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Grieashamer completes Marine basic training U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Scott E. Grieashamer, son of Wendy M. Williams of Cobb Island and Edward R. Grieashamer of Sebring, Fla., earned the title of U.S.
Authorities are investigating after a U.S. Marine Corps recruit died Friday while completing the final, grueling exercise of boot camp in South Carolina, according to officials and multiple reports.
A major overhaul of how Marines learn to shoot and track their skills will begin to roll out across the service in the next few months, according to a Marine Corps-wide Marksmanship Campaign Plan ...
Being a Marine requires a level of fitness the average military member does not have. The fitness tests are more difficult and the training is challenging, requiring Marines to stay in above-average ...
A Sikh man who won a court order allowing him to enter the Marine Corps without being required to shave his beard or cut his hair recently graduated from boot camp. Wearing a white turban, Pvt. 1st ...
The U.S. Marine killed during a training event at Camp Pendleton has been identified as Lance Corporal Joseph D. Whaley. Whaley, a native of Maury County, Tennessee, died during a nighttime live-fire ...
CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa — About 40 Marines took turns Wednesday descending a 45-foot cliff — a hasty rappelling obstacle — part of a weeklong course designed to teach them and other service members ...
Newark firefighters were unprepared for the fire few thought to be serious quickly spread out of control, the Coast Guard says. A Newark firefighter receives a salute as his body is removed from the ...
A Camp Pendleton Marine died Thursday night while taking part in live-fire training at the sprawling military base, officials said. Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Whaley was four weeks into a 13-week Basic ...