Marine Corps

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 30, 2008

An Iraqi police colonel named Ahmed is typical of America's new partners in a once dangerous province. more >>

Trained for War, a Marine Company in Iraq's Once Dangerous Anbar Tries to Adapt to Shaky Peace

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 29, 2008

"These guys are diplomats, social workers, and marines all at the same time," says their commander. more >>

U.S. Marines in Iraq's Sunni Heartland Prepare to Pull Back From Once-Violent Cities

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 27, 2008

Violence has plummeted in the insurgency's birthplace, but the fragile gains could be reversed. more >>

Syrians 'Clearly Have Harbored' Al Qaeda in Iraq, Says U.S. General

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 27, 2008

Maj. Gen. John Kelly says Syria, once a conduit for terrorists to enter Iraq, has become a "sanctuary." more >>

For U.S. Marines Catching Electricity Thieves in Iraq, It's Groundhog Day

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 22, 2008

Visits to a water treatment facility always turn up cables siphoning electricity from generators. more >>

In the Former Cradle of Iraq's Insurgency, a U.S. Military Base Prepares to Close

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - October 20, 2008

U.S. combat troops will soon depart Camp Fallujah, which saw some of the conflict's bloodiest battles. more >>

Pentagon Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - August 19, 2008

The U.S. commander there, in an exclusive interview, calls for a further buildup to counter the Taliban more >>

U.S. Marines Take On the Taliban in Afghanistan

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - July 24, 2008

After two Iraq deployments, members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit face a different sort of war. more >>

The Marines Step Up Training for the Complexities of Iraq

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - February 21, 2008

Hollywood helps simulate Iraq to give marines a chance to understand what to expect. more >>

Treat Them, Move Them Out, Forget About Them

By Avery Comarow - Comarow On Quality - November 7, 2007

They may be walking, but they're wounded and rudderless. There's a lesson here. more >>

A New Vehicle to Deal With a Deadly Threat

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - November 1, 2007

The MRAP Protects Troops in Iraq From Roadside Bombs more >>

Recovering Damages From Iran

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - September 4, 2007

On Friday, Judge Royce Lamberth is due to announce the amount of damages owed by the government of Iran to the relatives of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon in 1983. more >>

BU Student: "I Had to Kill to Get Here"

The Paper Trail - December 14, 2006

Now that one Boston University student, who spent years after high school in the Marine Corps because he could not afford college, has left Iraq, collected the Marines' $80,000 stipend, and enrolled in a four-year university, he does not intend to mess around. "I really want this," he told the Daily Free Press. more >>

In Iraq, U.S. Marines Rely on Allies Like a Hatchet-Wielding Colonel to Keep the Peace