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U.S. Marine Corps

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Scientology on the High Seas: Hubbard Claims Victory Over the U.S. Navy

    In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Our Art Director John Dixon Is a Rugged Maniac

    Rugged Maniacs mud race: Brooklyn, NY 2011 from Village Voice Media on Vimeo. The Village Voice's art director John Dixon, who regularly kills it with his covers, is a man of many talents. The video above is of a 5K "adventure race and music festival" called Rugged Maniac that took place in Floyd Be ... More >>

  • Art

    October 19, 2011

    What Does Occupy Wall Street Mean For Art?

    Rugged Maniacs mud race: Brooklyn, NY 2011 from Village Voice Media on Vimeo. The Village Voice's art director John Dixon, who regularly kills it with his covers, is a man of many talents. The video above is of a 5K "adventure race and music festival" called Rugged Maniac that took place in Floyd Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    A War Dog Helped Catch Osama Bin Laden

    ​War dogs: They are dogs that help fight war. The U.S. has some 2,700 of them deployed on active duty, and they are a key part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of them -- who, at this point, "remains an enigma" -- was involved in the raid on Osama bin Laden. We imagine that if we w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Last Night: Props Throws A Raucous House Party At LPR, Though A Far Less Enjoyable Scene Lurks Across The Street

    Try and guess which bar this was at. Pics by Puja, more below.​Le Poisson Rouge's gallery bar has always been a hard sell for dance parties. A tiny art gallery by day, the side room of the Bleecker Street venue often serves as a lounge and break room for those attending shows in the main space ... More >>

  • Art

    May 18, 2010

    Edward Kienholz's Roxys; The Studio Museum's 'Collected'; Richard Diebenkorn at Greenberg Van Doren

    Try and guess which bar this was at. Pics by Puja, more below.​Le Poisson Rouge's gallery bar has always been a hard sell for dance parties. A tiny art gallery by day, the side room of the Bleecker Street venue often serves as a lounge and break room for those attending shows in the main space ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Shad Roe Makes a Comeback; Cooking Schools Prey on the Unemployed

    ​Smithfield Foods has posted its first quarterly profit since the swine flu outbreak more than a year ago led to a steep decline in sales. The Chinese and Russian ban on pork product imports may also soon be lifted. [Wall Street Journal] Marines can finally satisfy their hankering for the Ara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 18: Toby Keith, "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. Unreasonable, short-sighted, hyperbolic, childish, reactionary--well, to be fair, "Angry American" is a pretty accurate title...

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2009

    Senate report: Bush, Rumsfeld let bin Laden get away

    ​The hot topic in Washington this week is President Obama's upcoming speech at West Point on Tuesday, which is expected to call for deploying 30-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. Just ahead of the Sunday news shows, the Senate Foreign Relations committee chaired by John Kerry has releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    WSJ Complains of TMI, Wants You to Use Social Media Responsibly

    ​If you Facebook or Twitter unseriously, says the Wall Street Journal, you may be ruining your friendships. Also you're a narcissist, according to one of her sources, a "manager for a chain of hair salons and spas in Seattle." You thought these things were toys or timewasters? Columnist Eliz ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2009

    Pirate School, For the Merchant Sailor in You

    The three Arrrrrs: Maritime schools tackle the seafaring menace

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Retired Cops Continue To Be Unhappy About NYPD's Logo Crackdown

    It seems that our items about the NYPD's campaign to stop its own retired officers from using the department logo have struck a chord. The Voice has gotten an unusual number of emails on this subject. As you may recall, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's people sent letters to so-called 10-13 clubs, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    American Idol Top 3 Results: The Live-Blog

    CR: Ray Mickshaw / FOXL-R: Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen. The exhilarating moment of truth (for this week, anyway) has finally come. Will Douchebag Gokey's backroom-of-a-bar performances last night earn him the well-deserved boot? Will Kris Allen's Beautiful Bubble finally burst? Will Adam ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Letters: April 15 Edition

    CR: Ray Mickshaw / FOXL-R: Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen. The exhilarating moment of truth (for this week, anyway) has finally come. Will Douchebag Gokey's backroom-of-a-bar performances last night earn him the well-deserved boot? Will Kris Allen's Beautiful Bubble finally burst? Will Adam ... More >>

  • Film

    March 25, 2009

    Ramin Bahrani's Quietly Profound Goodbye Solo

    Taxicab Confessions this isn't.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Clip Job: Best Films of 1961

