Born in Dallas, Texas, in April 1977, Melugin graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1995. A few months later, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, heading off to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, ...

Sullivan was a U.S. Marine and Springfield native who lost his life trying to protect fellow servicemen during the terrorist attack on a Chattanooga, Tennessee, Naval Reserve Center on July 16, 2015, ...

When Rebekah McCoy married a Marine, the Brea woman did so knowing her life would become transitory, she said, and she welcomed that adventure. Nearly 15 years and five children later, her gunnery ...

This Memorial Day, you could have done much worse than remember John Basilone. Eighty years ago, the U.S. military was grinding it out from one Japanese-held Pacific island to another in a brutal, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A happy homecoming, months in the making, was pulled off without a hitch in Northwest Fresno Wednesday. A marine just back from his sixth deployment surprised his sons at a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine Master Sgt. Joseph B. Stoker is the first to change rank from master sergeant to first sergeant this month as part of the ...

A new pavilion in Milford is dedicated to Gunnery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio, a local Marine who died in 2004 while serving in Iraq. A Sept. 5 dedication ceremony was held at the Italian American War ...

The Marine Corps just took a step that many senior enlisted leaders have long thought impossible. On 1 January 2026, the first group of nine master sergeants transitioned to first sergeant under a new ...