/tags/marine-corps Marine Corps en-US Copyright Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:10:38 GMT /health/2024-01-31/camp-lejeune-water-contamination-cancers-cdc-study-nc The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers. The list includes some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:10:38 GMT /health/2024-01-31/camp-lejeune-water-contamination-cancers-cdc-study-nc Associated Press /race-demographics/2023-01-18/state-honors-108-year-old-montford-point-marine-veteran-from-fayetteville The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs paid tribute to one of the first Black recruits in the U.S. Marine Corps. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:31:05 GMT /race-demographics/2023-01-18/state-honors-108-year-old-montford-point-marine-veteran-from-fayetteville Sharryse Piggott /military/2022-05-13/the-military-is-trying-to-protect-americas-first-black-marine-base-from-storms-and-rising-seas A restoration effort in underway at the site of Montford Point, a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina, which is threatened by the effects of climate change. Fri, 13 May 2022 10:41:43 GMT /military/2022-05-13/the-military-is-trying-to-protect-americas-first-black-marine-base-from-storms-and-rising-seas Jay Price /news/2021-05-07/the-marines-first-west-coast-female-boot-camp-is-over-and-it-may-be-years-before-it-happens-again A group of female recruits completed Marine boot camp in San Diego this spring - the first time the Corps has trained women outside of Parris Island, S... Fri, 07 May 2021 21:49:55 GMT /news/2021-05-07/the-marines-first-west-coast-female-boot-camp-is-over-and-it-may-be-years-before-it-happens-again Steve Walsh /military/2021-02-19/double-jeopardy-the-twin-perils-of-racism-and-ptsd When James Dantzler graduated high school in 1966, he found no one was hiring young men who were likely to be drafted for the Vietnam War. So he joined… Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:01:27 GMT /military/2021-02-19/double-jeopardy-the-twin-perils-of-racism-and-ptsd Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-06-04/to-keep-up-with-modern-combat-marines-add-drone-operators-to-infantry-units One Marine in each rifle squad will be designated to fly small drones and run some of the Marines' expanding array of other digital devices.The Marine… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:31:24 GMT /military/2018-06-04/to-keep-up-with-modern-combat-marines-add-drone-operators-to-infantry-units Jay Price /news/2017-07-11/6-marines-1-sailor-from-camp-lejeune-killed-in-mississippi-plane-crash Updated at 8:47 a.m., July 12, 2017With debris scattered for miles across the flat countryside of the Mississippi Delta, federal and local officials… Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:53:29 GMT /news/2017-07-11/6-marines-1-sailor-from-camp-lejeune-killed-in-mississippi-plane-crash Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-23/marine-turned-entrepreneur-uses-technology-to-reduce-violence CJ Scarlet is an entrepreneur who believes that technology can curb violence. She founded the company 10 for Humanity that aims to use emerging technology… Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:37:57 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-23/marine-turned-entrepreneur-uses-technology-to-reduce-violence Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2015-03-23/marine-turned-entrepreneur-uses-technology-to-reduce-violence CJ Scarlet is an entrepreneur who believes that technology can curb violence. She founded the company 10 for Humanity that aims to use emerging technology… Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:37:57 GMT /business-economy/2015-03-23/marine-turned-entrepreneur-uses-technology-to-reduce-violence Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-02-06/im-not-broken John Rice graduated from East Chapel Hill High School and went to college but he dropped out to join the Marines Corps. Rice insisted on infantry, and was… Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:36:50 GMT /arts-culture/2015-02-06/im-not-broken Lauren Spohrer