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The Marines deploying in Syria reportedly have M777 howitzers, seen here with artillerymen at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

US Marines are deploying to fight ISIS in Raqqa, Syria

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Although several hundred US special forces troops have been active in Syria for months now, the Marines’ arrival marks the largest deployment of America’s conventional forces in Syria since the civil war began six years ago.

female marine

Marine Corps commander says others’ expectations, not women’s ability, are the problem

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Bill Ervin at the DMZ area during the Vietnam war in 1969.

US Marine: This is why I returned to Vietnam to stay

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