“The Haditha massacre was one of the worst U.S. actions during the Iraq War. After a roadside bomb killed a Marine in the town of Haditha in November 2005, the rest of his squad shot dead 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women, and children, many of them inside their own homes. The Marine Corps then lied about it, claiming that the victims were all killed by the bomb or by running gun battles with insurgents.
Only dogged reporting by Time Magazine forced the military to open an investigation. No one was ever jailed for the killings or the coverup. Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the commander of the squad, pleaded guilty to one count of dereliction of duty and was demoted.”
https://reason.com/2024/08/28/the-military-tried-to-hide-evidence-of-a-massacre-a-lawsuit-just-exposed-it/
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“USMC Commandant General David Berger explained to the US Naval Institute’s magazine, Proceedings, how aerial drone-equipped Marines could effectively hunt down submarines and other vessels as they carry out Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations.
“As Chinese and Russian undersea warfare capabilities continue to improve, logistics and other supporting operations for US ASW forces will grow in importance,” Berger wrote in Proceedings. “Integrating cross-domain ASW [anti-submarine warfare] operations into the Marine Corps’ expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO) concept could enable the joint force to sustain or widen its advantage in ASW.”
It should be noted that China and Russia have upped their submarine game, and are increasingly more active when it comes to the “silent services” of their respective countries.”