Us Marines
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US assault marine tank with 16 onboard sinks hundreds of feet under water; rescue ops underway
World | Aug 01, 2020, 08:28 AM ISTA total of 16 troops — 15 Marines and one Navy corpsman — were on board when the amphibious assault vehicle started taking in the water Thursday evening as it was about a half-mile (more than 1,000 meters) from the shores of San Clemente Island.
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US Marines arrive in Syria to join local forces fighting ISIS militants
World | Mar 09, 2017, 10:48 AM ISTThe US-backed fighters are preparing to move in the coming weeks to assault the city of Raqqa, IS' self-declared capital, the officials told CNN on Wednesday
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US Marines share nude pictures of female colleagues on Facebook
World | Mar 07, 2017, 01:02 PM ISTThe Defense Department is investigating reports that some Marines shared naked photographs of female Marines, veterans and other women on a secret Facebook page, some of which were taken without their knowledge.
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Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in Mideast
World | Feb 23, 2016, 02:43 PM ISTThe 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation, but echoes of that conflict have lingered for decades in the Middle East.The war
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Barack Obama feels 'small' compared with members of US Marines
World | Dec 26, 2015, 06:41 PM ISTKaneohe Bay, Hawaii: President Barack Obama is one of the most powerful men in the world. He's commander in chief of one of its mightiest militaries, too.Yet in spite of all that, Obama feels inadequate
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Shocking pics: US Marines being trained to drink blood of cobra
World | Feb 19, 2014, 07:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: In what was found to be shocking, these US Marines drink cobra blood and rip the heads off chickens with their bare teeth as part of their training. They were among around 13,000
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Four US Marines killed in Southern California base
World | Nov 14, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTLos Angeles: Four Marines were killed Wednesday in an accident at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, US, a press release said."A fatal incident occurred at approximately 11 a.m...during a range maintenance operation," Xinhua quoted a
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Gerard Butler organised private screening for US marines
Hollywood | Apr 12, 2013, 09:11 PM ISTLos Angeles, April 12: Actor Gerard Butler reportedly organised a private screening of his new film "Olympus Has Fallen" for US Marines to get ther approval.The 43-year-old plays presidential guard Mike Branning in the action
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NATO assessing damage to base in south Afghanistan
World | Sep 15, 2012, 05:51 PM ISTKabul, (Afghanistan), Sep 15: The U.S.-led NATO military coalition says it is assessing damage to a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that was attacked by insurgents, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other
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US Marines Guilty Of Urinating On Taliban Corpses Identified
World | Jan 13, 2012, 10:22 PM ISTWashington, Jan 13: Two of the soldiers appearing in a shocking video showing marines urinating on corpses of the Taliban militants have been identified, even as top US officials strongly deplored the incident. “Two of
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Afghans Say NATO Air Strikes Kill 52
World | May 29, 2011, 04:53 PM ISTKandahar, May 29: Afghan authorities said today NATO has killed 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes against insurgents as violence picked up in recent weeks with the start of the fighting season.In the southern