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U.S. Marine Corps

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Suneel Mehta, SoCal Marine, Tweets 'Shooting Black All Day Like George Zimmerman'

    A 10-year Marine Corps veteran based in Southern California was under fire this week after he compared Trayvon Martin and his blackness to his practice targets on the range. Yep. Staff Sgt. Suneel Mehta was apparently just finished with target practice last week at a range on base in Twentynine Pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Can We Buy This With Groupon?

    A 10-year Marine Corps veteran based in Southern California was under fire this week after he compared Trayvon Martin and his blackness to his practice targets on the range. Yep. Staff Sgt. Suneel Mehta was apparently just finished with target practice last week at a range on base in Twentynine Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Luke Monahan, Camp Pendleton Marine, Dies in 8-Story Fall From Hawaiian Hotel; Was Memorial Day Drinkfest to Blame?

    tumblr via everythingmarinecorpsLuke Monahan in uniform​At only 19 years old, San Diego County's Luke Monahan had yet to put his Camp Pendleton Marine Corps training to use. But you could say he died in the field last Friday, in a freak fall apparently tied to the Corps' extracurriculars. Lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Freeze-Dried Camping Foods Return: Just in Time To Escape From L.A.

    Flickr / United States Marine Corps Official Page​ Shortly after the Fukushima disaster spread fears of a tsunami and radioactive plume hitting the Western United States, panicked buyers cleaned out many retailers of freeze-dried camping foods and left shelves bare at outdoor sports retailers. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    The Birthday Boys

    Flickr / United States Marine Corps Official Page​ Shortly after the Fukushima disaster spread fears of a tsunami and radioactive plume hitting the Western United States, panicked buyers cleaned out many retailers of freeze-dried camping foods and left shelves bare at outdoor sports retailers. ... More >>

  • Stage

    March 10, 2011

    Theater Reviews; The Comedy of Errors, The Birthday Boys, The Woodpecker

    Also A Night at the Oscars, Women in Shorts and more

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Why Is It So Easy For Bad Guys In L.A. To Buy And Carry Guns When The Rest Of Us Have To Be Oh So Careful?

    File photoWhy is it so hard for you to carry a gun if the bad guys find it so easy?​Three former U.S. Marines were arrested after they allegedly sold some pretty deadly firepower -- semiautomatic assault-type rifles -- to members of L.A.'s Florencia 13 gang. Now, here's a legitimate question: ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 16, 2010

    Movie Review: Chosin

    File photoWhy is it so hard for you to carry a gun if the bad guys find it so easy?​Three former U.S. Marines were arrested after they allegedly sold some pretty deadly firepower -- semiautomatic assault-type rifles -- to members of L.A.'s Florencia 13 gang. Now, here's a legitimate question: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Spice, So-Called Legal Marijuana, Sold Near UCLA Campus

    ​It looks like "spice," the legal, marijuana-like substance that has sparked controversy across the nation, is making inroads in Los Angeles. The UCLA Daily Bruin reports that the product, sold under names such as K2 and Black Mamba, is available in Westwood Village and that, so far, the local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    South Pacific

    ​It looks like "spice," the legal, marijuana-like substance that has sparked controversy across the nation, is making inroads in Los Angeles. The UCLA Daily Bruin reports that the product, sold under names such as K2 and Black Mamba, is available in Westwood Village and that, so far, the local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Caught On Tape: LAPD Officer Calls Photographer 'Fruitcake,' Detains Him

    YouTubeOfficer Espinoza.​Not a good spring for the Los Angeles Police Department: First an officer was caught on video throwing a kick at a bike rider, and now a video has emerged that depicts an enraged cop calling a photographer a "fruitcake" and detaining him for taking pictures. The incid ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 24, 2009

    Summer of Tough Love: Iraqi Double Agent Remains in Limbo

    YouTubeOfficer Espinoza.​Not a good spring for the Los Angeles Police Department: First an officer was caught on video throwing a kick at a bike rider, and now a video has emerged that depicts an enraged cop calling a photographer a "fruitcake" and detaining him for taking pictures. The incid ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    The Undercover Iraqi Asset

    An Iraqi double agent killed for America. But when he got left behind, a Marine stepped in

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Swine Flu Notes: Where's the Pork?

