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The Four Marines Killed in Chattanooga Have Been Identified
Taylor Berman · 07/17/15 12:05PMIf You Meet This Insane Escaped Killer, Don't Believe His Marine Tattoo
Adam Weinstein · 06/09/15 02:15PM
We know Richard Matt is a convicted killer on the loose. We know, thanks to my colleague Jordan Sargent, that “Matt is very handsome and, in all frankness, very well endowed.” Now we also know that Matt, for some weird reason, has this massive Marine Corps tattoo, even though the Marines say he never served.
Eight Bodies Recovered from Crashed U.S. Marine Helicopter in Nepal
Brendan O'Connor · 05/16/15 08:40AM
Nepalese army officials announced Saturday that all eight bodies had been recovered from a U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed earlier this week, the Associated Press reports. There were six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard.
U.S. Helicopter Vanishes in Nepal With Six Marines on Board
Taylor Berman · 05/12/15 12:49PM
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter assisting in earthquake relief is missing in Nepal following this morning’s powerful aftershock. Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on board, according to a U.S. Pacific Command spokesman.
Adam Weinstein · 06/04/14 05:11PM
Oliver North on Tuesday criticized the Obama administration's deal for "hostage" Bowe Bergdahl as helping "a criminal enterprise that kills Americans." That's Oliver North, architect of the illegal plan to sell Iran missiles in hopes that they'd secure the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon.
Texas Gun Nuts Go After a Marine Vet on the Street on Memorial Day
Adam Weinstein · 05/30/14 12:30PMNot content to have scared wheelchair-bound moms, gotten kicked out of Chipotle, Chili's and Sonic, and set the gun-rights cause back a century, the supreme gentlemen of the open-carry movement struck on another dumb tactic: Intimidate a veteran and chase him through the streets.
U.S. Vet Jailed for Taking Guns to Mexico Says He Just Missed His Exit
Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 04:45PMMarine Publicly Crucifies Himself on Easter, Sorta Regrets it Now
Adam Weinstein · 04/24/14 12:47PMAdam Weinstein · 04/15/14 02:01PM
The top Marine who last week told Congress that pay cuts were good for discipline apologized to his troops in a letter for "a mistaken impression that I don't care about your quality of life and that I support lower pay for servicemembers." He then dropped them all and demanded 20 pushups.
Top Marine Says Pay Cuts Will Improve Discipline, Neck-Stomping Skills
Adam Weinstein · 04/10/14 09:37AM"Marine Todd" Is an Awesomely Stupid Right-Wing Meme That Got Hijacked
Adam Weinstein · 03/31/14 12:55PMMarines' Twitter: Don't Be a "Lone Shooter" on MLK Day, Bring a Buddy
Adam Weinstein · 01/17/14 12:27PM
The Marine Corps Special Operations Command's official Twitter account urged its followers Friday morning not to be "lone shooters" over a weekend dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed by a lone rifleman. The Corps quickly and wisely deleted the tweet.
Marines Quietly Conclude That Women Sort of Suck at Doing Pullups
Adam Weinstein · 12/31/13 11:00AMMarines Finally Get Around to Banning Fashionable Hairstyles
Adam Weinstein · 12/18/13 02:46PM
Having busied itself of late with warfighting and such, the Marine Corps finally managed to pencil in some hygiene time this week, codifying a ban on "faddish" and "exaggerated" hairstyles among the troops. Meaning... what, exactly?
The First Four Women to Pass Marine Infantry Training Took This Selfie
Adam Weinstein · 11/20/13 09:45AMMarine Arrested for Arranging Incestuous Sex with Minors
Lacey Donohue · 10/01/13 07:10PM
U.S. Marine Stephen Lewis, a private first class stationed at Camp Pendleton in southern California, was arrested two weeks ago after arranging to have sex with an entire family: a man, his 12-year-old son, and his 11-year-old daughter. The only problem with this plan (aside from everything) was that he arranged for the meeting with an undercover Department of Homeland Security agent on the incest website family4love.com (note: these agents are “essential” employees during the shutdown).
U.S. Marine Identified as Suspect in 'Random' Shooting Spree in Texas
Maggie Lange · 05/28/13 12:21PM
An active-duty Marine named Esteban J. Smith has been identified as the suspect in a violent and apparently random series of shooting in West Texas.