The U.S. Marines: A Combat History From Iwo Jima to Iraq By James A. Warren Free Press. 376 pp. $26 Young Marines learn quickly that their song isn't the "Marine Corps Hymn"; it's the "Marines' Hymn." ...

When Sen. Dan Sullivan retired as an officer from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in February 2024, he said, “I now join the ranks of another highly esteemed group in our country — America’s veterans.

A half a century ago, I spent the longest 13 weeks of my life at an out-of-the-way place called Parris Island, S.C., then and now the home of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

Always, the Marine Corps' core values of honor, courage, and commitment are impressed on the recruits -- even before their first day of training. Throughout boot camp, during every event they ...