For the Marine Corps, one of the first words new enlisted Marines learn in boot camp is "oorah." A Marine journalist went searching for the origin of the word back in 2004.

PHILADELPHIA -- The United States Marine Corps celebrates its 248th birthday on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. In 1775, the Corps was born out of a Philadelphia tavern during the American Revolutionary War.

In April, top Marine Gen. David Berger banned the display of the Confederate flag and other such symbols.. The Marines' Friday announcement formalizes that ban. It's a position that no other ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The United States Marine Corps celebrates its 248th birthday on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. In 1775, the Corps was born out of a Philadelphia tavern during the American Revolutionary War.