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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. – Outskirts Press has released a third historical fiction novel by journalist and author Alan Ables , one of our affiliate combat correspondents. “My readers told me they wanted more. is a sequel to my last time travel adventure, . This time my two main characters find themselves in 1863 Vicksburg, at the beginning of the historic siege,” Ables said. “The Confederates arrest them as Yankee spies. Among them are leaders of the newly formed Knights of th

Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, a career infantry officer who ran community relations at Headquarters Marine Corps in the late 1990s, is headed for Okinawa to command the Third Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Longtime CC George Hijar , Master Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (Ret) told us that his "Share the Legacy" presentation for the graduating new Marines at Parris Island , S.C was a little different this time. "For the first time in the eight years I’ve been doing this, I shared my Marine Corps’ experiences with female and male graduating Marines from Oscar Co., 4th Recruit Training Battalion and India Co., 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. It was a pleasure and an honor to share my exp

By William Michels (Bill Michel’s father served in the 4th MarDiv during WWII) The funeral for Dale Cook was an impressive affair befitting an Iwo Jima veteran. In addition to Dale's large extended family who attended from around the country, proudly assisting at the service were veterans from a number of local groups, led by a contingent of Marine veterans from the Delta Diablo Detachment 1155 Marine Corps League (1155 MCL ), which Dale Cook founded. Ably assisting the 11

Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parrish, deployed aboard USS BOXER with the 11th MEU, snagged a silhouetted Osprey image in the Philippine Sea last month. The aircraft is part of the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 inventory.

One of Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniels' photos last month caught 1st Battalion, 1st Marines trudging through a simulated chemical attack at Camp Pendelton.

Cpl Matthew Teutsh grabbed a nice Osprey shot while steaming with the 11th MEU in the Eastern Pacific. The bird belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163. Teutsh's work represents just some of the imagery featured on www.usmc.mil .

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