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How soon is too soon? ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ out 18 years after battle
A controversial first-person shooter based on an actual battle and featuring real-life Marines in the game is now available to play on PC.
By Matt Sampson
Watch this Yemeni fighter run under fire across open terrain for over 2 minutes without being hit
The video has garnered widespread commentary and admiration, regardless of the soldier’s affiliation.
By Jon Simkins
Okinawa urges US to do more to stop virus outbreak at bases while Marines report 36 new cases
The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa urged the government on Wednesday to pressure the U.S. military to do more to stop an escalating coronavirus outbreak at American bases there that has infected more than 130 Marines.
Report: FBI found weapons, booby traps after arrest of 3 Nevada men with military experience
FBI agents found rags, gasoline, aerosol cans and weapons along with booby traps, fireworks and handwritten notes of military and survival tactics while serving search warrants on three Nevada men who authorities say sought to spark violence during recent Las Vegas protests, according to police reports obtained Monday.
Travel restrictions lifted by DoD at these states and host nations
Thirty-nine states and five host nations meet the conditions to lift travel restrictions.
By Kyle Rempfer
US Marines arrive in Australia for annual rotation, begin 14-day quarantine
The first group of 200 U.S. Marines have arrived in tropical northern Australia for their annual rotation despite the coronavirus pandemic border closures.
Esper ‘concerned’ about shootings, supportive of 90-day missions for guardsmen
Defense Secretary Mark Esper responds to concerns there may be a rise in terrorist targeting of military bases, as well as the intention to stop National Guard coronavirus mobilizations at 89 days.
Early end date for Guard coronavirus deployment draws criticism from veterans in Congress
Current plans call for Guard missions to end after 89 days, one day short of minimums needed to qualify for certain retirement and education benefits.
Carrier Theodore Roosevelt, sidelined in Guam by coronavirus, heads back to sea this week
The USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week, nearly two months after the ship was sidelined in Guam with a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak, U.S. officials said as the crew finished final preparations to depart.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Guard deployments may end one day short of mark needed for retirement, education benefits
The June 24 deadline for the end of Guard orders would leave troops at 89 days of active-duty, just short of the 90 needed for benefits.
Marines attending a formal school may have to arrive 14 days early due to COVID-19
“Effective immediately, all Marines traveling to attend scheduled formal courses from outside the local area of the course may be required to arrive an additional 14 days prior to the scheduled convening of the course to accommodate local commanders’ restriction of movement (ROM) for COVID-19 related local quarantine."
By Shawn Snow