Wichita Marine joined after losing aunt on 9/11, served in Afghanistan and Iraq

The 9/11 attacks inspired one Kansas veteran to serve his country. He joined the Marines and ended up doing tours in ...
Military.com

Organization Honors Fallen Marines by Building Nature Retreat for Veterans

Following the devasting loss of his son and 12 other Marines, Mark Schmitz vowed to do something to honor their sacrifice. He ...

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer graduates from Marine recon course

Dakota Meyer, 37, was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2011 for heroism during the war in Afghanistan. He reenlisted in 2025 in ...
Stars and Stripes

Medal of Honor recipient Meyer completes grueling Marine recon course

Sgt. Dakota Meyer completed the Marine Corps’ grueling 12-week course and had his military occupational specialty ...
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The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get her

The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured on the battlefield in ...