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Marines

Stories

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Women's combat support role could end in Iraq

Legislation now before Congress is aimed at making sure female Marines like 2nd Lt. Samantha M. Kronschnabel won't accompany their male comrades into a combat zone anymore - or sustain wounds like Cpl. Steinnum Truesdale, a Purple Heart recipient. When U.S. Marines launched their offensive last November in Fallujah, Kronschnabel was among them.

Chaplain stands alone among Corps' clergy

He was a "lighthouse" for local Marines caught in one of the darkest chapters of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, Navy Lt. Brian D. Weigelt has been singled out for service that outshined the work of every other chaplain in the Marine Corps -- all 275 of them. Weigelt's service was particularly vital during a bloody seven-month deployment with 2nd

With Marines returning home from deployments, base and local officials are raising concerns about motorcyclists. Officials are inforcing saftey requirements such as reflective vests and Base Motorcycle Safety Course Card. - With Marines returning home from deployments, base and local officials are raising concerns about motorcyclists. Officials are inforcing saftey requirements such as reflective vests and Base Motorcycle Safety Course Card.

Military Police alarmed about rampaging cyclists

Like lots of Marines who love whizzing past, around and between four-wheel crawlers on their two-wheel speedsters, Lance Cpl. Zach M. Stacy isn't about to let a scrape with the asphalt deter him from riding his motorcycle. While riding down Highway 76 in Oceanside, Stacy totaled his Yamaha R6 and sustained injuries that left him unable to ride for

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Bogus burn?

Airfield flame busters played with an oversized "grill" on a recent weekend - but it was no barbecue. The mock aircraft they dealt with was really on fire - engulfed at times in white-hot flames. The Marines, members of the Marine Corps Air Station's Crash Fire Rescue crew, jumped into a fire simulation device never before used at Camp Pendleton. A

Sailor provides bandages and bullets

As a Navy corpsman, providing Marines with battlefield medicine and providing fields of fire are what dreams are made of for Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip N. Alexanian, 1st Marine Division Surgeon's Office of Education and Training. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 28-year-old from Whittier, Calif., was called upon time and time again to

Bronze Star recipient, OIF mainstay dubbed battalion's "team leader of the year"

Sergeant Sage L. Goyda is being dubbed "the best of the best" among what some reconnaissance Marines say is the field's point man for success - the team leader. And Goyda boasts quite a resume to underscore the praise: -- a Bronze Star Medal to his credit for leading a grenade assault against insurgents in Iraq.-- more than 70 combat patrols and

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Fallujah's fearless mourned at Horno

Sgt. Byron Norwood is not only memorialized in the minds and hearts of those who knew him -- his memory is etched on the legs of two Marines who called him a good friend. "He was all about the Marine Corps and he would have appreciated the (memorial) service. He was a Marine's Marine," Warrant Officer James R. Newton said May 4 at Camp Horno in a

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Corps: recalled armor passed ultimate test -- combat

More than 5,000 units of body armor issued last year to Marines deploying to Operation Iraqi Freedom were indeed substandard -- but were combat-worthy enough to save lives on the battlefield, according to Marine Corps statements issued in the past week. While acknowledging that more than 5,000 units of body armor issued to Marines headed for Iraq

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Community rallying around tiny sole survivor

Not even in kindergarten yet, Nicole McDonough has lost her family. But she has gained legions of supporters - from her brother's second-grade classmates to her father's Marine comrades - who are rallying behind the little sole survivor. The 5-year-old De Luz Housing resident recently lost her entire immediate family - her father, Sgt. Richard

Tireless 'friends,' youth coach named top volunteers

With the help of volunteers like Sidonia H. McReynolds and Staff Sgt. William T. Skidmore, the base theoretically saved more than $3 million last year. For assuming the leading edge of resource-saving, community-enhancing service, McReynolds and Skidmore were named the base's Volunteers of the Year April 22 at the South Mesa Club. According to

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