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 11, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 12The Year's BestBy Jonas MekasI have asked a few independent film critics and writers whose opinions I respect for their lists of the better films they have seen during the past year. A note must be made that none ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2008

    Two Arrested in Election-Night "Obama" Beating

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 11, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 12The Year's BestBy Jonas MekasI have asked a few independent film critics and writers whose opinions I respect for their lists of the better films they have seen during the past year. A note must be made that none ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Highlights of Barack Obama’s Speech on Race and Politics

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 11, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 12The Year's BestBy Jonas MekasI have asked a few independent film critics and writers whose opinions I respect for their lists of the better films they have seen during the past year. A note must be made that none ... More >>

  • Art

    March 4, 2008

    Take Your Pic

    Recommendations by R.C. Baker

  • Film

    July 17, 2007

    Save Darfur?

    War, slaughter, genocide—and you feel like seeing a movie?

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2007

    Heavy Metal for Soldiers' Heavy Mentals

    War, slaughter, genocide—and you feel like seeing a movie?

  • News

    May 29, 2007

    Mopping Up

    The ordeal of the New Yorkers sent to clean up the mess at Abu Ghraib

  • Theater

    April 24, 2007

    Prisoners of the Past

    The Brig and Frost/Nixon use yesterday's nightmares to mirror today's reality

  • Film

    February 27, 2007

    Cine-mex

    South of the border film fest proves Peter Bart wrong

  • Film

    October 10, 2006

    Print the Legend

    Clint Eastwood's WWII drama strips away the myths surrounding the Greatest Generation

  • News

    January 24, 2006

    Pursuing Terrorists in the Great Desert

    The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Fathers and Daughters

    A pair of vets

  • News

    December 13, 2005

    Mr. Bring-'Em-Home

    An interview with Representative John Murtha

  • Specials

    November 29, 2005

    Letters

    An interview with Representative John Murtha

  • News

    November 8, 2005

    Sergeant U.'s Casket

    On Veteran's Day, one Marine still mourns another in upstate New York

  • News

    November 8, 2005

    Sergeant U.'s Casket

    One Marine mourns another in upstate New York

  • Specials

    October 4, 2005

    Letters

    One Marine mourns another in upstate New York

  • News

    August 23, 2005

    Bush Against the Ropes

    Democrats ought to be able to put him away, but you know how they are

  • People

    February 8, 2005

    Love Letters Extra

    Democrats ought to be able to put him away, but you know how they are

  • News

    December 28, 2004

    The War Scores

    Surprise: career soldiers back the war, athletes dislike the press, and the media don't matter

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2004

    Send In the Marine

    Surprise: career soldiers back the war, athletes dislike the press, and the media don't matter

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    The Sunshine Patriots

    The GOP's champions of this war had a hard time finding their own way to the battlefield

  • News

    June 1, 2004

    Death of a Salesman

    Ronald Reagan, 1911–2004

  • News

    May 4, 2004

    The Doctrine of Atrocity

    U.S. against "them"—a tradition of institutionalized brutality

  • News

    May 4, 2004

    Remote Control

    A new film goes behind the scenes at Al Jazeera

  • News

    April 1, 2003
  • News

    March 4, 2003

    Press Corps

    War Journalists Go to Boot Camp, Get Hazed

  • News

    January 28, 2003

    The Empire Strikes Back

    The Tribal Rites of America's Military Leaders. No Wonder They're Bullish on War.

  • Film

    April 9, 2002

    Conduct Unbecoming

    The Tribal Rites of America's Military Leaders. No Wonder They're Bullish on War.

  • News

    June 26, 2001

    Bonjour Bourget

    At the Paris Air Show With the New ‘Merchants of Death’

  • Theater

    April 24, 2001

    More Fresh Hells

    At the Paris Air Show With the New ‘Merchants of Death’

  • News

    September 19, 2000

    Nation

    At the Paris Air Show With the New ‘Merchants of Death’

  • Columns

    January 4, 2000

    Dress Blues, Discipline, and Demerits

    At the Paris Air Show With the New ‘Merchants of Death’

  • News

    February 2, 1999

    Yearjerker

    NBC gets back to (not at) The '60s

  • News

    September 30, 1997

    Westport's Dragon Lady

    Martha Stewart Is One Burned-Up Cookie

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