GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man featured in an Associated Press account of veterans coping with trauma through songwriting was found dead on Sunday, the same day the story was published. Guilderland police Capt. Curtis Cox said Monday…
U.S. Marines
Family of Marine murdered in Afghanistan suing military
Three days before he was scheduled to come home from Afghanistan, Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley was killed. Now his family wants answers from the military about his 2012 death. According to FOX News, Buckley didn’t die on the battlefield. The…
Marines join hunger strike as Flint veteran protests Iran imprisonment
In an effort to get a veteran released from an Iranian prison, a group of Marine veterans have joined Amir Hekmati in a hunger strike. According to MLive, the veterans are aiming to free him as soon as possible and…
Marine working dogs sink teeth into training
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — Military police and working dogs with the Provost Marshal’s Office Kennel participated in aggression training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 1. The training provides handlers with another tool to deter…
Paralyzed MARSOC Marine to receive Bronze Star with ‘V’
Thanks to perseverance and cutting-edge technology, Capt. Derek Herrera will do something once thought impossible: He’ll walk across a stage to receive the Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device. Herrera, a special operations officer, was paralyzed from the chest down…
2,600 new combat positions open to female Marines
New training will ask Marines to question their unconscious gender biases as the Marine Corps opens thousands of new positions to women. Marine officials announced in a Nov. 12 administrative message that female Marines in the ranks of corporal and…
