Kerry Achury never imagined she'd wear the uniform of a U.S. Marine, let alone take part in two historic events within just two weeks. At 25 years old and only two years into her Marine Corps ...

To the public, he's a World War II hero who also happens to be the only member of the Coast Guard with a Medal of Honor (so far). To hundreds of Marines who fought at Guadalcanal on Sept.

Over a month into the hellish fight for control of Guadalcanal, then-Marine Lt. Col ... 19-year-old Munro enlisted with the U.S. Coast Guard in August 1939 as war loomed and the likelihood ...

In 2011, Meyer became the first living Marine in almost 40 years to receive the Medal of Honor. Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, reenlisted on Thursday, returning to ...

An honor guard detail consists of no fewer than two members of the Armed Forces — the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard. One member of the detail represents the parent service of the ...

Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. "We wanted to honor the fallen Marines and other service members that were in the World Trade Center with the New York Fire Department, the NYPD ...

The honor guard gathered for a ceremony in the crisp ... Blair County VFW member Richard “Gunny” Miller, a retired Marine, agrees. “It means getting together and remembering those who ...

Harold Gonsalves, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) Gonsalves was born into a Portuguese-American family in ...

Read full article: Amber Alert issued for 9-year-old Miami Gardens boy taken by his mother WASHINGTON – Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan ...

Meyer said that his decision to join back up with the Marines came after a conversation with another Marine about reenlisting ...