Samuel Grimes was born in Newport, Arkansas, to James Samuel and Ethel Fay Grimes on Dec. 11, 1947. The year was 1965 and Sam ...

Discover a firsthand account of the 1st Infantry Division’s deployment to Vietnam in 1965 — life in tents, C rations, and the ...

Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26 take cover from demolitions during sustainment training. (Cpl. Santino D. Martinez/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps activated three new ...

When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...

The opening sentence in the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ October 2025 Force Design update asserts: “The Marine Corps is a globally responsive, lethal, and resilient combined-armed naval ...

But the ceremony to honor the Marine with the nation’s highest medal for valor was unique in more ways than one. At the age of just 14, the teen had forged his mother’s signature to join the Marine ...

The Marine Corps is older than America. On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the Marine Corps by directing that “two battalions of Marines be established to seize and defend ...

MILITARY HISTORY. IT’S THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1775, JOHN ADAMS DRAFTED A RESOLUTION CREATING THE CONTINENTAL MARINES, THE PRECURSOR TO TODAY’S CORPS. AND TODAY, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The United States Marine Corps celebrated its 250th birthday on Monday. Leaders in New York marked the occasion with a special event at the state Capitol. They reflected on the ...

SAN DIEGO — The United States Marine Corps marked a major milestone Monday morning, and San Diego community members joined the celebration in true patriotic fashion. Inside the San Diego Air & Space ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - November 10th, 2025, marks 250 years since the United States Marine Corps was established. It was created as the Continental Marines in Philadelphia; the Corps predates the ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Happy Birthday to the Marines Corps! This branch of the United States Armed Forces turned 250 years old Monday. In Columbia, the Cup of Joe Club usually meets on the first ...