“The mecca of gay at that time:” Transgender Marine veteran says he got a lot of education while being stationed at Pendleton
(June 28, 2018) Sailors pose for a photo in the Suribachi Room aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during a cake cutting ceremony following a presentation in observation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, June 28, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Leitner/Released)
No Corps For Old Marines: General makes coast-to-coast tour of boot camps due to “crude” drill instructor language
Staff Sgt. Logan Bowman, drill instructor, Platoon 1004, Company C., 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, instructs recruits while conducting the Bayonet Assault Course at Leatherneck Square, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on Dec. 2, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Currier/ Released) Reportedly “crude” remarks by US Marine Drill...
Marine recruit collapses, dies during training at Camp Pendleton
An 18-year-old Marine recruit died training at Camp Pendleton; military officials announced late Saturday, Oct. 8.
Marine veteran gets probation for role in $400,000 GoFundMe scam
Johnny Bobbitt Jr. (left), Mark DAmico, and Katelyn McClure at the CITGO station, where the trio falsely claimed Bobbitt used his last $20 to buy gas for a stranded McClure. Robert Moran The Philadelphia Inquirer Johnny Bobbitt Jr., the homeless veteran at the heart of a fraudulent GoFundMe campaign that...
New bill would allow surviving military spouses to keep benefits even if they remarry
Leah Esper, the wife of then U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper, hosts a roundtable discussion with service members’ spouses during a luncheon at the Joint Region Marianas headquarters building in Asan, Guam, Aug. 29, 2020. Leah Esper visited with spouses from all branches of the U.S. military and spoke with them about key issues...
Marine Corps to ditch the tape test to measure body fat and use X-ray scanners
Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force use body fat analyzers during a body fat composition testing hosted by Marine Corps Community Services at the 21 Area Fitness Center, at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in 2012. (USMC photo) The US Marine Corps is looking for other ways to measure body fat- and the tape...
Home smelled like an auto body shop: Navy water so contaminated it peeled the skin right off a soldier’s child
(video from 2021) Sep 7 - Sophie Cocke, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser When Bridget Merancio, an Army wife with three young children, awoke on the morning of Nov. 29, her home smelled like an auto body shop, she recalls. When Bridget Merancio, an Army wife with three young...
White House official reveals ‘conscious decision’ was made to use Marines as ‘symbolism’
Military scholars are criticizing the “conscious decision” of featuring US Marines in what has been deemed by many as one of the most divisive presidential speeches in recent memory.
Marine veteran killed during triple shooting in Boston
Tefan Ivy Tristan Smith masslive.com An early Sunday morning shooting in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood left two people dead, including a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, according to WCVB. The news station reported that the family of Tefan Ivy, 29-year-old Marine Corps veteran, confirmed that he was one of the people fatally shot during...
Military families sue the federal government over toxic drinking water
(Video from December 2021) Sophie Cocke, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sep. 1—Military families who say they were sickened by last year's fuel contamination of the Navy's drinking water system around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam are suing the federal government, seeking compensation for physical and mental suffering, medical expenses, lost income...
