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Band backs off statement that Beyonce lip synced

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center right) walks across the apron with Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III (center left), commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, after arriving in Baghdad on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Mr. Panetta was participating in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Army gets geographical command, at last

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Underdogs’

By John R. Coyne Jr. - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Marines parade at the Marine Barracks in Washington in this file photo taken Thursday, June 28, 2012. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

Marines’ new alcohol policy strictest in U.S. military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Marines patrol outside Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, in February 2010. (Associated Press)

Marines to test for drunkenness on duty

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** This image made on Jan. 12, 2012, from an undated video posted on the Internet by a YouTube user self-identified as "semperfiLoneVoice" shows men in U.S. Marine combat gear standing in a semicircle over three bodies. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta branded as "utterly despicable" the video purporting to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. (Associated Press)

Marine faces court-martial over urination video

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

SGT. SHAFT: What benefits are available to eight-year veteran?

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

Pricey F-35B warplanes to go to Corps in Yuma, Ariz.

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Marine Capt. Katie Petronio. (U.S. Marine Corps)

Few female Marines step forward for infantry

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

The first F-35B fighter jet attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Ariz., on Nov. 16, 2012. (Associated Press/The Yuma Sun, Craig Fry) **FILE**

Marine Corps forms new fighter jet squadron

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Two more Marines face charges in urination incident

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Marines

Marines testing women in combat jobs

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

** FILE ** A small boat passes in front of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise, anchored off the coast of Faliro, Greece, near Athens, on Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

NEGROPONTE: The U.S. will be lost without LOST

By Scott Borgerson, Vern Clark, Bill Cohen and Jim Loy and John Negroponte

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Snake Eaters’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

"I'm having a hard time seeing how 15 words on Facebook could have ruined my nine-year career," Marine Sgt. Gary Stein said. (Associated Press)

Marines to discharge sergeant for dissing Obama on Facebook

By Elliott Spagat - Associated Press

** FILE ** Marine Sgt. Gary Stein pauses while speaking with reporters in front of the federal court building in San Diego on Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts

Associated Press

** FILE ** Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a news conference at the Pentagon outside Washington on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

U.S. commander gets no help from Pakistan in defeating insurgents

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Prosecutor: Marine posted negative images of Obama

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Marines seek DOD guidance on social media use

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Board seeks Marine’s dismissal in Facebook case

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press