Mar. 12—ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $42.2 million contract to build a four-mile segment of the Fargo-Moorhead metro flood protection project’s 21-mile earthen embankment. The contract was awarded Monday, March 11, to R.J. Zavoral & Sons Inc. of East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The section of the embankment the […]
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One evening in 2016, John walked out of his career planner’s office carrying a blue-and-red folder that contained his completed reenlistment package. The junior enlisted Marine had a decision to make: Should he submit the package and stay in the Marine Corps, or leave the service the following year? When John entered his workplace, his […]
The most lethal sniper in U.S. Marine Corps history has passed away. Chuck Mawhinney, 75, died on February 12, 2024, at his home in Baker City, Oregon, according to local reports. Mawhinney holds the record for the most confirmed kills in the history of the Marines — 103, with an additional 216 probable kills. UNCLE […]
Ask any Marine about the service’s greatest snipers, and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock are sure to flood the conversation. Yet it was another sniper, Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who quietly surpassed Hathcock as the Marine Corps’ deadliest. The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the […]
Feb. 10—MEDINA — The path to a career in the trades looks quite different for each student who steps onto the Iroquois Job Corps Center campus. For some students, such as Rochester native Jaeil Perez, it provides them with a crucial change of scenery. “I just thought to myself, ‘I can’t stay there no more. […]
A 27-year-old Emmett man has been identified as one of five U.S. Marine Corps members killed in a helicopter crash in California earlier this week. Capt. Benjamin Moulton was one of three helicopter pilots aboard a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion that went down during a historic winter storm sometime late Tuesday night. According to a […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps helicopter that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning in a mountainous area outside San Diego. The aircraft was located just after 9 a.m. by civil authorities near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about a 45-mile […]
Crews are searching for a US Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early on Wednesday, a watch commander said. The Marines were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada, to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. The […]
The final class of Marine Corps Harrier mechanics has graduated from training, and later this year the last two Harrier pilots should complete their training, marking the “end of an era” as the service transitions to the F-35 Lightning II. The bookend of the AV-8B Harrier II’s Marine service mirrors the replacement of the venerable […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. The Peace Corps said Friday that it would start sending volunteers back to the island in 2025 following an agreement reached […]
The Heritage Foundation this week released its annual report on the “Index of U.S. Military Strength,” which the conservative Washington think tank suggested to be a less-than-ideal time for today’s troops. The report’s findings, which, in essence, rank end-strength against national security threats, paint a picture of an aging and understaffed military. “The Active Component […]