Hagel Recognizes Marines, DOD Agencies for Audit Progress

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2014 – A ‘clean audit’ is the Holy Grail of U.S. military financial goals.
Generations of defense secretaries have pushed an unwieldy and confusing financial system closer to a clean audit, and today Defense S…
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Hagel praises U.S. Marines’ progress on readying accounts for audit

By David Alexander
WASHINGTON Thu Feb 6, 2014 7:24pm EST

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attends at the annual Munich Security Conference February 1, 2014.
Credit: Reuters/Lukas Barth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recognized the Marine Corps on…
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Surge 2.0: Africom General says more Marines could be based throughout Africa

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Fallujah: US Marines – Further Allegations of War Crimes Surface

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“The United States Marine Corps … its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor …”  (Thomas E. Ricks; Making the Corps, 1997.)
As the US-unleashed Grim Reaper continues to cull Iraqis in ever rising …
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2 Marines to Get Navy Cross Posthumously

Two Marines who were killed in Afghanistan during an insider attack will receive the Navy Cross.
Capt. Matthew Manoukian and Staff Sgt. Sky Mote will be honored Saturday afternoon in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The men were killed in 2012 after a uniformed Afghan officer began shooting…
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Female Marines Failing Physical Tests for Combat

Obama Administration plans to put women in combat roles are being set back because military officials are finding that half of female Marines cannot do the minimum of three pullups in boot camp.
The Marines are now delaying the physical requirement, which had been scheduled to begin with the…
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Zachary Pleat: Fox Ignores Marine Corps To Claim Government Will Force Marines To Dress “Girly”

Fox & Friends pushed the false claim that the government is attempting to create a unisex look that will “feminize” male Marines, ignoring a Marine Corps spokesperson who said that the planned uniform change will affect only female Marines and comes because a previous…
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Japanese Government Agrees to Spend $3 Billion to Boot U.S. Marines out of Okinawa

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Posted on October 6, 2013 by Admin

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff
Japan’s government has agreed to give Washington $ 3 billion to facilitate the downsizing of the U.S. Marine force on Okinawa.
The longstanding American military presence on Okinawa has been a sore point for many Japanese living …
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Japanese Government Agrees to Spend $3 Billion to Boot U.S. Marines out of Okinawa