A special dedication took place in South Wheeling on Thursday when the Military Banner Program in Wheeling honored PFC John Habak, a U.S. Marine who was killed in action on the Pacific island of Iwo ...

On February 23, 1945, Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press captured a powerful image. The iconic photograph depicted six United States Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the ...

Twenty-four years after the 9/11 tragedy, Amy Davies looks back at iconic images from the event, and some of the ...

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in Virginia for a reunion, of sorts, with the ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...

The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow. By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The rapid U ...

In a potential war with either Nicolas Maduro’s military and/or Venezuela’s massive, powerful drug cartels, the USS Iwo Jima would be instrumental in multi-phased operations. Amid escalating tensions ...

A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion attached to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) conducts a 27,000 lbs. light armored vehicle (LAV-25) drop during testing and evaluation ...

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group returned to Norfolk on Tuesday after deploying last week. According to USNI News, the three ships in the group turned around to avoid Hurricane Erin. On Tuesday, ...

USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 19, 2025. John Morgan Photo used with permission The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is back at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to ...

The Navy and Marine Corps deployed thousands of sailors and Marines to the southern Caribbean on Friday in support of anti-drug cartel operations. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 22nd ...