Weather Tonight: 4°c Partly Cloudy Night Morning: 8°c Cloudy

News

HEADLINES:
RSS

U.S. Marine Corps

Related topics: 

Latest articles

Obama tells the troops: I won’t risk your lives

27.10.09
Barack Obama has pledged not to 'rush the solemn decision' to send more troops to Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the eight-year-old war... more

Montezuma's revenge from Anish Kapoor

01.10.09
Bodily fluids are a common theme of the British Museum’s Aztec artefacts and Anish Kapoor’s misfiring japes at the Royal Academy.... more

Steroids kill marine cadet

02.09.09
... more

John Hartson set to begin chemotherapy

03.08.09
Doctors plan to begin chemotherapy for former international footballer John Hartson this week... more

Iraqi desert reveals truth about missing US pilot

03.08.09
One of the greatest mysteries of the 1991 Gulf War has been solved. ... more

WORLD: US marines storm Helmand

02.07.09
US forces launch their biggest offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama came to power in bid to wipe out opium trade funding the militants... more

Penny-pinching at the MoD has stretched our army to breaking point

09.03.09
The shooting of two young soldiers at Massereene Barracks has brought back the spectre of war with IRA - something most of us might have thought long gone... more

War a £1.9 billion winner for BAE

19.02.09
Defence: The Iraq and Afghan wars have been kind to BAE Systems as Britain’s leading arms giant reported a surge in profits... more

Obama sends 17,000 extra troops into Afghanistan

18.02.09
Barack Obama has ordered an extra 17,000 troops to Afghanistan in a clear signal he is determined to defeat a resurgent Taliban... more

Who's who in president's inner circle

20.01.09
... more

'I don't blame jet pilot for killing my family'

10.12.08
The man who lost his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law when a US fighter plane crashed into his house said he did not blame the pilot... more

Top Gun ejects to safety as fighter jet crashes into street, killing four

09.12.08
Three generations of the same family were killed after a fighter jet crashed in a residential street in California, turning their home into a fireball... more

The president’s key men and women wait for call to office

05.11.08
Barack Obama lost no time in planning the key appointments that will shape his presidency... more

McGeechan goes into battle for his nephew

02.09.08
The new rugby season starts on Saturday and here Chris Jones begins his countdown with a look at what's inspiring the Wasps coach... more

As he turns 50, is this what Michael Jackson should really look like?

28.08.08
Crippled by arthritis that has left him in a wheelchair. Regretting the plastic surgery that's made him 'white'. As Michael Jackson turns 50, is this what he should really look like?... more

BBC in mourning after veteran foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler dies at 85

04.07.08
Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler - one of the BBC's longest serving foreign correspondents - has died from lung cancer at the age of 85. ... more

MoD promotes new Bond book with helicopters, a warship and speedboats - costing taxpayers thousands

27.05.08
Anyone seeing the array of military hardware speeding along the river yesterday might have thought war had broken out... more

Hulk Hogan's son jailed for eight months after car accident leaves friend in 'vegetative state'

12.05.08
Wrestler Hulk Hogan's teenage son Nick Bollea was sentenced to eight months prison after causing a car crash which left his best friend in a vegetative state. Nick, 17, pleaded no contest to charges of felony reckless driving stemming from a August 2007 accident in Clearwater, Florida. The teenager was speeding in his yellow Toyoya Supra with his friend John Graziano, 22, in the passenger seat when the vehicle careered off the highway and hit a palm tree ... more

The Flabbiator ... How one out-of-shape Mail on Sunday writer took his chances on Gladiators

11.05.08
As Gladiators returns to TV, our writer takes on a 15st, 6ft tall Royal Marine Commando called Tornado - and the crowd chant: 'Where's your muscles gone?'... more

Well hello, Mr President: Pammy wears 'white trash' dress to White House dinner

28.04.08
Since 1914, the White House Correspondents' Dinner has been the highlight of political journalism's social calendar, an evening where the president of the day can poke fun at his public image. But it's a fair bet that no Commander in Chief has ever faced an audience quite like the one George W. Bush addressed last night - Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Ashlee Simpson and Heidi and Lauren from reality TV show The Hills ... more

Documenting Dafur

10.04.08
The Devil Came on Horseback tells the moving story of Brian Steidle, a captain who left the US Marines to become a military observer in Darfur.... more

Oh! What a horrible war

31.01.08
Nick Broomfield's fictionalised account of the massacre of 24 Iraqis by avenging US Marines, Battle for Haditha, is the first great war film to come out of the conflict.... more

The soldiers' story

03.01.08
Nick Broomfield's Battle for Haditha casts real ex-servicemen to portray one of the most shocking incidents to emerge from the conflict in Iraq.... more

Portrait of our times

09.11.06
The Photographic Portrait Prize 2006 is a fascinating exhibition that serves as a valuable document of the early 21st century, says Sue Steward.... more

They're not waving but drowning

12.10.06
The Guardian, a paean of praise for the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, covers every Hollywood cliché in the book, and then some, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Clint's not a cowboy after all

12.10.06
Clint Eastwood, Hollywood's most famous Republican, used to make gung-ho movies, but his latest is anti-war. As he tells Mike Goodridge, he didn't mean it to be unpatriotic.... more

Glenn Ford, best character actor, dies

31.08.06
Glenn Ford, one of the most enduring stars of the silver screen, has died at the age of 90. The actor, who appeared in more than 200 films in a career spanning five decades, died at his home.... more

More related topics: U.S. Marine Corps and

Latest pictures



Don't Miss
  • Berlin Wall

    Sex, lies and the Stasi

     On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached, ending the reign of East Germany’s feared security service. Here Anne McElvoy, who spent much of the Eighties in the city, recalls her encounters with the spooks
  • George Pringle

    The geeky-girl solo artists descending on the music scene

     Kookiness is what sells music these days and these opinionated artists have it in spades, says Jasmine Gardner

Why Sam's in the clear over that M&S dress

At last the truth about the M&S spotted dress that Sam Cam wore to the Conservative Party Conference

All stories

Promotions

The Open University

Every year The Open University helps thousands of professionals progress in their careers.


Win the Best Seats

In London theatre when you vote for your favourite celebrity spec wearer.


Breast Cancer Care

Donate £1 and leave a message of support for a loved one in the Swarovski Garden of Wishes.


Win an iPodTouch

With Courvoisier when you share your thoughts on this week's cocktail.