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Michael E. Langley credits father for becoming first Black 4-star star general in Marines

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Rescue mission called off for 7 marines and 1 sailor, all presumed dead

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U.S. Marines bans depictions of confederate flag at its installations

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Two Marines under investigation for blackface video and racial slurs ‘Hello Monkey’

Two Marines are embroiled in a controversy after they appeared in blackface masks and for making making racist comments.
/ March 1, 2019
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Marine vet trains white supremacists on deadly military tactics to beat activists

  A white Marine, who once fought for the freedom of all Americans, is now teaching white neo-Nazis the ways […]
/ June 13, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Marines arrested after displaying white nationalist banner at rally

Two active-duty Marines were arrested after trespassing at a pro-Confederate rally and unfurling a white nationalist banner in North Carolina. […]
/ May 31, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

One of the First Black Marines in World War II, Dies at Age 89

A Georgia man who served among the first black U.S. Marines during World War II died Tuesday just a few […]
/ January 4, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Military court rejects religious angle in Marine’s discharge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military’s highest court is upholding the bad-conduct discharge of a Marine who argued that the disciplinary action violated her religious beliefs…
/ August 12, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Memorial to 1st black Marines dedicated at Camp Lejeune

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — At the dedication of a memorial Friday honoring the first black U.S. Marines, John Spencer imagines his mind will recall what it was like to become a Montford Point Marine…
/ July 29, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

South Sudan violence may prompt US military intervention

theGRIO REPORT – A senior defense official tells NBC News that about 150 U.S. marines have been moved from Moron, Spain to the Horn of Africa…
/ December 23, 2013