We’ve been following Karl Porisch, who graduated from Mankato State in 1968 and completed Marine Corps officer and helicopter flight training. The Marines assigned Karl to Okinawa, while his spouse ...

The 12th Littoral Combat Team will carry on the traditions of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, which earned the title “China ...

Col. Peter Eltringham, right, commander of the 12 Marine Littoral Regiment, congratulates Lt. Col. Jacob Godby on assuming ...

Green Beret Robert Howard is the only one of the 3,547 Medal of Honor recipients to be nominated for the United States’ top ...

Looking back at almost 20 years of Iraq War movies, the first thought that comes to mind is that Iraq War movies aren't ...

Applications are now available to Charlestown students applying for the annual Lt. Michael P. Quinn 2025 Scholarship. All applications are due by April 15. The following requirements must be adhered ...

Special Recon is brand new, whereas Marine Recon has been around since the 1940’s. Both of these entities offer unique and vital assets to the U.S. Military in the world of reconnaissance.

The veteran, Maj. James Capers, served in the Vietnam War and saved seven fellow Marines when his recon group was ambushed and outnumbered by North Vietnamese troops in Phú Lộc in 1967.

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

In 1965, about 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in Da Nang, South Vietnam. It was the first deployment of a large U.S. ground combat ...