Raheel Siddiqui, 20, of Taylor, died during U.S. Marines

Family of Muslim Marine recruit: Death wasn't suicide Raheel Siddiqui died during training in March after falling 40 feet in a stairwell. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://usat.ly/2cmViqV DETROIT - The family of a Muslim recruit who died during Marine Corps training is pushing back against claims by military officials that he committed suicide.

911 stair climb tribute Sunday in Fort Worth

Jeff Sprekelmeyer, carrying an American and U.S. Marine Corps flag joins other participants, including area first responders, during the Sons of the Flag's second annual Climb for a Calling stair climb Sunday at Burnett Plaza in Fort Worth. Honor Guard members from several departments including Grapevine, North Richland Hills and Flower Mound fire departments open the ceremony for the Sons of the Flag's second annual Climb for a Calling stair climb at Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Sept.

China, Russia naval drill in South China Sea to begin Monday

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21,... China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China's Guangdong province starting from Monday, China's navy said. The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the contested waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea and criticized its environmental destruction there.

Obama’s Asian pivot leaves closer ties, new challenges

In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, smiles after a group of children waved flags and flowers to cheer him during a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term.

Obamaa s Asian pivot leaves closer ties, new challenges

As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term. The policy adjustment aimed to reinforce alliances and shift military assets to a region that has grown in importance alongside the rise of China as a global economic and political power.

Military Appreciation Day at Laurel Bay

Blakely Williams, President and CEO of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce -- which sponsored Military Appreciation Day at Laurel Bay on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 -- talks about the many activities and events at the festival. Follow two recruits to the end of their journey to earn the title United States Marine: Joshua Hickman, Marion, Ohio; and Muhammed Pabon, Philadelphia, Pa.

The Latest: Top Pacific Marine to keep up work with allies

The U.S. Marine Corps' new commander for the Pacific says he aims to carry on his predecessor's momentum on helping allies and partners develop their amphibious skills. Toolan told reporters after the ceremony that helping allies Japan, Australia and South Korea develop their amphibious operations was one of his top accomplishments as Marine Forces Pacific commander.

USMC: 2 Men Didn’t Raise Iwo Jima FlagAdmits to wrongly naming two enlistees as having been there.

The U.S. Marine Corps officially acknowledged this week that they had previously mistaken the identity of two people raising the first flag at Iwo Jima during World War II. According to the statement, two men long thought to have participated in the iconic Feb. 23, 1945, flag-raising were in fact nearby but did not actually help hoist the flag.

Retired Pennsylvania Marine seeks return of fallen comrades

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ed "Zimmo" Zimmerman, right, of Bear Creek Township, Pa., returns from a one-week trip to Vietnam to guide a search team to where he last saw two fallen soldiers in 1968, and is welcomed back to Pennsylvania by friends and family including a fellow U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, Don Wilmot of Sterling, Pa., second from left, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa. Members of a U.S. government Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command search team will spend up to 30 days excavating the site where U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ed "Zimmo" Zimmerman, in 1968, last saw U.S. Marine Corps Pfc.