Dr. Joseph C. Schabacker has been elected as a new member of the Board of Marine Corps Support Foundation. Dr. Schabacker retired as a Colonel in the US Marine Corps. Reserves after 33 years of service. He holds a Ph.D. degree from University of California a retired as Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University.

Intentionally or not, a new assessment of Iraq's political and military prospects landed just in time to bolster President Bush's case that the United States should maintain its troop buildup in the country and stand by its beleaguered government.

MSgt. Richard (Dick) Kane Gordon, age 77, Carthage, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2007 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri.

FALLUJAH, Iraq—Twenty-one year old Moultrie, Ga. native Cpl. Stephen A. Lawson, infantryman team leader with 3rd squad, 1st platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, is doing what he has always intended on doing with his life serving in the Marine Corps, currently taking care of business in Operation Iraqi Freedom, July 30.

The number of truck bombs and other large al-Qaeda-style attacks in Iraq  have declined nearly 50% since the United States started increasing troop levels in Iraq about six months ago, according to the U.S. military command in Iraq.