Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 251, 2nd Marine Logistics Group-Forward, stand at attention while reciting the Marine Corps hymn in Hammersodden, Norway, Nov. 9, 2018. (Cpl. Scarlet A.

Brace your ears: You're about to hear Devil Dogs in all keys singing about the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli the next time the "Marines' Hymn" is played in public. The commandant of the ...

As Battleland comrade Chuck Spinney predicted last week, the warfare among the services for bigger pieces of a shrinking pie has begun. All the services are engaged, although most tend to do it ...

Can you explain the reference to Montezuma in the Marines' Hymn? The Montezuma reference dates back to the Mexican-American War (1846-48), specifically a battle on Sept. 13, 1847. The main defensive ...

U.S. Marines raised U.S. flag over shores of Tripoli on this day in history, April 27, 1805 Marines marched 400 miles from Alexandria, Egypt, to secure critical victory over pirate states in the ...

Thirty-eight years ago, President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day, in honor of the American Indians who joined the Marine Corps in World War II and lent their ...

Actor R. Lee Ermey, portraying "Gunnery Sgt. Hartman," yells at new Marine recruits in this scene from the 1987 movie "Full Metal Jacket" directed by Stanley Kubrick. (The Associated Press) California ...

The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America gives a private performance of the "Marines' Hymn" for a dying veteran who wanted to here it one more time. Lava flows as Mt. Etna's volcano erupts again. A ...

PALMDALE, Calif. (WTHR) - A stretch of California highway will pay tribute to R. Lee Ermey both in name and in song. Stars and Stripes reports a stretch of road in Palmdale, California known as ...