Marine Corps jet training in SC could be noisy
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - Pilots from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort are conducting takeoff and landing exercises that could disturb residents near the installation. Full story
Lawmakers demand military leaders curb sex assaults
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators alarmed by a jump in sex crimes in the U.S. military called on Wednesday for a cultural overhaul of the Air Force and a lawmaker exposed a web page used by Marines that she said depicted a "culture of misogyny and sexual harassment." Full story
U.S. Navy, Marine Corps acquisition plans hit by sequester
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top officials from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps told lawmakers on Tuesday that across-the-board budget cuts in fiscal 2013 and 2014 would reduce readiness and cut heavily into their procurement and research and development programs. Full story
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10 years later: Saddam and the American flag
Former Marine Lt. Tim McLaughlin why he hid the American flag that was once placed on a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad just before it was toppled 10 years ago.
Obama uses shipyard to warn about military cuts
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks to Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, about President Barack Obama’s visit to the Newport News Shipyard to warn about the impending sequester cuts.
Women in combat: moving forward
Chris Matthews talks to Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Capt. Zoe Bedell, who filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action for women, about the lift on ban that allows women in combat, but the debate coming forward from women who have been serving in combat for years.
First female Marine Corps general, laid to rest
Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer, the first woman to reach the rank of general in the Marine Corps, has been laid to rest in a military service. Born in Durand, Michigan in 1930, Brewer became a Marine second lieutenant in 1952. She was appointed brigadier general by President Jimmy Carter in 19
Military women fight Pentagon's combat exclusion rule
Captain Zoe Bedell of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women's Action Network talk about how they are joining forces with groups for a federal lawsuit against the Pentagon's ban against women in combat.
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