GOP Convention: Doom and gloom at home, clamor for Trump

John Tiegen, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran and Mark Geist, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who fought in Benghazi, L-R, speak during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. Pat Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, salutes after speaking during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.

GOP speakers to focus on Benghazi as convention opens

Republicans are reminding the nation that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state during the deadly 2012 attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, part of a broader focus on national security at the GOP convention. Pat Smith, the mother of Sean Smith , a State Department employee who was killed in Benghazi, is one of several speakers Monday night tied to the twin attacks on Sept.

White supremacist is arrested after woman who was shot in the face…

Giving Melania a run for her money? Meet the Republican VP pick's teacher wife of 31 years - who has her own business selling towel charms - and their three children in the Marines and media Russia's ENTIRE team could be banned from Rio Olympics: Thirty anti-doping officials and athlete groups from the US, Canada and more to demand expulsion Burglary suspect 'had a stolen human brain nicknamed "Freddy" hidden under a friend's trailer in a Wal-Mart shopping bag and used the embalming fluid to get HIGH' 'The coup is a gift from God': Erdogan uses botched rebellion to start purge - including arresting of 3,000 secular judges - to forge radical new Turkey after urging Islamists to stay on the streets Did Erdogan STAGE the coup? US-based Turkish cleric facing extradition over botched rebellion claims president orchestrated plot to justify a clampdown on civil rights FAA bans all flights from ... (more)

US: Pentagon to clarify arms regulations for military personnel

The Pentagon's announcement follows a spate of fatal gun violence that has placed arms regulation once again in the national spotlight. File Photo/Agencies The Pentagon has unveiled plans to grant military commanders more authority to arm service members, one year after a deadly attack on military facilities in the southern United States.

Johnnie Johnson to receive posthumous Congressional Gold Medal

Chuck Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson is to be granted a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for his service in US Marine Corps The Chuck Berry collaborator, who died in 2005, was one of the first African-Americans to join the US Marine Corps in 1942. He trained at Camp Montford Point in North Carolina during the era in which the US army remained segregated.

LETTERS: Readers express opinions on self-defense, drafting women, spiritual needs

Readers express opinions on self-defense, drafting women, spiritual needsThe Senate recently passed S 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act, which currently includes a provision forcing young women to sign up for the Selective Service, making them eligible for a future military draft.Women and men have equal natural rights, but equality ... (more)

Marines say man misidentified in Iwo Jima photo

Following an investigation, the U.S. Marine Corps announced Thursday that it had misidentified one of the six men in the famous 1945 World War II photo of the flag raising in Iwo Jima. After 70 years, a Pulitzer Prize, a bestselling book and a feature film on the photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal, the identity of one of the flag-raisers was called into question.

Correcting History

There is something quite predictable about The New York Times article which presents a new twist on one of the most iconic images in history--Joe Rosenthal's 1945 photograph of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. Here's the lede from reporter Michael S. Schmidt, who has covered military topics for many years, and quite frankly, should know better: "An internal investigation by the Marine Corps has concluded that for more than 70 years it wrongly identified one of the men in the iconic photograph of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ."

No July 4 fireworks at US bases in Japan after Okinawa rape

July 4 fireworks at US bases in Japan are CANCELLED after former Marine was accused of raping and murdering a local Okinawa woman There will be no Fourth of July fireworks for American troops in Japan this year because of restrictions imposed after a former U.S. Marine was accused of raping and murdering a woman on Okinawa. U.S. Forces in Japan said Thursday that 'no U.S. installations in Japan will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with fireworks displays or concerts' to demonstrate respect for Okinawan residents.

The Camp Pendleton-based I Marine Expeditionary Force

Marines investigated for alleged threat to gay bars Social media post saying, "Coming to a gay bar near you," appeared to reference Orlando. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/24VxFJK The Camp Pendleton-based I Marine Expeditionary Force is investigating two active-duty Marines after a social media post appeared to threaten gay bars in the wake of the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando on Sunday, June 12, 2016.