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US President Donald Trump speaks at a Women's History Month event in the East Room at the White House, on March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
March 14, 2026, 12:14 am
After urging Iranians to rise up once bombing stops, Trump admits overthrow a ‘very big hurdle’
US president says regime change ‘will happen, but maybe not immediately,’ also says Putin may be helping Iran ‘a little bit’; US reportedly sends 2,200 Marines to Middle East
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a US flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
December 13, 2024, 10:09 pm
San Francisco names street for Joe Rosenthal, who took iconic Iwo Jima photograph
Image became centerpiece of war bonds poster that helped raise $26 billion in 1945; when complimented, Rosenthal said: ‘Sure, I took the photo. But the Marines took Iwo Jima’
By Janie Har and TERRY CHEA
This image made from video shows a helicopter and ambulance involved in rescue mission, after an aircraft crashes carrying US marines, in Darwin, Australia, August 27, 2023. (AuBC via AP)
August 27, 2023, 11:11 am
3 US marines killed as aircraft crashes during drill in Australia with 23 onboard
Five seriously wounded and flown to hospital in Darwin while others treated at triage site at scene; several Osprey aircraft have been involved in accidents in recent years
By AFP
An Iron Dome battery is seen during a trial on the US military's White Sands test range in New Mexico, June 2021. (Defense Ministry)
August 26, 2023, 5:52 pm
US Marines plan to procure 3 Iron Dome batteries, nearly 2,000 interceptor missiles
Deal with Rafael partner Raytheon, expected to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, includes 44 launchers and US-made command centers
By Emanuel Fabian
US Marine Corps Cpl. Jason Carreon, a field radio operator with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, participates in a range excserise during the join Intrepid Maven drill with the IDF, February 20, 2023. (US Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Emma Gray)
February 21, 2023, 7:40 pm
US Marines hold joint 10-day-long drill with Israeli military
Intrepid Maven exercise aimed at ‘enhancing collaboration and cooperation’ with allied nations in Middle East, says chief of Marine Corps Central Command
By Emanuel Fabian
Richard 'Mac' McKinney as seen in 'Stranger at the Gate.' (Karl Schroder)
September 13, 2022, 10:33 pm
An ex-Marine was about to bomb an Indiana mosque. And then they welcomed him inside
Joshua Seftel’s ‘Stranger at the Gate’ tells the story of military vet Richard ‘Mac’ McKinney’s change of heart — and religion — after getting to know Muslims off the battlefield
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this file photo taken on May 26, 2015, a MV-22B Osprey aircraft flies during the "Platinum Eagle 15" military exercise at training facilities in Babadag, Romania. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
March 19, 2022, 12:13 pm
4 US troops die in plane crash during NATO exercise in Norway
Norwegian armed forces says V-22B Osprey went down while on a training mission; Marine Corps investigating
By AP
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
January 1, 2022, 10:00 am
US fails to stamp out far-right extremism in military despite decades of efforts
Racism still a concern with service members not barred from membership of groups such as KKK; Black, Hispanic service members disproportionately court-martialed
By Kat Stafford and JAMES LaPORTA
Matt Jaffe smiles at a baby at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 in a photo that went viral. (U.S. Central Command Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/US Marine Corps)
September 4, 2021, 4:33 am
Jewish Marine who went viral cradling baby got start keeping kids happy at a JCC
Matt Jaffe, a 27-year-old sergeant, was photographed smiling down at an Afghan baby during the chaotic evacuation at Kabul airport
By Ron Kampeas
This image made available to AFP on August 20, 2021 by Omar Haidiri, shows a US Marine grabbing an infant over a fence of barbed wire during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 19, 2021. (Courtesy of Omar Haidiri / AFP)
August 21, 2021, 3:48 am
Reunited: Viral clip of Marine lifting baby at airport wall captures Kabul chaos
Child was unwell, was treated at airport hospital and later reunited with father; US military also releases series of photos of soldiers helping children of those fleeing country
By AFP
US ex-marine Trevor Reed, charged with attacking police, stands inside a defendants' cage during his verdict hearing at Moscow's Golovinsky district court on July 30, 2020. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
July 30, 2020, 2:55 pm
Russia jails US ex-marine for 9 years over police assault
Trevor Reed, 29, alleged to have attacked officers after attending party in Moscow, tells reporters after verdict that case has been ‘completely political’
By AFP
Paul Whelan, a former US marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia since December 2018, stands inside a defendants' cage as he waits to hear his verdict in Moscow on June 15, 2020. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
June 15, 2020, 2:49 pm
Russia sentences US ex-marine to 16 years for alleged espionage
Paul Whelan denounces ‘sham trial’ from defendant’s bench; ‘outraged’ by decision, US envoy to Moscow says no evidence was provided
By Maxime Popov
Screen capture from video of the dedication of Iwo Jima marines 5th Division cemetery, March 1945. (YouTube)
February 24, 2020, 4:47 am
Historic Iwo Jima footage shows individual Marines amid the larger battle
Campaign to take island, burial services for dead were captured on film, including a eulogy by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, the Marines’ first-ever Jewish chaplain
By Greg Wilsbacher
Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings Grafton Thomas, 37, from Greenwood Lake, leaves the Ramapo Town Hall in Airmont, New York after being arrested on December 29, 2019. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
January 1, 2020, 12:22 am
US Marines: Monsey attack suspect was kicked out of boot camp
Military officials say Thomas Grafton was removed from service in 2002 for ‘fraudulent enlistment;’ lawyer says he suffered wrist injury
By Jim Mustian and Jennifer Peltz
A billboard in New York City's Time Square depicts US President Donald Trump being hogtied by a woman clad in athletic wear on Oct. 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
October 23, 2019, 5:41 am
Row over NY billboard showing Trump lookalike hog-tied by former Marine
CEO of clothing company says ad featuring model Michal Mesa is a comment on changes to program blocking federal funding for health providers who refer patients for abortions
By ARIJETA LAJKA
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