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A British military official with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) adjusts his helmet, as a NATO helicopter lands at the Provincial Reconstruction Team compound in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The helicopter landed to pick up Afghan officials to take them to the Kajaki district of Helmand one day after a suicide attack. The suicide bomber blew himself at a bridge under construction in Kajaki district of Helmand province, according to Mohammad Ismail, the deputy of the Afghan security forces coordination office in the area. Ismail said NATO troops also were working at the construction site, but it was unclear whether any were injured or killed. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

Afghanistan copter crash kills 6 Marines

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:49am

WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

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This video frame grab purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.

Panetta blasts video of Marines urinating on dead

Pauline Jelinek, Robert Burns The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 10:39am

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday condemned as "utterly deplorable" a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters, saying such behavior is "entirely inappropriate for members of the United States military" and those responsible will be held accountable.

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Jay Lee Blain

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 12:32am

Jay Lee Blain, 62, of Roy, died of a heart attack Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at his daughter's home in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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A poster warning of the effects of the drug known as 'spice' hangs on a wall at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. The U.S. Navy has kicked out a record number of sailors and Marines this year for smoking synthetic marijuana and is seeing a dramatic jump in emergency room visits of its users, including some who babbled or hallucinated for eight days. (GREGORY BULL/The Associated Press)

'Spice' becoming a major problem for US military

Julie Watson The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:31am

SAN DIEGO — U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “spice,” which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.

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Government to pay family $17.8M for Marine jet crash that killed 4

Julie Watson The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 4:06pm

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a family that lost four members when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008.

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Sgt. Anthony Holdren and Staff Sgt. Colt Anderson sing karaoke Christmas carols during a party with residents at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Home on Saturday.

Recruits sing and party with vet home residents

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:09pm

OGDEN -- Marine recruits visited and sang with the veterans residing at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Home on Saturday.

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Darrell N. Carbine

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 1:32am

Darrell N. Carbine died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at his home. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 S. 1900 West, where a viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday prior to services. Interment, Roy City Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner e-edition.

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Marine Corps apologizes for Purple Heart Christmas mixup

Tony Perry Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 4:04pm

SAN DIEGO -- The Marine Corps apologized Tuesday for mistakenly sending Purple Heart Christmas ornaments to the families of 1,150 deceased Marines and sailors.

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Former military members, from the Navy to the Army, present beautiful wreaths Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park in Ogden as part of Wreaths Across America. (JENNIFER GHAN/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Wreaths Across America honors military personnel

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 11:40pm

OGDEN -- The freezing temperatures did little to stem the flow of tears at an emotional Wreaths Across America ceremony Saturday morning at Evergreen Memorial Park.

Before about 20 onlookers, veterans representing each branch of the military laid wreaths at the foot of the corresponding military branch platform markers that have been erected encircling the cemetery flagpole.

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Donald (Larry) Dixon

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 12:09am

Roy resident Donald (Larry) Dixon, born Feb. 21, 1939, in Logan, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Leavitt’s Mortuary, 836 36th St., Ogden. Friends may visit the family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and one hour before the service, also at the mortuary. Interment, Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Golden Spike Elk’s Lodge National Foundation. Post condolences at www.leavittsmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Marines to wind down Afghan combat in 2012

Robert Burns The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 6:27pm

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines will march out of Afghanistan by the thousands next year, winding down combat in the Taliban heartland and testing the U.S. view that Afghan forces are capable of leading the fight against a battered but not yet beaten insurgency in the country’s southwestern reaches, American military officers say.

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Weber State to hold Veterans Day ceremony to honor military

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 12:01am

OGDEN -- Weber State University on Friday will host a Veterans Day ceremony that includes military music, an honor guard and a salute to soldiers lost while serving their country.

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Marines celebrate 236th birthday

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 10:17pm

OGDEN — A traditional Marine Corps birthday celebration and remembrance ceremony is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1481,

907 W. 12th St.

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Darel H. Benson

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 1:21am

Darel H. Benson, 83, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Lindquist’s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd., Ogden. Friends may visit family from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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John Cole solemnly watches as a granite slab etched with the names of area recipients of the Purple Heart is installed Monday at the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home. An unveiling ceremony is set for 9 a.m. Friday. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Purple Heart recipients to be honored at markers' Ogden unveiling

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:44am

OGDEN -- Two new monuments bearing the names of nearly 200 Purple Heart recipients were installed Monday at the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home and will be unveiled Friday.