years of Bond – in 50 vehicles
U.S. military officials said Friday they have questioned four Marines who were videotaped while urinating on Afghan corpses but that a criminal investigation was still at an early stage. Maryann B. Cummings, a spokeswoman for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, said all four Marines are in the United States. They have not been arrested and authorities still have not made a decision on whether to press charges. Read full article > >
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Four Marines questioned in video scandal
A video of four Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters is likely to weaken the United States’ position both with the Taliban and with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai.
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U.S. Deplores Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai “strongly condemns” a video apparently showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.
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Karzai condemns ‘urination’ video
HONOLULU — President Obama on Sunday paid tribute to U.S. service members and to his faith, marking his third Christmas as commander in chief by making phone calls to troops and attending church with his family. Having recently hailed the end of the U.S. war in Iraq, Obama spent Christmas Eve speaking by phone to 10 members of the armed forces — thanking two from each service, White House aides said. The president and his family were scheduled Sunday evening to visit Marines stationed at a base here . Read full article > >
In the accounting of what was won and lost in America’s Iraq war, this sleepy farming town deep in the western desert will rank as a place where almost everything was lost. It was here, on Nov. 19, 2005 , that a group of Marines went on a shooting spree in which 24 Iraqi civilians were killed. Their patrol had been hit by a roadside bomb and one of their comrades was dead. They ordered five men out of a taxi and gunned them down. Then they went into three nearby homes and shot 19 people, including 11 women and children. Read full article > >
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Civilian killings created insurmountable hurdle to extended U.S. troop presence in Iraq
MEXICO CITY — On Dec. 1, 2006, within hours of taking office after the closest real election in Mexican history, President Felipe Calderon ordered his military and police to confront the drug-trafficking and criminal organizations flourishing in his home state. Joint Operation Michoacan began immediately. In a blunt demonstration of force, the government threw everything it had into play: 4,260 soldiers, 1,054 marines and 1,400 federal police officers, along with dozens of airplanes and helicopters. Read full article > >
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After 5 years, Mexico’s drug war still rages
Women are to be allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed.
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Women to serve on UK submarines
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea threatened Thursday to turn Seoul’s presidential palace office into a “sea of fire,” stepping up its rhetoric one day after South Korea conducted large-scale military drills near a front-line island attacked by North Korea last year. On Wednesday, South Korea mobilized aircraft, rocket launchers, artillery guns and naval boats for the first anniversary of the artillery attack on a military garrison and fishing community on Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. Two marines and two construction workers were killed in the attack, the first on a civilian area since the 1950-53 Korean War. Read full article > >
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NKorea steps up rhetoric, threatens to turn SKorea’s presidential office into ‘sea of fire’
Before departing for Bali, Indonesia, Thursday for a summit, President Obama extolled Darwin, Australia, as “the perfect place” to base U.S. Marines, signaling an American effort to counterbalance a rising China in Asia.
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Obama Addresses Troops at Final Stop in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia — The United States will establish a permanent military presence in Australia beginning next summer, sending up to 250 Marines to bases here for six-month tours and eventually building up to 2,500 troops rotating through the country. President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the new partnership at a joint news conference Wednesday shortly after holding a bilateral meeting. Read full article > >
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