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  US assault marine tank with 16 onboard sinks hundreds of feet under water; rescue ops underway

  World | August 01, 2020 8:28 IST

  A 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 | March 09, 2017 10:48 IST

  The 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 | March 07, 2017 13:02 IST

  The 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 | February 23, 2016 14:43 IST

  The 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 | December 26, 2015 18:41 IST

  Kaneohe 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 | February 19, 2014 7:22 IST

  New 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 | November 14, 2013 11:24 IST

  Los 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 | April 12, 2013 21:11 IST

  Los 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 | September 15, 2012 17:51 IST

  Kabul, (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 | January 13, 2012 22:22 IST

  Washington, 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 16:53 IST

  Kandahar, 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

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