Tag: Marine Corps

Neller's self-deprecating humor was on display Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

A few good quotes from the Marine Corps commandant

Jamie McIntyre · August 9, 2016 5:13 pm

Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller says the long delay in delivery of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was largely responsible for current shortfalls in aviation readiness, as the Corps has had to keep older planes flying longer than planned. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Marine Corps F-35s will be deployed next year

Jamie McIntyre · August 9, 2016 4:43 pm

"The fight that we used to think about, you know air land and sea, and under the sea, is now expanded to space, to cyber and the information domain," Robert Neller said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Top Marine general: We like football, they play soccer

Jamie McIntyre · August 9, 2016 3:31 pm

All U.S. Marine Corps aviation units have been told they should take a day off from flying over the next week to review safety procedures and aircraft maintenance in the wake of two recent crashes, including a fatal accident July 28. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Marine aircraft units ordered to ‘pause’ after fatal crash

Jamie McIntyre · August 5, 2016 4:09 pm

Dakota Meyer, a Marine veteran, took to Twitter Tuesday to share his concern about the GOP nominee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Sarah Palin’s son-in-law speaks out against Trump

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2016 11:17 pm

7-year-old fighting rare disease dies day after honorary Marine ceremony

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2016 8:52 pm

"He has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything I have done," said Retired Gen. John Allen on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "I don't have to justify myself to him." (AP Photo)

General: Trump has no ‘credibility’ to criticize me

Robert King · July 31, 2016 2:06 pm

The head of Marine Corps aviation said he is not satisfied with the training hours pilots are receiving. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Marine aviation chief not ‘satisfied’ with pilot training

Jacqueline Klimas · July 29, 2016 3:43 pm

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., takes off during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2, 2015. (Air Force Photo)

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Marine pilot dies in California jet crash

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2016 2:34 pm

Retired Gen. John Allen stands with veterans as he speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Gen. Allen: I trust Clinton’s judgment

Becket Adams · July 29, 2016 1:32 am

In Afghanistan in August 2012, Florent Groberg was serving as a personal security detachment commander when he spotted a man walking erratically toward a group of other soldiers on foot. (AP Photo)

National Security

Thursday DNC speakers include Medal of Honor recipient, retired Marine general

David Brown · July 28, 2016 4:48 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., wore a Blue Star Families lapel pin to honor his son, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nathaniel Kaine, who recently deployed to Eastern Europe. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

North Carolina GOP mistakenly calls Kaine’s Blue Star lapel pin ‘shameful’

Kelly Cohen · July 28, 2016 1:59 pm