
Reuters - The United States will temporarily send 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan in an effort to hold onto fragile security gains, but overall U.S. troop levels will not surpass previously announced limits, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters - The United States will temporarily send 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan in an effort to hold onto fragile security gains, but overall U.S. troop levels will not surpass previously announced limits, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

AFP - The chief of the US Marine Corps said Tuesday that ending a ban on openly gay troops in the military could jeopardize the lives of Marines in combat by undermining closely knit units.

AFP - The head of the US Marine Corps is willing to help smooth a transition to gays serving openly in the military despite his voiced opposition to the move, the top American military officer said Sunday.

AFP - The head of the US Marine Corps is willing to help smooth a transition to gays serving openly in the military despite his voiced opposition to the move, the top American military officer said Sunday.

AFP - The new commandant of the US Marine Corps spoke out in an interview published Sunday against lifting a ban on gays serving openly in the military at a time when US troops are in combat.

AFP - The FBI said Tuesday the same weapon was used in shootings at the Pentagon and a US Marine Corps museum in Virginia this month, with a third incident also possibly linked.

AFP - The top US Marine on Tuesday said most Marines would prefer not to share a room with gay comrades, despite plans by President Barack Obama to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military.

AFP - The top US Marine on Tuesday said most Marines would prefer not to share a room with gay comrades, despite plans by President Barack Obama to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military.