Nov 29

9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US military will deploy up to 9,000 Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand province — doubling US presence there — in the days after President Barack Obama’s war strategy announcement this week, the Washington Post said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 29

9,000 Marines to Helmand after Obama speech: report 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US military will deploy up to 9,000 Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand province — doubling US presence there — in the days after President Barack Obama’s war strategy announcement this week, the Washington Post said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 12

2 US Marines die in S. Afghanistan bomb blasts 
    (AP)

AP – A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan’s dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive operation to oust Taliban fighters from the country’s opium poppy region, officials said Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 10

Taliban launch 'operation' against Marines 
    (AFP)

AFP – Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban movement said Monday they had launched a guerrilla operation to thwart a major assault by newly deployed US Marines on their Helmand strongholds. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 6

Taliban launch 'operation' against Marines 
    (AFP)

AFP – Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban movement said Monday they had launched a guerrilla operation to thwart a major assault by newly deployed US Marines on their Helmand strongholds. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 2

US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive 
    (AFP)

AFP – Thousands of US Marines poured into Afghanistan’s Taliban heartlands in an air and ground assault that marked a high-risk test for President Barack Obama’s new war plan. Read the rest of this entry »

May 7

Two Marines killed in chopper crash 
    (AFP)

AFP – Two US Marine pilots were killed when their military attack helicopter crashed during a training exercise in southern California, military officials said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

May 6

Two Marines killed in chopper crash 
    (AFP)

AFP – Two US Marine pilots were killed when their military attack helicopter crashed during a training exercise in southern California, military officials said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

May 3

Suspected swine flu case in US Marines: general 
    (AFP)

AFP – A US Marine is suspected of falling ill with swine flu and has been quarantined on a California military base with his roommate, and 37 others who came in contact with him are under observation, the Marine Corps commandant said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 29

Suspected swine flu case in US Marines: general 
    (AFP)

AFP – A US Marine is suspected of falling ill with swine flu and has been quarantined on a California military base with his roommate, and 37 others who came in contact with him are under observation, the Marine Corps commandant said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

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