From western outpost to Navy Town, USA, San Diego’s history is tightly woven with the military’s

1975: The San Diego amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa helps evacuate refugees from the U.S. Embassy during the fall of ...

Navy, Marine Corps 250th birthday celebrations begin with ship parade

PHILADELPHIA — A ship parade streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia on Thursday to kick off a ...

In 'Boots,' a gay Marine comes of age before the era of 'Don't ask, don't tell'

Inspired by Greg Cope White's memoir "The Pink Marine," the Netflix series features a gay teen in boot camp at a time when ...

A grand parade of ships kicked off the 250th anniversary of the Marines and Navy

Hundreds of veterans, service members and dignitaries crowded the Navy Yard Thursday for the opening ceremony of Homecoming ...
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Netflix adapts Marine’s coming-of-age memoir in new series ‘Boots’

The series, premiering Thursday, follows a closeted gay teenager as he enlists in the Marine Corps and navigates boot camp in ...
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Soldier Fighting Her Way Back into the Marine Corps, Only to Be Stymied by Army Policy

Army Sgt. 1st Class Julianna Pinder was pushed out of the U.S. Marine Corps in 2021 after being denied a request to reenlist -- the result of receiving a bad fitness report three years earlier for ...

Is Netflix's “Boots” based on a true story? All about the real veteran who inspired the queer military series

Boots is a dramedy about a closeted teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s. The Netflix series was ...

‘Boots’ Is a Sensitive Military Dramedy

The year is 1990, and Cope, played by Miles Heizer (“Parenthood,” “13 Reasons Why”), is a young gay man terrified of being ...

US military hikes operational command of counter-narcotics operations in Latin America

The Pentagon announced on Friday it is establishing a new counter-narcotics joint task force overseeing operations in Latin ...