KVSP Marine
Diane Miller/Getty Images (SOUTH CAROLINA) — Newly released audio files show that the Marine Corps called 911 after one of their F-35 fighter jets went missing in South Carolina last September. The F-35 experienced what Marine Corps officials referred to as a “mishap” over the skies of the state’s Lowcountry region on Sept. 17, 2023, […]
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith was hospitalized after a “medical emergency” on Sunday evening, officials said on Monday. Further details about Smith’s health were not immediately released. Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, deputy commandant for combat development and integration, is carrying out the duties of leader of the […]
Fred Marie/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images (CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) — A U.S. Marine has been taken into custody under suspicion of killing another Marine in a shooting at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, according to a spokesperson for the 2nd Marine Division. The suspect was apprehended late Wednesday, officials said. The incident occurred […]
abzee/Getty Images (DARWIN, Australia) — At least three U.S. military personnel were killed on Sunday when a Marine helicopter crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia, U.S. officials said. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was carrying 23 service members when it went down at about 9:30 a.m. near the Tiwi Islands, in […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gen. David Berger stepped down as commandant of the Marine Corps Monday, but had no permanent successor to hand off to, leaving the service without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time since 1910. The lapse in command is because Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is blocking senior military […]
U.S. District Court (COSTA MESA, Calif.) — Two men, including an active duty Marine, are facing federal charges in connection with the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in California in 2022, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Chance Brannon, 23, an active duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, and Tibet Ergul, 21, both of Orange […]
-
Pages
