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U.S. Marine Corps Is Getting Back to Its Amphibious Roots After more than a decade fighting land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps wants to regain its role as America's middleweight expeditionary force

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After more than a decade of being tied down in two prolonged land conflicts, during which it accumulated the heavy equipment and the image of a “second land army,” the …

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A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier sits on the flight line at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 26, 2012. The Harrier was one of six relocated to Camp Bastion to increase the overall readiness level of Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211 and is painted in memory of Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible and Sgt. Bradley W. Atwell, who were killed during an attack on Camp Bastion Sept. 14, 2012. The aircraft is still carrying markings from Marine squadron VMA-231 "Ace of Spades," where most of the replacement aircraft were apparently drawn from. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo

Attack on Camp Bastion: VMA-211 Is Back in the Fight

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After suffering the loss of its commanding officer and all but two of its aircraft in the attack on Camp Bastion, VMA-211 “Wake Island Avengers” is back in the fight.…

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VMA-211 Harrier sortie

Attack on Camp Bastion: The Destruction of VMA-211

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Late on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, a Taliban insurgent force of sappers carried out an attack on Camp Bastion, the NATO ISAF base in Afghanistan, resulting in the worst loss …

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Sgt. Dakota Meyer

Cpl. Dakota Meyer and the Battle of Ganjgal The story behind how a Marine earned his Medal of Honor

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“We will do to you what we did to the Russians!”

–      Taliban insurgent leader transmission

At 0300 on Sept. 8, 2009, under the light of a full moon, a …

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Cpl. Dakota Meyer, USMC Medal of Honor

Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer Confirmed for Medal of Honor

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“This isn’t about me. If anything comes out of it for me, it’s for those guys.”

—U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer

This week the White House announced that former Marine …

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Marines with the Civil Affairs Group, assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, take a knee and provide security while conducting a patrol in Musa Qal'eh, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. The patrol traveled to Ghartallah to inspect a new school being built by local Afghan workers. Lockheed Martin photo by David A. Henry

The U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review

For the Marine Corps, 2010 began with the last infantry units leaving Iraq and ended with discussions of a drawdown in the near future.

In the middle, the Corps not …

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Lance Cpl. Garrett Gamble, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, turns to check the rear during a patrol through the fields and town of Loy Darwayshan, in Garmsir, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. The Marines patrolled with local Afghan Border Police and were able to find one improvised explosive device and two bags of IED-making materials. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight A. Henderson

U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review Transitioning for the Future

For the U.S. Marine Corps, 2009 was a year of transition: withdrawal from Iraq during a simultaneous buildup in Afghanistan, problems with the planned relocation of Futenma Marine Corps Air …

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