Marines tried for smuggling illegal immigrants in the US

The Marine Corps has charged 13 marines with smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States, in addition to a range of other crimes including non-compliance with orders, drunkenness, theft and perjury, according to a statement released Friday. Lance Corporals Byron Lowe and David Salazar-Quintero were charged with ...

From human smuggling to drugs: 16 marines arrested in the US

More than a dozen American marines were arrested on charges ranging from human smuggling to drug crimes, writes Fox News. The US Marine Corps said in a press release that 16 Marines were arrested during the formation of the battalion at Camp Pendleton, California. Press Secretary ...

The Pentagon is investigating the publication of hundreds of candid photos of female marines

The US Department of Defense and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating information that several Marines were distributing explicit photos of female colleagues on Facebook. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of photographs were published in the closed group “Marines United” and were accompanied by vulgar and aggressive...

Maria Daume: from a Siberian prison to the first female marines in the United States

Maria Daume, an 18-year-old American with Russian roots, became the first female Marine in the United States, graduating from the Marine Corps School on January 13, 2017. Now she is sent to a 3-month infantry training, after which she will be able to fight on equal terms with men in hot ...

The dog, who lost his paw in the service in the US Army, received the highest military award

The British animal welfare charity PDSA has awarded a special medal to the German Shepherd Dog Lucca, which lost its front paw in 2012 in Afghanistan. Lucca was engaged in the search for explosive devices and served in the US Marine Corps. Her two-legged fellow soldiers claim that Lucca saved ...

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