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Female recruits in the Marine Corps and other services will have to prove themselves as capable as men during training, if traditionalists have their way. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Female marines can’t do three pullups, shows some military tasks are for men

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos ordered the officer overseeing a Taliban desecration case to "crush" the defendants shown in a video, court-martial all of them and kick them out of the Corps, according to witnesses. (Associated Press)

Pentagon to review case of Marine who defied general in Taliban defilement case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Vehicles file through the main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Four Marines were reported killed today in an accident while clearing an unexploded ordnance. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Marines killed in Calif. were doing dangerous job

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee shows his finisher's medal from the 2005 marathon. (associated press)

Marine Corps Marathon has long history of political participation

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

**FILE** Gen. James F. Amos is commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. (Associated Press)

Former judge advocates ask Congress to investigate top Marine officer

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos (Associated Press)

Marine Corps: Whistleblower could be potential Navy Yard-like shooter

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the general overseeing all desecration cases to "crush" the defendants, who included Capt. James V. Clement. (Associated Press)

Marine Corps whistleblower faces vengeance from superiors

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the general overseeing all desecration cases to "crush" the defendants, who included Capt. James V. Clement. (Associated Press)

Former Marine lawyer takes on top brass to defend supervisor of 8 who defiled Taliban corpses

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE **Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, July 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pentagon to review security procedures at all bases

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Commandant denied captain constitutional rights

Sgt. Chesty XIII, official mascot of the U.S. Marine Corps, right, stares down his successor Recruit Chesty, left, during training at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., March 20. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dengrier Baez).

Sgt. Chesty the Bulldog retiring as Marine Corps mascot

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Remove Gen. Amos from command

The Washington Times

“As the commandant, I must address difficult topics, and I have advisers who help me do that while staying within the bounds,” Gen. James F. Amos said. (Associated Press)

Top Marine Gen. James Amos is accused of interfering in sex assault, desecration cases

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 13, 2012, after an attack two days earlier that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (Associated Press)

Congress will hear from Africa special forces commander on Benghazi attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

No amount of bragging rights about diversity in the ranks is worth failure in a mission or injury to our warriors, says columnist Christy Stutzman. If the standards are lowered for women Marines, what makes the institution elite? (U.S. Marine Corps)

Two more female officers fail in Marines’ infantry course

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Capt. Tom Hudner Jr., USN (Ret.), a Medal of Honor recipient (left), and Capt. Paul E. Mawn, USN (Ret.), chairman of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC (right), are in the Harvard Yard at the June 3 ROTC commissioning ceremony. (Photograph provided by the Advocates for Harvard ROTC/Special to The Washington Times).

EDITORIAL: Free men in uniform

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

This advertising poster was distributed at Marine Corps recruiting stations as part of a new Corps television, Web and print advertising campaign launched in March 2012. (Associated Press/U.S. Marine Corps)

Marine Corps message: Wanted, a few good Asian-Americans

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An U.S. Chinook helicopter overflies Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

U.S. Marines successfully employ drone copters in Afghan war

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times