A search-and-rescue team based in Stark County has been honored for finding and saving the life of a 62-year-old former Marine Corps veteran who went missing in September in Richland County. The Mansfield man, who had medical issues, was reported missing Sept. 15. He was found in dense underbrush along a creek after a search […]
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine sergeant charged with manslaughter for killing Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on the New York City subway was due back in court on Wednesday for a judge’s decision on his motion to dismiss the indictment. Daniel Penny was captured in videos recorded by bystanders […]
A Sacramento-area legislator introduced a proposal Tuesday to rename a portion of Interstate 80 after Roseville native Sgt. Nicole Gee, who was killed during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Assemblymember Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, wrote Assembly Concurrent Resolution 126, which, if adopted, would name the stretch of I-80 between Douglas Boulevard and the […]
The Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, underwent open-heart surgery on Monday to repair a valve in his heart, the Corps said. Smith, who was confirmed as the new commandant on Sept. 21, was initially hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest near his home at Marine Barracks Washington on Oct. 29. “He is […]
It’s worth noting that it has been a full year since coastal residents realized that there was something amiss in our oceans — the start of a frightening number of whale and dolphin deaths. In the New Jersey and New York area alone, there have been 38 whales and 60 dolphins and porpoises washed ashore. […]
A restructured infantry battalion will spend 2024 experimenting with new capabilities and added medical staff as the Corps rethinks the role of infantry for the future fight. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, were tasked in 2023 with conducting the second […]
New command and control and a separate 30 mm-cannon equipped variant of the Marine Corp’s amphibious combat vehicle are expected to arrive at units in early 2024. That variant is one of four designs either fielded or under production by BAE Systems out of its York, Pennsylvania, facility, Defense News reported. The amphibious combat vehicle […]
The Marine Corps plans to wrap up the recertification of amphibious vehicle operators, in a process prompted by a series of mishaps, but the timeline for deploying the vehicle remains unclear. The service remains on track to recertify all roughly 300 operators of the amphibious combat vehicle on how to operate it safely in water, […]
As the first in a series of cold weather storms arrives in Southern California, hazardous marine conditions, minor coastal flooding, rain and snow are predicted, the National Weather Service reported. Widespread light rains, anywhere from 0.25 to 0.75 inches, are likely overnight tonight. The rain is expected to pass by 10 a.m. Wednesday, though temperatures […]
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for a man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — an attack that he has admitted to joining. Ray Epps, who is scheduled to be sentenced next Tuesday, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of […]
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help as they continue to investigate the hit-and-run collision that killed tow truck operator Eric Albertson on Dec. 27 in Ridgeland. The 39 year-old Albertson was known as “PK” to family and friends and worked for A-1 Towing. At the time of the collision, he […]
Jan. 1—By Brian Jeffries — bjeffries@baltsun.com PUBLISHED:January 1, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.| UPDATED:January 1, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. An Edgewater resident and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, filed earlier this month to run next year for the District 7 seat on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. Jeremy York, who is originally from southern California […]