It’s been five years since 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines made the headlines for becoming the heaviest hit battalion in Iraq. The Reserve unit from Brook Park, Ohio, lost 46 Marines and two Navy corpsmen during its seven-month deployment to Al Anbar province, and while the headlines may have faded for the many, the memory of those lost brothers burns brightly for the few. A group of Marines currently and formerly in the 3/25, has organized an ambitious Memorial Day weekend event, a 106-mile run that will begin on Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Va.…
Author Gina Cavallaro
Marines who plan to be in Washington, D.C. for Memorial Day weekend won’t want to miss the parade downtown on Monday, May 31. This year’s National Memorial Day Parade, touted by organizers as the largest Memorial Day parade in the nation, will pay special tribute to the Marine Corps. Retired Gen. Peter Pace, the only Marine to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will lead the tribute in his temporary role for the day as parade Grand Marshal. Pro-military dudes like Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna will be there, along with former Marine drill instructor and actor…