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Marines

Stories

City picks up tab for war-weary 'sons'

HUNTINGTON BEACH - The latest infantry unit to be taken under an Orange County town's wing could use a little pampering, after seven rough months deployed to Iraq, including a primary role in the battle of Fallujah last November. The city of Huntington Beach obliged April 22, treating Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment to a night out

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All about the Kids

Lively music, a sunny day, clowns, dancing and laughter were all it took to get hundreds of people out of their homes and into the Main Exchange area Saturday for the 10th annual Kids First Fair. Bubbles floated in every direction as children blew them into the wind and chased them around - just one snapshot in an album chock full of cheerful,

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Bronze Star weighs heavily on hero's heart

A medal is no fair exchange for a best friend. That's how Camp Pendleton's latest Bronze Star Medal recipient summed up his award. Lance Cpl. Randy B. Lake, a rifleman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, collected the medal, with Combat Distinguishing Device, Monday on the regiment's parade deck. It marked his relentless push ----

OIF stalwart adds new meaning to 'rough and tumble'

Marines are so tough, they can fall two stories, get banged up on the way down and keep on fighting. No, really, they can. Meet Lance Cpl. Richard E. Ryba. The 24-year-old radio operator from Shepperd, Texas, took a tumble off a two-story building while clearing houses with his platoon commander in Fallujah during Operation Al Fajr. "Not many guys

Corps harvesting bumper crop of Navy combat 'docs'

They wear Marine utilities, serve alongside Marine units in Iraq, and weather a grueling seven-week course that mirrors Marine Corps boot camp. No, they're not Marines - but they might - and often do - save a Marine's life. They're Navy corpsmen - and the Field Medical Service School here is graduating them faster than usual in the face of

Hopes high for brain-injured vets

SAN DIEGO - Lance Cpl. Nathan D. Borquez finds it hard to do the simple things in life, including exercise, driving and even walking up a flight of stairs. But physical ailments aren't his only problem. The Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran also has trouble remembering things. "My buddies were telling me that I was becoming more forgetful, that my

Branch, Corps' first black officer laid to rest

In 2004, there were more than 18,800 Marine Corps officers. Of that, more than 1,300 were black. In 1945, there was one black officer - Frederick C. Branch. Branch, who died April 10 in Philadelphia at age 82 from an infection, became the first black officer in the Marine Corps on Nov. 10, 1945 the 170th birthday of the Corps - a day that paved the

Refugee returning favor on base that served him

Phillip K. Nguyen is improving the quality of life aboard an installation he fled to almost 30 years ago this week. Nguyen, one of 130,000 Vietnamese refugees who fled to the United States after the end of the Vietnam War, serves as an engineer for the Public Works Department here. He designs infrastructure far more elaborate than the canvas

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Soaring in Safety

When the pilots at Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303, step into the cockpit of a UH-1N Huey helicopter or AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter, they know they're in good hands. After all, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing squadron has 175,000 mishap-free flight hours to prove it - with nothing more than a "fender bender" to report in 23 years of service.

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Sergeant's gutsy push nets Navy Cross

Entangled by an ambush of more than 50 insurgents, and showered by dozens of rocket-propelled grenades, Sgt. Willie L. Copeland III didn't automatically take cover - he took charge. Sorely outnumbered by insurgents, he led a fierce counterattack while safeguarding his Marines from heavy enemy fire, according to battlefield accounts. For his heroic

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