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Camp Lejeune’s water poisoned lives. Decades of fighting finally caused change

Jerry Ensminger sat in the balcony of the U.S. Senate chamber watching a vote that had begun to feel like a pipe dream.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Marine general takes over Africa Command, sees challenges

Marine Gen. Michael Langley took over as the top U.S. commander for Africa Tuesday, heading U.S. military operations on a continent with some of the most active and dangerous insurgent groups and a relatively small Pentagon footprint

The Independent UK

Trump wanted Pentagon generals to be like second world war Nazis, book says

Ex-president complained to John Kelly ‘why can’t you be like the German generals?’ according to excerpt from the New Yorker

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Empty Minnesota seat, potential milestone for Vermont women highlight Tuesday elections

WASHINGTON —Voters on Tuesday are filling a House seat in Minnesota that’s been open since Rep. Jim Hagedorn died in February. Vermont may move toward sending its first woman to Congress ever. And, just like last week, a member of “The Squad” of ultraliberal House Democrats faces a more mainstream…

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Empty Minnesota seat, potential milestone for Vermont women highlight Tuesday elections - Roll Call

Tuesday's elections will fill a Minnesota House seat open since February while Vermont might move toward sending its first woman to Congress.

Roll Call

A first: African American Marine promoted to 4-star general

The Marine Corps has its first African American four-star general

The Independent UK

A former Marine details the chaotic exit from Afghanistan — and how we should mark it

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

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Long push for Camp Lejeune toxic water lawsuits clears Congress

Nancy “Catherine” Daniels had assumed it was God’s will when three of her babies died at birth while she and her Marine husband lived at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

Tribune News Service

Long push for Camp Lejeune toxic water lawsuits now hinges on Senate

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Long push for Camp Lejeune toxic water lawsuits clears Congress - Roll Call

Congress is set to allow those exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeuene to file lawsuits to seek compensation from the federal government.

Roll Call

Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, has died at age 98

Sandoval was one of the hundreds of Navajos who were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to help transmit messages in World War II for the Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today.

WEKU

Lucas Kunce: ‘Populism is about everyday people coming together’

Former US Marine with a progressive take on identity and masculinity hopes Missouri Democrats will pick him as their nominee for US Senate

The Guardian - US

Raymond Allen Murray Jr., one of the Montford Point Marines who broke color barrier in the service in WWII, dead at 99

Despite being treated as “less than a human being,” the members of the segregated unit “fought gallantly,” says James T. Averhart, president of the National Montford Point Marine Association. “This is not just Black history. It is not just Marine Corps history. It is American history.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Military aviation crashes are again on the rise. Are ongoing safety and training issues to blame?

SAN DIEGO — A spate of military aircraft crashes over recent months is again raising questions about the Pentagon's approach to safety and training across military branches.

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Exclusive-Sherman, Kennedy to visit Solomons, where fathers fought and U.S. now vies with China

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy plan next month to visit the Solomon Islands, where their fathers fought in World War Two and the United States is in a modern-day battle for influence with strategic rival China.

Tribune News Service

Military aviation crashes are again on the rise. Are ongoing safety and training issues to blame?

A spate of military aircraft crashes over recent months is again raising questions about the Pentagon’s approach to safety and training across military branches.

The Independent UK

Marines halt amphibious vehicle use at sea after mishaps

The U.S. Marine Corps has halted water operations for its new amphibious combat vehicles while it investigates why two of the seafaring tanks ran into trouble off Southern California's coast this week amid high surf

WEKU

The Marines are set to have the first Black 4-star general in their 246-year history

Lt. Gen. Michael Langley's nomination hearing to be general and commander of the United States Africa Command for the U.S. Marine Corps is set for Thursday.

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The Independent UK

As recruiters struggle, Air Force seeks lift from 'Top Gun'

When “Top Gun: Maverick” roared into theaters in late May, the Air Force was ready

Roll Call

Capitol Lens | Veterans’ day - Roll Call

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth pays respects to Marine Corps veteran Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams as he lies in honor in in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Woman who posed as cancer-stricken Marine Corps veteran pleads guilty to $250,000 fraud

Records showed that the 31-year-old had never served in the US military

The Independent UK

Hershel Williams: WWII veteran and last Medal of Honour recipient

As well as raising the US flag on the beaches of Iwo Jima, the marine was famed for the action he took during the notorious battle

Tribune News Service

Double amputee Marine returns home for first time since deadly Kabul bombing

FOLSOM, Calif. — Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews came home to Folsom in time for Independence Day, and thousands of people were there to welcome him.

WEKU

The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time

From abortion and the right to marry to voting rights and racial inequality, some of America's service members and veterans are concerned their Constitutional rights are under attack.

WEKU

Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

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