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Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War Greenland
While the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.
Reagan’s longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies
Schultz was the longest serving secretary of state since World War II and had been the oldest surviving former Cabinet member of any administration. The former Marine Corps artillery officer was 100.
New cold weather boots to hit the Marine fleet in 2021
Marines conducting cold weather operations should start seeing the boot in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.
By Philip Athey
Putin doesn’t rule out a future Russia-China military alliance
Putin's statement signaled deepening ties between Moscow and Beijing amid growing tensions in their relations with the United States.
This Cold War-era missile silo is the ultimate fixer-upper
The site, which was commissioned in the 1970s, was defunded before it was ever put to use.
By Sarah Sicard
A brief history of the Korean War
The "Forgotten War" in Korea broke out 70 years ago along the 38th parallel. It hasn't officially ended.
By Sarah Sicard
Yankee go home: What does moving American troops out of Germany mean?
After more than a year of thinly-veiled threats to start pulling U.S. troops out of Germany unless Berlin increases its defense spending, President Donald Trump appears to be proceeding with a hardball approach, planning to cut the U.S. military contingent by more than 25%.
Russian general decries ‘provocative’ NATO drills near its border
Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said Russia has sent a formal letter to NATO proposing to scale down each other’s military activities for the period of the coronavirus outbreak, but the alliance has stonewalled the offer.
Some Marines stuck in Norway return home as new rotation anticipated in late spring
“In accordance with Department of Defense health and travel guidelines, their return to the United States had originally been delayed in order to safeguard the health of local Norwegian and US communities, as well as our Marines and Sailors.”
By Shawn Snow
Major Arctic military exercise canceled over coronavirus fears
The cancellation of the remainder of the exercise is the latest in a string of U.S. and joint training events that have been canceled or scaled back as a result of COVID-19.
More still needed to fix Marine aviation in wake of 2018 crash that killed 6, Corps’ top aviator says
And more may be revealed when an additional investigation concludes in the coming months.
By Todd South