Marines

A woman in Kathmandu walks past rubble following several massive earthquakes in Nepal. Officials say at least 76 people died in Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 quake.

World News

Nepal Update: Quake's Death Toll Rises; U.S. Chopper Still Missing

11:54am May 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Emergency officials in Nepal say at least 76 people have died in Tuesday's earthquake, which hit as the small country is still coping with a prior quake that killed more than 8,000.

Female and male Marines prepare for a live-fire exercise at Twentynine Palms, a training camp in the Mojave Desert.

National

In Intense Desert Training, Marine Women Fight For Place On Front Lines

5:03pm March 25, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The Marines are being tested in California's Mojave Desert to see if they have what it takes to serve in ground combat units. Injuries in earlier training kept a dozen women from getting that far.

Queue Listen Now

This Nov. 19 screenshot shows the cover photo of an unofficial Marine group on Facebook called Just the Tip, of the Spear. The group and those like it have been accused of promoting sexism and of acting as a forum for hate speech.

National

Marine Corps Finds It Tough To Shut Down Sexist Facebook Groups

3:58pm November 24, 2014

by James Clark

Female Marines are being humiliated and generally degraded by their peers on Facebook. The groups' pages are frequently shut down, but return within days due to a dedicated following.

Marines play a game of cards as British and U.S. troops prepare to leave the Camp Bastion-Leatherneck complex at Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The base was formally handed over to an Afghan force Sunday.

U.S. Marines Leave Afghanistan, Along With British Force

2:28pm October 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The coalition base in southern Helmand Province was first established nearly 6 years ago. For Britain, the day brought an end to 13 years of military operations in Afghanistan.