Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the medical director of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.
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Today, the Defense Department announced the recertification of some locations as imminent danger pay areas while discontinuing that designation for others. -
The escalating violence in South Sudan has prompted a U.S. Marine crisis response team to evacuate U.S. Embassy staff from the South Sudanese city of Juba on Friday. -
The military is investigating the death of Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob M. Hess, 22, who lost his life in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on New Year's Day. Hess is the first U.S. service member to die in Afghanistan in 2014. -
Dubbed Gingerbottabad, Military Times calls it "the most infamous, and delicious, terrorist compound of the holiday season." -
The very first person to ever buy legal marijuana in Colorado is Sean Azzariti, a Marine veteran who served two combat deployments in Iraq. Azzariti says marijuana helps alleviate his post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. -
A champion surf dog helps military veterans and people with disabilities learn to surf, while also boosting morale and building confidence. -
Three of the four Navy SEALs injured in South Sudan when their aircraft was attacked by gunfire Dec. 21 are back in the United States receiving medical care. The fourth SEAL is hospitalized still in Germany. -
Navy Corpsman Robert Everhart told his girlfriend Michelle Gungon he wouldn't be able to make it home to San Diego for the holidays. But Everhart had more than one surprise up his sleeve when he visited Gungon at Sharp Memorial Hospital, where she works as a nurse. -
The Marine Corps' new physical fitness standards requiring female Marines to do pullups were to go into effect New Year's Day. But because of the high failure rate of women Marines attempting to complete pullups, that requirement has been delayed. -
The American service member killed in Friday's suicide bomb attack near Kabul, Afghanistan has been identified as Air Force Capt. David Lyon.
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