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U.S. Marine Corps news, history, culture, and the stories of the Few and the Proud.

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A US Marine went to Somalia and became a warlord

By Blake Stilwell

Operation Restore Hope was much bigger than ‘Black Hawk Down’

By Daniel Tobias Flint

The forgotten Marine Corps veteran who exposed the Iran-Contra Affair dies at 84

By Blake Stilwell

Honoring 250 years of the Marine Corps and the enduring legacy of Native American warriors

By Daniel Tobias Flint

104-year-old Marine continues tradition for Corps’ 250th birthday

By Miguel Ortiz

‘The Few. The Proud’: The moments that made the Marines the Marines

The 12 most badass Marine Corps nicknames of all time

Beretta’s Marine Corps 250th birthday shotgun is a vibe

By Miguel Ortiz

Why the Marine Corps only uses six body bearers for funeral ceremonies

By Blake Stilwell

Vietnam veteran and billionaire founder of FedEx Frederick W. Smith dies at 80

Medal of Honor Month: Remembering Corporal Richard Allen Anderson

By Jessica Evans

Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. passes away at 107

By Miguel Ortiz

Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marine Corps, to be rebuilt

By Miguel Ortiz

5 major complaints Marines have about the M16A4

From investigating the Kennedy Assassination to ‘The Wonder Years,’ Dan Lauria has done it all

This terminally ill high schooler was designated an Honorary Marine

By Miguel Ortiz

This might be the most important moment in Marine Corps aviation

By Jessica Evans

5 interesting facts about the Marine Corps birthday

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Today in military history: Birth of the Marine Corps

It’s the Marine Corps birthday – just ask any Marine!

By Jessica Evans

A beer-drinking Marine Corps duck earned a citation for fighting at Tarawa

The Marine Corps used to drive the Mercedes-Benz G-Class

By Miguel Ortiz

Everything to know about Marine uniforms

By Jessica Evans

This raid was one of the America’s first overseas military operations

By Stephen Carlson

17 photos that show how high schoolers are turned into badass Marine infantrymen

A tiny Marine Corps’ big successes in the Revolution

The Marine Corps’ Security Force Regiment is an old hand at special ops

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Marine stayed at his machine gun after taking a grenade to the face

3 key differences between Recon Marines and Marine Raiders

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How one of America’s saltiest Marines wanted to handle the Vietnam War

These were the all-Black units of the British Marines in America

The Marine Corps’ forgotten battle in Iraq

By Jessica Evans

These are the battles mentioned in the Marine Corps Hymn

By Blake Stilwell

Top 5 Marine Corps mysteries

By Uncle Walkie

Today in military history: Marines launch Operation Prairie in Vietnam

The ‘Gentle Giant’ of Vietnam was a Recon Marine known for underwater KA-BAR kills

The National War Dog Cemetery is in the Pacific

By Miguel Ortiz

Book Review: Marine vet Rich Brown’s ‘On Violence and Varietals: Confessions of a Savage Somm’

By Nick Coffman

5 times Marines came to the rescue while off duty

By Uncle Walkie

5 things you didn’t know about the Battle of Belleau Wood

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How Marines spot each other in the wild

By Uncle Walkie

Today in military history: Marine Corps aviation is born

Operation Whalers was the Marine Corps’ payback after Operation Red Wings

By Miguel Ortiz

MoH Monday: Corporal Jason Lee Dunham

By Jessica Evans

This is why certain Marine units can wear the French Fourragere

That time Jim Webb killed a guy who threw a grenade at him

By Blake Stilwell

These are the rebel wars where Chesty Puller got his start

This is the deadly Marine Corps training required to earn a dive bubble

Watch this WWII Marine training video before your next club or knife fight

Marines in a firefight called customer service for help with an M-107

By Blake Stilwell

This is the humbling history of the Marine Corps NCO blood stripe

How a small group of Marines overthrew a pirate regime

By Jessica Evans

Creative USMC leadership, 90s style

By Uncle Walkie

Why the North Vietnamese feared South Korean Marines

WATCH: Marines remember Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years later

By Miguel Ortiz

A Marine received the Navy Cross for fighting like he was in a real-life video game

This Medal of Honor recipient saved 18 Marines from an enemy minefield

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Only one person at a time can wear Edson’s Eagles

The 1st Marine Division deployed to Korea for the first time in over 20 years

By Miguel Ortiz

A Marine never received his Medal of Honor because he deserted before it was presented

How the Marines ripped through the Iraqis in Operation Desert Storm

By James Elphick

Why Iwo Jima was such an important battle

By Jessica Evans

That time a Navy admiral left Marines hanging during a Japanese attack

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 secrets of Marine Corps knife-fighting