CHERRY POINT — The U.S. Marine Corps has released the name of the Marine who was killed when he fell from an MV-22B Osprey during a training flight on Monday and says it is still investigating why he fell.

Lance Cpl. Steven M. Hancock fell from the Osprey about 6:30 p.m. Monday near White Lake, about 45 miles west of Marine Corps Air Station New River, according to the Corps. A Marine Corps aircraft spotted his body from the air at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and directed searchers on the ground…”

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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. –The Marine Corps is considering a recommendation to redesign the female officer and enlisted dress blue uniform to a style similar to the male dress blue coat with the traditional high collar. In the coming months, the Corps will expand its field-testing of a new female dress blue coat prototype.

In 2013, the commanding officer of Marine Barracks Washington requested and conducted a field test over several months of a female dress blue coat similar to the male dress blue coat in an effort to achieve uniformity in appearance and improve functionality during ceremonies and parades…”

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“The Marine Corps has moved eight MV-22 Ospreys and 250 Marines to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Italy to potentially evacuate Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Marine Corps and Pentagon officials said.

Continued violence in the region has prompted Saudi Arabia and Algeria to evacuate their embassies in Tripoli and led the U.S. military to take preparatory measures in the event that the State Department requests evacuation assistance for U.S. personnel.

“This is about being on heightened alert and preparation,” said Capt. Eric Flanagan, Marine Corps spokesman.  “These moves will improve our capability to respond should the need arise. There is no request and no demand for a military operation at this time.”..”

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The commander of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, considered the U.S. military’s pre-eminent amphibious fighting force in the Asia-Pacific region, has been forced out for allegedly creating a hostile work environment at the unit’s headquarters, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday.

Col. John Merna resigned following a preliminary inquiry within the command element into allegations of “intemperate behavior” and “language,” according to a Marine Corps statement. The allegations were first made in a command climate survey…”

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“May 16, 2014 | by Richard Sisk and Kris Osborn

More than 350 families have been evacuated from their homes on Camp Pendleton, Calif., as a safety precaution to escape the spreading wildfires around San Diego, Marine and Pentagon officials said Friday.

The only report of an injury thus far on the base was a firefighter who suffered heat exhaustion, the officials said.

About 380 military and civilian firefighters were battling the fast-moving blazes that have burned about 6,300 acres on the base north of San Diego, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.

The military has bolstered the civilian firefighting effort on Pendleton and at the sites of nine other wildfires around San Diego with at least 19 helicopters and five firetrucks, Warren said…”

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