Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes web page on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The purge, which also targeted multiple webpages about women and LGBTQ service members, highlights how aggressively military ...
Black Marines With ‘Razor Bumps’ Could Be Kicked Out The Military Due To New Policy
Black Marines with razor bumps on their faces can be kicked out of the Marines based on a newly mplemented policy ...
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Marines May Remove Troops With Skin Condition Affecting Mostly Black Men
The genetic skin condition, called pseudofolliculitis barbae, causes pain and scarring from shaving. Military.com reports that a new policy may mean that servicemembers who don't respond to treatment ...
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7 Badass Women Who Made Military History
Private Opha May Johnson World War I Opha May Johnson was the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. She joined ... two Presidential Emblems, the World War II Victory Medal ...
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Jeannette woman served in Six Triple Eight, the predominantly Black Women's Army Corps
It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed in Europe during World War II. The women were from all over the country, including Pittsburgh. KDKA-TV's Mamie Bah has more.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...
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FYI: Descendants of 6888th — the all-Black Women’s Army Corps’ battalion of WWII — sought for database
Dr. Karen T. Jordan -- daughter of 6888th member Annie B. Knight Jordan of Savannah, Ga., who died in 2010 -- has been keeping a database of fellow 6888 descendants for the past three years and ...
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This Marine endured five amphibious assaults — and survived Iwo Jima
Marines land on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps) Their main task was to determine what the black strip around Iwo Jima was made of. Arriving at Iwo on Feb. 16, 1945, the men got into ...
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The 20 Coolest Facts About the US Marine Corps
It’s not widely known that the Marine Corps emblem has three pieces: an eagle, a globe, and an anchor. The eagle represents the nation. The globe represents our country’s global reach.
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Scientists discover rare marine parasite that inhabits black corals
The presence of an ectoparasitic crustacean on black coral broadens our views of parasitic strategies in the sea, and suggests that unusual connections between creatures may be more common than once ...
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Marine Corps League Plans Annual Picnic
The Marine Corps League Detachment 019 will be having its annual picnic on Saturday, June 11 at Beyer Park in Modesto. The event is open to all current, former and future Marines and their families.