How Guantanamo Bay actually works, according to a former detainee

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Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned without charge at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 15 years.

Ould Slahi speaks to Business Insider about the prison layout, the facilities, the food, and yard time. He reveals what torture methods were used and how guards interacted with detained people.

It's that time of year when Marines break out one of their rarest and most 'majestic' uniform accessories

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Retired Marine Colonel Thomas Connally and his wife, Annie Connally, attended a Marine Corps Birthday Ball on Nov 10. 2025. Connally wore his 80-year-old Boat Cloak, one the Corps' rarest uniform items.
Retired Marine Colonel Thomas Connally and his wife, Annie Connally, attended a Marine Corps Birthday Ball on Nov 10. 2025.

12 famous women who served in the military

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Bea Arthur.

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I'm a Marine who has traveled the world. It's one of the most challenging parts of the job, but also the most rewarding.

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Aboard the USS Essex Marines and sailors progress to board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

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I'm a Marine who pushed myself to the brink for promotions — until I learned true leadership isn't about rank or title

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The author fought for his promotions in the Marines.

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Trump's cartel war is pulling US warships into a Caribbean show of force. Another destroyer just showed up.

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Pacific Ocean (May 7, 2018) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockade (DDG 106) maneuvers alongside the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) to get into position during a replenishment-at-sea evolution.

Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier

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An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.

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Brazil's C-390 Millennium is giving the US' C-130 Hercules cargo plane a run for its money

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Visitors watch a Brazilian Air Force Embraer C-390 Millennium take part in an air display.
Visitors watch a Brazilian Air Force Embraer C-390 Millennium take part in an air display.

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I was kicked out of high school, so I turned to the Marines for a way forward. Now, I'm a corporate lawyer with degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

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Andrew Hanson practices securities enforcement at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

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The death of a retired Marine major general is under investigation after his body was found at the training base he once commanded

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A US Marine Corps Commanding General is seen in uniform
US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F Mullen III, then commanding general of the Training and Education Command, stood for the National Anthem at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

US Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William J. Chockey III

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