There is perhaps no band closer to the president’s ear than the U.S. Marine Band, long known as “The President’s Own.” Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, it’s the nation’s oldest ...

Sgt. Michael H. Ferschke Jr., 22, a team leader of the Okinawa-based 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, was killed Aug. 10, 2008, while conducting house-to-house searches.

A bipartisan group of Marine veterans serving in Congress introduced "The 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act" to instruct the Treasury Department to issue ...

And I feel that way now, 25 years later." The Marine Band says it's the country's oldest continuously active professional music organization, dating to an act of Congress in 1798.

An earlier version of this story misidentified the rank of the music director of the United States Marine Band. Jason K. Fettig is a colonel, not a lieutenant colonel. The story has been corrected.

It's the oldest professional musical organization in the United States, established by an act of Congress in 1798. On Oct. 25, the band will perform a free concert at the Wharton Center for ...

In June, Congress passed a cost-of-living adjustment for veterans' disability payments (Veterans' COLA Act) and expanded the eligibility for a military academies' financial aid program (CADETS Act).

Now Congress must pass the SHIPS Act, which will increase our ship building capacity and hopefully the size of our merchant marine.

A comprehensive bill to restore U.S. shipbuilding capacity, build back its shipyard workforce and crew those ships with American mariners will soon be introduced in both houses of Congress with ...

There is perhaps no band closer to the president’s ear than the U.S. Marine Band, long known as “The President’s Own.” Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, it’s the nation’s oldest ...