A judge on Friday ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin. Russell Vane, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces of ricin along with lab equipment and castor beans, from which ricin is …
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A U.S. Marine was killed Tuesday evening during an operation at Camp Pendleton’s air base in California, the Marine Corps said. The USMC said in a press release that the incident happened during a “routine military operation” at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. The Marine died at 5 p.m. local time at the base on Tuesday. The USMC did not …
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The identity of the North Carolina-based Marine who was killed in a training accident near Camp Lejeune, just days after his promotion to sergeant, has been released by military officials. According to a press release from Camp Lejeune officials, Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, 23, was killed during a training accident on April 18. The fatal accident happened shortly after 11 p.m., …
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New Jersey researchers recently announced that a U.S. Marine’s partial remains had been sitting in a child’s rock collection for an unknown number of years. According to officials, the story begins with the death of Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager in July 1951. He was flying over Riverside County, California, when an accident occurred during a military training exercise. …
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A U.S. Marine was arrested in Texas on Thursday after authorities say he stole hundreds of pieces of jewelry worth over $500,000 in two separate heists. Marcelo Majeed Hernandez, 18, was identified as a suspect in the two heists that occurred in Houston at David Yurman Jewelry on October 13, 2023, and at Helzberg Diamond on April 5, Harris County …
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The United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, with an initial landing of 60,000 soldiers and marines, on this day in history, April 1, 1945. The Battle of Okinawa proved the last major engagement of World War II and the largest battle of the entire war in the Pacific Theater. Kamikazes, mass civilian suicide, …
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The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it is searching for a U.S. Marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation. Officials identified him as 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru from Massachusetts and said he was visiting the island with his family. He went missing Wednesday afternoon after going into the water at La Pared beach …
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Retired Gen. Al Gray, a former commandant of theMarine Corps, died at the age of 95 Wednesday. Gray, who served as the 29th commandant of the Marine Corps, died after an extended period of hospice care, according to a report from Military Times. Gray served in the Marines for 41 years and as commandant from 1987 to 1991, according to …
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