    We're one week into L.A.'s chapter of the swine flu pandemic/panic and already people are asking, "Where's the pork?" Raised on bio-disaster movies and braced for the worst upon hearing of Mexico's initial death toll, Angelenos were expecting (not, I should stress, hoping) to see bodies in the stree ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 16, 2008

    Ask a Mexican: Sticker Schlock

    Why do Mexicans cover their cars with crap?

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Pugilist Specialist

    Why do Mexicans cover their cars with crap?

  • Film+TV

    July 10, 2008

    Generation Kill: Wired for War

    David Simon and Ed Burns shift their focus from Baltimore to Iraq in their new HBO miniseries

  • Film+TV

    July 10, 2008

    Tip of the Spear: An Interview With Generation Kill Author Evan Wright

    Former Weekly writer talks ass time, crack highs and why roadblocks kill

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Howling Over "Wolf Songs" and other letters

    Former Weekly writer talks ass time, crack highs and why roadblocks kill

  • Stage

    February 14, 2008

    New Theater Reviews: Cartoon, Li'l Abner, and The Brig

    Also, Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Warrior on Trial: A Kilo 3/1 Marine Faces Criminal-Homicide Charges

    Before Haditha: Jose Nazario came home from Iraq a hero for valor in the Battle of Fallujah. Now they're calling some of his actions criminal.

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    The Brig

    Before Haditha: Jose Nazario came home from Iraq a hero for valor in the Battle of Fallujah. Now they're calling some of his actions criminal.

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    Full Metal Lotus

    Returning California soldiers tap Buddhist meditation to overcome war’s psychological damage

  • Stage

    May 10, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Box 27, Porgy and Bess and Rolling With Laughter

    Returning California soldiers tap Buddhist meditation to overcome war’s psychological damage

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Marrying for Money

    Poverty-wage young soldiers wed strangers and friends to get cash and housing

  • Stage

    April 5, 2007

    Theater Reviews

    Including this week's pick, Twelve Angry Men

  • Film+TV

    March 8, 2007

    Reporting From Mexico

    Impressive fest proves Peter Bart wrong

  • Stage

    February 1, 2007

    Corps Values

    Defiance’s Marines face tough choices

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2006

    No cartooning today

    Here are 3 illustrations that I did this week for my mother-in-law's new novel (really 3 novellas), American in Translation.  Her name is Concha Alborg and she is one hell of a cook and can turn any room in the house into a page from the Pottery Barn.  The synopsis of her book is somewhat ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    In Defense of Defenders

    Here are 3 illustrations that I did this week for my mother-in-law's new novel (really 3 novellas), American in Translation.  Her name is Concha Alborg and she is one hell of a cook and can turn any room in the house into a page from the Pottery Barn.  The synopsis of her book is somewhat ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Pains of the Father

    The death of Lance Corporal Jesus Suarez del Solar

  • Stage

    April 7, 2005

    The Black Album

    Sean Huze’s snapshots of war

  • Art+Books

    June 17, 2004

    Humvee Hell

    Evan Wright talks about his two months riding with the Marines in Iraq, and his new book, Generation Kill

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    U.S. Army Vehicles Lost in Iraq

    Evan Wright talks about his two months riding with the Marines in Iraq, and his new book, Generation Kill

  • LA Life

    May 29, 2003

    Last Stand at San Onofre

    Visit one of Southern California’s wildest and most famous surf spots — before it gets bulldozed for a toll road

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Revising History

    The real Jessica Lynch story

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Letters

    The real Jessica Lynch story

  • Art+Books

    April 17, 2003

    Art of Darkness

    Susan Sontag on photography and suffering

  • Columns

    April 10, 2003

    Soldiers of Fortune 500

    Susan Sontag on photography and suffering

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    The Logo-Spangled Banner

    Slices of a digital war

  • Film+TV

    April 3, 2003

    The Ultimate Reality Show

    Scenes from the first days of war coverage

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Full Metal Jeer

    God, the Marines and American Idol

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Selling War

    How the military’s ad campaign gets inside the heads of recruits

  • Columns

    February 13, 2003

    Next Big Thing: Looking for That Song

    How the military’s ad campaign gets inside the heads of recruits

  • Art+Books

    August 1, 2002

    Made in America

    With pride and ambivalence

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    All My Sons

    With pride and ambivalence

  • Art+Books

    July 26, 2001

    Landscapes

    New works from Boston Teran, Ana Menéndez and Deanne Stillman

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Enemy Turf

    Ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the White House

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Men of the Old School

    A thin gray line regroups

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Where the Man Began

    The Nixon birthplace at resignation-plus-25

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