Topic: U.S. Marines Activities
AP News | 2010-02-09 19:13:32
U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines dig their sleeping holes outside of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday, February 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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AP News | 2010-02-09 19:13:30
U.S. Marine Brigadier General Larry Nicholson speaks to U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines at Belleau Wood outpost outside Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday, February 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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AP News | 2010-02-09 08:18:55
US Marines expectantly await battle in harsh Afghan desert winter
Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent. Add hundreds of U.S. Marines, squads of Afghan soldiers, some Drug Enforcement Administration agents, a few private contractors, along with dozens of armored ...
AP Features | 2010-02-09 03:50:58
Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77. Rep. Bob Brady, a longtime friend, said the late congressman's large intestine was damaged during surgery and an infection ...
