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MCAS El Toro: Modern Day Marine Ghost Town

The photos each tell a small story, all are captioned.

(IRVINE, CA) - There was a time, a long time in fact, when the best possible stateside duty a Marine could hope for was Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County.

Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War

We have not yet been given the butcher’s bill for our misadventure in Afghanistan, but it will be finally delivered within a couple of years.

(WASHINGTON DC) - One of the most vivid memories I have of my service in the U.S. Senate was of an early Democratic caucus.

It was in January of 1973, not long after President Richard Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had ordered the carpet bombing of Hanoi in an effort to strong arm the Vietnamese into surrendering.

Infantry Attack: the Prospect of Horrible Death

WWII: 300,000 infantry killed. This is a story about PTSD.

(MOLALLA, OR) - There is very much widespread ignorance about what PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is all about.

There has been a litany of "homesickness", "miss their mothers", "miss their girlfriends". PTSD is the fear of death while it is erupting all around a soldier.

Easter and the Welcome to Palestine Campaign

We invite members of the press to a press conference to detail our program and goals Tuesday 10 April at 5 PM in the Bethlehem Peace Center.

(BETHLEHEM) - Easter.--Over 25 Palestinian organizations proudly announce the impending arrival of hundreds of visitors for the Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign.

We invite you to a press conference to detail our program and goals on Tuesday April 10th at 5 PM in the Bethlehem Peace Center.

Support USMC K-9 Combat Veteran MWD Sgt Beyco

SUPPORT Sgt Beyco by submitting your VOTE at www.herodogawards.org for BEYCO. Sgt Beyco is listed in the Military Dog Category.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Marine Corps MP Explosive Detection Dog and Military Working Dog Sgt Beyco, a K-9 Combat Veteran, has entered the 2012 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards Contest and needs your support and VOTES.

MWD Beyco worked and gave her whole life to the MARINE CORPS and was honored to be a MWD MARINE. She retired November 10, 2011 at Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Radiation Risk to El Toro Marine Veterans

Marines may have unknowingly been exposed to radiation in Hangar 296 at closed California base.

(IRVINE, CA) - The former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California is an EPA Superfund, closed by the Marine Corps in 1999 and most of the former base sold at a public auction in 2005.

There may have been as many as 300 Marines and more unknowingly exposed to radiation from 1969 to 1999 in the Wing Supply Support Division attached to MWSG-37, MCAS El Toro.

The Elimination of the U.S. Marines

With two major air bases on the west coast already closed, new substantial cuts to the Marine Corps look like the beginning of the end.

(SALEM) - In an increasing age of mercenary warfare, many will find massive reductions in the U.S. Marine Corps more than alarming.

Those of us who write about this legendary military organization have seen the writing on the wall for some time. The reasons are not perfectly clear, but I suspect we have a decent fix on what is taking place.

The Downing of an American Ace

Randy Cunningham's story may be closer to home than we all realize.

(SALEM) - Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's story runs a parallel course with this nation.

The first pilot to earn the distinction of 'Ace' in the Vietnam War, Cunnkngham became a politician and this U.S. Naval war hero went down in flames on bribery charges.

Bizarre, Unexplained Marine Colonel `Suicides`
What the Hell`s Going on?

A highly decorated Vietnam War pilot and one of the highest ranking officers to be killed in the Iraq War...

(SALEM) - What explains the tendency of 'full-bird' colonels in the Marine Corps to commit suicide when they are at the pinnacle of a spotless career?

McCain, Bachmann Confronted Over `Incident`

Yet again, the unprovoked attack by a foreign power on an American ship remained the 800-pound gorilla in the room...

(WASHINGTON D.C. Nova News) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) knows the truth about what happened to the USS Liberty, because his father was directly involved in the cover-up.

During an interview with AFP, James Morris, the editor of a news and commentary website entitled “America Hijacked,” referenced a monumentally historical event when Liberty survivor Capt. Ward Boston approached McCain at a political fundraiser and told him he’d worked with his father.