Jul 11 Marine Corps confirms 16 dead after military plane crash By Joshua Barajas Sixteen people are dead after a Marine Corps tanker crashed Monday in a field in northern Mississippi, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
May 26 WATCH: Pence speaks at U.S. Naval Academy graduation By Associated Press Watch Vice President Mike Pence speak at the graduation and commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2017. Continue reading
Apr 08 2 Marines demoted, more investigated in nude photo probe By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Two male Marines have been demoted and about two dozen other military members are being investigated in connection with nude photographs that were shared online… Continue reading
Mar 21 After illicit photo scandal, military seeks new ways to punish bad online behavior By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Navy and the Marine Corps are considering new ways to punish inappropriate online activity by service members, including posts of "intimate" images on social media sites. Continue reading
Mar 14 Top U.S. Marine: ‘Enough is enough’ on nude photo sharing By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, vowed to hold Marines accountable through whatever legal and other means possible… Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 5:26 Marines caught sharing photos of female colleagues draw condemnation By PBS News Hour It started with a private Facebook page that had hundreds of explicit photographs of female Marines, accompanied by obscene, degrading comments. Women who have so far been identified said it had been done without their consent. Military officials have launched… Continue watching
Dec 16 Twitter Chat: The role of women in newly integrated U.S. combat forces By Jaclyn Diaz, Alison Thoet At 1 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 16, PBS NewsHour (@newshour) will host a Twitter chat to discuss the series with PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham (@WmBrangham), producer Dan Sagalyn (@DanSagalyn), and two prominent voices from our series: Retired Colonel… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 10:30 Remembering John Glenn, space pioneer and American statesman By PBS News Hour Former astronaut and senator John Glenn has died at age 95. In every chapter of his life, whether on Earth or above it, Glenn accumulated achievements -- serving as a Marine fighter pilot in two wars and later launching into… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 8:10 Why James Mattis could be an ‘awkward fit’ for the Trump administration By PBS News Hour Who is James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the president-elect’s choice for secretary of defense? Judy Woodruff sits down with two who know the retired general well: Michael Gordon of The New York Times and Steve Simon, a former national security council… Continue watching
Mar 21 U.S. Marines deploy to northern Iraq to provide protection By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has set up a small Marine artillery outpost in northern Iraq to protect a nearby Iraqi military base where U.S. advisers are helping Iraqi combat troops plan and prepare for a counteroffensive in Mosul, a U.S. Continue reading