By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News Follow @mpoindc CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Presidential elections start in Iowa. On Friday, Sen. Rand Paul put his stake in the ground for a possible run in 2016 by mocking the Obama administration and de… more »

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon's policies about social media and its limits on the speech of acti… more »

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution SAN DIEGO — A collision that killed seven Marines in one of the Marine Corps' deadliest aviation training accidents in years occurred over a sprawling desert range favored by the U.S. military because its craggy… more »

  Conservative Refocus Courtesy of Lucien Morin II By Lt. Col. David W. Szelowski USMCR (ret.)     I wonder how many times during Operation Iraqi Freedom that the phrase"Goddamn Marines" was uttered? Even in the best of times, Army and Air… more »

Navy Times By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer  No doubt about it: San Diego is a military town — to the tune of $26 billion. That’s what a regional defense group says the Navy, Marine Corps and defense industry pumps into San Diego County each year in… more »