A few American colleges provide a free education, including the military and Merchant Marine academies.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

The study was part of a larger ten-year project called the Global Census of Marine Life.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

And all the way at the left is Ira Hayes,a Marine, and an American Indian.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

In one video, a United States Marine officer named Steve Conteaguero reads a poem.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

A United States Marine Corps combat field recording from the Second Battle of Guam.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Also in the picture is Franklin Sousley, a Marine from Hilltop,Kentucky.

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Ron O'Dor is a scientist with the Census for Marine Life.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Brian Tissot is a marine ecologist with Washington State University.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

In the front is Harlon Block, a Marine from Yorktown,Texas.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

Their guns are equipped with a special device that emits laser beams each time a Marine pulls a trigger.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

marine general James Mattis. The French general is the first non-US commander assuming a top NATO command in the alliance's history.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Matthew Hoh was a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq before he worked for the State Department in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

During their six-week voyage, researchers will employ a range of techniques to unlock some of the secrets of the giant marine mammals.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Marine Corps Air Station Futenma sits in a crowded area of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

He was formerly as the Secretary of the Navy and served as a Marine in Vietnam.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"My dad was a combat Marine in Korea and WWII, and he was a rugby coach and a football coach at the University of California.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

In 2006,Japan and the United States agreed to close Futenma and move its facilities to another Marine base with a heliport built on reclaimed land offshore.

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Colonel George W.Smith, commanding officer of Quantico's Basic Training School, says fitness and skills are only part of what it takes to be a Marine officer.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

When a Marine gets hit by a laser beam, his weapon gets de-activated.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

President Obama made a promise to the newly graduated Navy and Marine officers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Just 22 years old, he has been a Marine for four years.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

a U.S.Marine Corps combat field recording from the Second Battle of Guam;

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Allyn says U.S.troops so far are handling security only for their own operations including establishing facilities on shore near the town of Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince, where a Marine Expeditionary Unit began to arrive Tuesday morning.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

The leatherback turtles feed on jellyfish so they bring the balance - if they are not there, it means there will be a jellyfish explosion and that will not be good for the whole functioning of the marine environment."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15