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A nonprofit "friends" group has formed to work with the National Park Service and Marine Corps representatives to raise funds to improve the aging and weathered Marine Corps War Memorial,
A massive effort by U.S. and NATO forces — including offensives in the insurgent heartland and targeted assassinations of rebel leaders — has failed to dent Taliban numerical strength over the past year, according to military and diplomatic officials.
The number of suicides among active-duty Marines dropped last year for the first time since 2006, plunging 29 percent below 2009's record high. But suicide attempts climbed to their highest level since wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began.
The U.S. has underestimated the pace of China's development of some cutting edge weapons, but China still lags in its ability to effectively deploy and use sophisticated systems, a top Naval Intelligence officer said today.
Marine Commandant General James Amos says the Corps will “step out smartly to faithfully implement" the new policy allows gays to serve openly in the military.
Special-operations troops think the elite force is facing difficulties by accepting open gays into one of the military's more politically conservative communities.