In this March 3, 1967, file photo, U.S. Marines hug the ground in high grass on hill 162, position of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines next to a 81 mm mortar while North Vietnamese mortar crews ...

The photographs were taken May 16, 1967, when Dreiling accompanied Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines on a platoon-sized, tank-supported sweep in the Con Thien Valley, South Vietnam.

Marines with BSRF-14 make some noise in the Carpathian Mountains. Marines with BSRF-14 make some noise in the Carpathian Mountains. 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment Patrol. 1/9 Bravo Company ...

Lt. Col. Andrew McNulty, commander of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, the battalion’s Alpha Company commander Capt. Kelby Breivogel and the battalion’s infantry weapons officer Chief Warrant ...

Commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment will be reassigned. Seven Marines were killed in a mortar range accident in March. Marines statement says system appeared to work properly ...

A Convention Center billboard asks people to pray for the Marines that will killed in Hawthorne, Nev. on Tuesday March 19, 2013. Military officials say a mortar shell explosion killed seven ...

The deactivation of 2/9 followed that of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in August 2014 and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines in July 2013. The units had an extensive history of deactivating and reactivating ...

Con Thien Valley, Vietnam, May 16, 1967: Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, supported by tanks, moves out on a platoon-sized sweep. Attacked by North Vietnamese Army troops, the ...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Infantry Marines stationed at Patrol Base Boldak with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, have few luxuries while patrolling an area in ...

Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Taylor, 21, of Marietta, Ohio, was a mortarman assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. He joined the Marine Corps in June 2010 and was promoted to his current rank in ...

In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on Nantucket, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, nicknamed “The Walking Dead.” Haft emailed his ...