Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.
27 reports of extremist activity by US service members over the past 5 years, DoD says
Out of those 27 reports, the DoD said all but two had been formally investigated and that 18 service members were disciplined or separated from the military.
Marine intelligence officer awarded medal for rescuing unconscious man from burning vehicle
Lt. Haluska tried to gain entry to the vehicle with his fists and then a weapon as white smoke turned to black and “fluid began to pool underneath the vehicle.
Special Operations Command is in the hunt for a chaplain field ethics guide
SOCOM is awarding a contract for a field ethics guide for its special operations chaplains.
24th MEU Marines supported the evacuation and movement of Yemen’s president, special operations forces in 2015
The 24th MEU was heavily involved in Yemen during the early outset of the country's civil war helping move special operations forces, U.S. personnel and Yemen's president.
This top military working dog is a Purple Heart recipient with nearly 100 Marine combat patrols under his collar
Sgt. Yeager, a Marine improvised explosive detection dog, was awarded the Purple Heart after an explosion in Afghanistan took out part of his ear.
Troops to get medals for US-Mexico border operations and Hurricane Florence relief
The Armed Forces Service Medal is awarded to service members who participate in an “operation deemed to be significant activity, and encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action."
Pentagon walks back enemy fire statement as mystery still surrounds death of Marine Raider in Iraq
All possibilities are being considered in the death of the Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Koppenhafer, a military official said.
Pentagon identifies Marine Raider killed in Iraq
Gunnery Sergeant Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colorado, died August 10, 2019, after being engaged by enemy small arms fire while advising and accompanying Iraqi security forces on a planned operation in Ninewah, Province, Iraq. This incident is under investigation.
US Marines ‘likely’ to enter Venezuela, but will have trouble ‘getting out,’ Venezuelan socialist party official says
The heated rhetoric from the Venezuelan socialist leader follows an aggressive encounter between a Venezuelan SU-30 Flanker and an American EP-3 on July 19.
