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Marine Corps

Marine Corps to be redesignated America's 411 force

Tip of the Spear Now More Like Shaft

Marine Corps to be redesignated America's 411 force

USS Essex prepares to unload 120 Marines to accommodate gear for 12 Navy SEALs

RAYBURN CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING, CAPITOL HILL — In the wake of multiple failures to respond to the kind of international crises long the province of the Marine Corps, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), directed Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger to apply with AT&T to have the USMC’s phone number relisted from 911 (America’s Force in Readiness) to 411 (America’s Directory Assistance).

Commandant Berger reminded Congress that standard messaging rates may apply

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