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Members of the Naval Academy's class of 2023 toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday, May 26, 2023 in Annapolis, Md. (Jerry Jackson /The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Defense secretary tells Navy graduates they are ready to serve

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

In this Feb. 21, 2013, photo, female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) **FILE**

Marine Corps to end single-sex recruit training

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up by about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset large increases in the other three services. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sukhbir Singh Toor (left), and recruits Aekash Singh (center), and Jaskirat Singh (right) at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in October when their appeal was heard. (Credit: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, used with permission.)

Judge tells Marine Corps Sikh recruit can keep his hair, beard and turban through boot camp

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Under new guidance, U.S. special operations fighters will be taking a larger role in cyberwarfare, information and "influence" operations. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon’s cyberwarfare troops get the training, then leave, asserts GAO report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sukhbir Singh Toor (left), and recruits Aekash Singh (center), and Jaskirat Singh (right) at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in October when their appeal was heard. (Credit: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, used with permission.)

Court rules Marine Corps must admit Sikh members recruits with faith-required hair, beards

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, Eric Fanning testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The committee has confirmed Fanning, the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service. By voice vote Thursday, March 10, 2016, committee members approved the nomination of Fanning to be Army secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Religious accommodations for Sikhs in Marine Corps backed by Muslim, Jewish groups

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

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Sikhs’ appeal to start boot camp with beards, long hair, turbans gains sympathy at D.C. hearing

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas R. Sterett takes accountability of Marines boarding U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks during Black Hawk integration training as part of exercise Fuji Viper 20-1 on Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 28, 2019. Fuji Viper is a regularly scheduled training evolution for infantry units assigned to 3rd Marine Division as part of the unit deployment program. The training allows units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. Sterett is assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and a native of Town Falls, Idaho. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez)

Marines turn to scanners to help track body fat of the few and the proud

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Amphibious Assault Vehicles storm Red Beach during exercises at Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 2, 2010. The U.S. Marine Corps will keep its new amphibious combat vehicle - a kind of seafaring tank - out of the water while it investigates why two of the vehicles ran into troubles off the Southern California coast this week amid high surf, military officials said Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Troop carrier rollover in high surf causes Marines to pause amphibious waterborne operations

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, next to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, smiles during a meeting with the Israeli delegation, including Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman, Thursday April 26, 2018, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

James Mattis, former Trump defense secretary, marries tech entrepreneur in Las Vegas ceremony

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Marine Corps/3rd MAW, an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 transports ordnance during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation (EABO) exercise to Old Highway 101 near Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on May 25, 2022. Five U.S. Marines were killed during a training flight crash of an Osprey tiltrotor aircraft that went down in a remote area in Imperial County, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of San Diego and about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Yuma, Ariz. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Navy orders safety pause after multiple fatal crashes in Southern California

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2017, file photo U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey aircraft land on the deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship off the coast from Sydney during events marking the start of Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia. A MV-22 Osprey that had launched from the USS Bonhomme was conducting regularly scheduled operations when it crashed into the water off Australia's east coast, Saturday, Aug. 5. (Jason Reed/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Military aircraft carrying five Marines crashes in California desert

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, during a casualty return, Friday, March 25, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base. According to the Department of Defense, Speedy died March 18, in an Osprey crash during a NATO exercise in Norway. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sikhs, Muslims, Jews sue Marine Corps, Navy over restrictions on beards, hair

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

Outspoken ex-Marine Scheller nixes political campaign but vows to keep talking

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times