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Step by step, veterans advocate aims to ensure Korean War sacrifices aren’t forgotten
What began as one man’s plan to walk nearly 400 miles across South Korea grew into a monthlong remembrance that brought together veterans, students, military groups and local communities to honor those who fought in the Korean War.
More than 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccine given to military personnel despite high opt-out rate
Many of the Defense Department personnel opting out of receiving the coronavirus vaccine are doing so because they believe individuals at higher risk of complications from the disease should be vaccinated first, the director of the Defense Health Agency said Friday.
Court awards $2.3 billion to USS Pueblo crew, more than 50 years after they were held in North Korea
A federal court has awarded $2.3 billion to several crewmembers and families of the USS Pueblo, a Navy ship taken hostage by North Korea more than 50 years ago.
Okinawa governor calls for dramatic reduction of US military footprint on the island
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is urging Tokyo and Washington to slash the U.S. military footprint on the island where some 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed.
PETA pushes Pentagon to end the drinking of cobra blood during jungle survival training
An animal rights group has petitioned the Pentagon to end the practice of Marines and soldiers decapitating snakes and consuming their blood during survival training at the annual Cobra Gold exercise in Thailand.
Report: Marine Corps has most hazing complaints for FY2020
For the fifth year, the Marine Corps has had the most hazing complaints among the military services, according to a new Defense Department report.
Marines at Okinawa’s Jungle Warfare Training Center say goodbye to dog who was ‘one of the guys’
He was lazy and overweight. He smelled terrible. He ate colorful, neurotoxic newts and survived repeated bites by poisonous snakes. But at the end of the day, he was every Marine’s best friend.