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Female Marine Recruits More Lax About Sex Than Civilians
Hoping to learn how to prevent unintended pregnancies from impacting combat readiness, the Marine Corps took a look at the sex lives of female Marines. The study revealed that female recruits had higher rates of the most common STDs (chlamydia and gonorrhea) and were less fond of using condoms than the general civilian population. The survey also revealed more lax attitudes toward mixing sex with alcohol among the new female Marines.
Marine Removed From Duty For Handing Out Bible Coins. Fair?
A US Marine in Iraq has been removed from duty amid complaints that he was handing out coins with Bible verses at an American checkpoint, the military said Thursday.
A military spokesman said Iraqis in Falluja have complained that the Marine was giving the coins, printed in Arabic, to people at an entry control point in Falluja — they claimed that US troops were acting as Christian missionaries. US military regulations prohibit religious proselytizing.
US Marines Make a Direct Appeal to Women
The US Marine Corps is taking on its recruiting challenge the American way — with a targeted advertising campaign. Moving away from its nondescript demographic of "young men," the Marines launched sophisticated ads specifically appealing to women, Latinos, and Arab Americans.
The New York Times advertising section profiled the women-focused campaign:
In the latest campaign, a print ad shows a female marine striking a martial arts pose in front of a crowd of men who are looking up to her as their leader.
Should Media Play Video of Marine Throwing Puppy Off Cliff?
If you haven't seen it already, you may not want to. I'm talking about the video of a US Marine apparently hurling a small, whimpering puppy off the side of a cliff. I just happened to witness this while watching my morning news.
The US Marines vs. Berkeley — Who's in the Right?
In January, the City Council of Berkeley, CA, voted to tell the United States Marines that their downtown recruitment office was to be shut down, and that they were "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." After fervent protests, this morning the City Council voted 7-2 to pass a follow up resolution written by two council members that would retract the original letter and make a distinction between opposing the war in Iraq and "our respect and support for those serving in the armed forces." The council's new position is firm opposition to the war, but that "we recognize the recruiter's right to locate in our city and the right of others to protest or support their presence."
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Headline: Manhunt For Suspect in Marine Murder
Police are hunting for Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, 21, the Marine Maria Lauterbach accused of rape. Laurean, the suspect, is from Nevada, and was last seen on the Marine base around 4 a.m.
Headline: Missing Marine's Body Found
Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach, a 20 year-old Marine, was eight months pregnant at the time of her disappearance almost a month ago. This morning, she has been found dead.
Sheriff Ed Brown announced this morning at a press conference that her body was found buried in Onslow County, North Carolina.
Headline: More Troops Set to Deploy to Afghanistan
President Bush just approved what he's calling an "extraordinary, one-time" deployment of 3,200 additional Marines to Afghanistan. In March, 2,200 marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and 1,000 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., will deploy.
Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said yesterday, "this has been timed to maximize our ability to take on the Taliban should they choose — unwisely, I may add — to attempt a second Spring offensive."
Second Base? Lesbian PDA at Ballgame Causes Controversy
An usher at a Seattle Mariners baseball game asked a lesbian couple to stop kissing because it was making another fan uncomfortable. I didn't know ushers were PDA police!
A woman in the audience asked the stadium official to interrupt the romance because there were kids at the game.
Introducing Elwood: The World's Ugliest Dog
The Sonoma Marin World's Ugliest Dog Contest 2007 was held this past Friday, and the winner is Elwood, a Chinese Crested with "lots of personality." With a face that looks like it was drawn by Picasso in his "drunk period," Elwood even makes snorting noises! The people who love these fug dogs are pretty adorable.
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