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Five Marine Corps installations in the southwestern United States, including Camp Pendleton, will begin a Suicide Prevention Program where leaders at all levels will facilitate access to prevention, counseling, treatment programs and services to any service member the command believes is at risk to themselves or others. -
The Marine Corps will require all of its members who aren't deployed to wear the appropriate seasonal service uniform every Friday, starting January 4. This includes Sailors assigned to Marine units, and both active and reserve Marines. -
Watchers of the Rose Parade on New Year's Day got a sneak peek at what the first national monument to military working dogs will look like. A floral replica of the monument appeared on the Natural Balance war dogs float. -
Army Pfc. Markie T. Sims, 20, died December 29 in Panjwal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sims's wife is pregnant with their first child. -
A sergeant is suing his employer, the California Army National Guard, for alleged retaliation after he testified in the murder trial of a colleague who was later convicted of killing a pregnant recruit. -
Several crew members from the USS Ronald Reagan are suing a Japanese utility over radiation exposure. The eight Sailors filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Diego last week. -
This year, Marine Corps aviation is celebrating its centennial, which was made possible through the efforts and dedication of Marines like 98-year-old Frank Baron Jr., who served in San Diego in the 1930s. -
Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Darren Evans will face court-martial in February for the brutal murder of his roommate, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Mario Arias. -
Nearly one in four U.S. service women say they were sexually assaulted while deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. -
Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever,” but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said.
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