Leatherneck – Closing in on his end of tour, the Marine Corps Commandant shares his thoughts on the Corps.
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Marine Corps Gazette – A review of all cases alleging misconduct by members of the Army and Marine Corps against Vietnamese which resulted in conviction. (PDF format)

Part 2 of the article is found here.
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New York Times – Tours by a group of shapely dancers, intended to boost morale, have occasionally stirred some controversy.
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Associated Press – The Marine Corps will soon begin ordering thousands of its troops back to active duty because of a shortage of volunteers for Iraq and Afghanistan – the first involuntary recall since the early days of the war.
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Marine Corps Gazette – Training to put an end to accidental discharges.
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New York Times – A look at Muslims’ service in the US military and how that is regarded by their communities.
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Marine Corps Gazette – MEU Service Support Group 31 in the battle for Fallujah.
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Virginian Pilot – More than 1,000 American citizens were plucked off a beach in Beirut, Lebanon, by landing craft Thursday and transported out to sea and the safety of the Norfolk-based amphibious transport dock Nashville.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the U.S. military officer overseeing the investigation into 24 civilian killings in Haditha, Iraq, has concluded that Marine leadership failed multiple times, including in pre-deployment training, in the tone set by commanders, and in how information was reported up the chain of command.
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Leatherneck – Marine reservists play an essential role in making and recording the combat history of the Corps.
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Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reviews David Daneloís new book, Blood Stripes, which offers a thoughtful and insightful look into the Iraq war through the eyes of enlisted Marines.
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Washington Post – The Marines’ side of the story, of what happened at Haditha, told through their lawyers.
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Leatherneck – Heroes step forward in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that inconsistencies in Marine Corps version of the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians has given rise to one of the potentially most damaging events of Iraq war.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the U.S. military investigation of how Marine commanders handled the reporting of events last November in the Iraqi town of Haditha, where troops allegedly killed 24 Iraqi civilians, will conclude that some officers gave false information to their superiors, who then failed to adequately scrutinize reports that should have caught their attention.
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Washington Post – A look at the situation the Marines face in Anabar province.
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Washington Post – William Arkin puts the situation in Hadithah in perspective.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports on the alleged massacre at Haditha.
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New York Times – A military investigation into the deaths of two dozen Iraqis last November is expected to find that a small number of marines in western Iraq carried out extensive, unprovoked killings of civilians, Congressional, military and Pentagon officials said Thursday.

The Times – The Marines and a ‘massacre’ in Iraq.

Daily Telegraph – ‘Worst war crime’ committed by US in Iraq.
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Marine Corps Gazette -Thoughts on the loneliness of combat from an Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran.
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CBS – With the US Marines in Ramadi, in the center of the insurgency.

???and Part 2 of the story???CBS – Danger In Iraq: Up Close And Personal
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Leatherneck – Flying Leathernecks of VMA-542 in the Global War on Terror.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks attends a class at the School of Advanced Warfighting, Marine Corps University, Quantico.
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BBC – Japan and the United States have resolved a dispute over the costs of relocating 8,000 US marines from Okinawa to the Pacific island of Guam.
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Marine Corps Gazette – Overcoming the friction points and succeeding in combat in the battle for An Nasiriyah on 23 March 2003.

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