''Marine Corps Times'' (
ISSN
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1522-0869) is a newspaper serving active, reserve and retired
United States Marine Corps
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personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides. It is published 26 times per year.
''Marine Corps Times'' is published by the Sightline Media Group, which is a part of
TEGNA Digital, which itself is owned by
TEGNA, Inc
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. The group was called the
Army Times Publishing Company
Sightline Media Group, formerly Gannett Government Media and Army Times Publishing Company, is a United States company that publishes newspapers, magazines, websites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries.
The company's '' ...
until 1997, when it was sold to
Gannett and renamed Gannett Government Media. In 2015, it was spun off into one of the digital properties of TEGNA, and renamed Sightline. In March 2016,
TEGNA
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sold Sightline Media Group to
Regent
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, a Los Angeles-based
private equity firm
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controlled by investor
Michael Reinstein.
History
''Marine Corps Times'' traces its roots to the 1940s, when ''
Army Times
''Army Times'' (ISSN 0004–2595) is a newspaper published 26 times a year serving active, reserve, national guard and retired United States Army personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and ...
'', founded by Mel Ryder, had reporters covering the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Army Air Forces. The Army Times Publishing Company later added ''Air Force Times'', ''Navy Times'', and, in 1999, ''Marine Corps Times''.
''Marine Corps Times'' writer C. Mark Brinkley was among the first journalists to embed with ground troops in
Afghanistan
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in November 2001 during
Operation Swift Freedom, which was the Pentagon's first opportunity to
Embed Journalists.
In 2005, ''Marine Corps Times'' received an Associated Press Managing Editors association Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Public Service in the under-40,000 circulation category for its investigative story on the recall of body armor.
''Marine Corps Times'' and Brinkley were also responsible for exposing the fabricated military record claimed by Joshua Adam Garcia, a contestant on
Food Network
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's 2007 season of "
The Next Food Network Star
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", resulting in Garcia's resignation from the cooking competition reality show.
In November 2010, senior writer Dan Lamothe broke the news that the Marine Corps had recommended former Cpl. Dakota Meyer for the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, for bravery in Afghanistan in September 2009. Meyer's case was approved in July 2011, making him the first living Marine to receive the medal since the Vietnam War.
In spring 2011, Lamothe received the
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
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's Maj. Megan McClung Award, which honors one journalist annually for dispatch reporting abroad. Lamothe was honored for his work in May and June 2010, when he embedded with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, in Afghanistan's Marjah district.
In fall 2011, Lamothe and staff photographer Thomas Brown received honorable mention from the Military Reporters and Editors organization for their blogging from the battlefield during the same embedded assignment.
They finished behind ''The New York Times'' in MRE's online interactive award category.
Personnel
Current employees include:
*Andrew Tilghman, executive editor
*Andrea Scott, editor
*Shawn Snow, senior reporter
*Todd South, ground combat reporter
*Leo Shane III, Capitol Hill bureau chief
See also
* ''
Air Force Times
''Air Force Times'' is a newspaper published 26 times per year to provide active, reserve and retired United States Air Force and Air National Guard personnel and their families with news, information, analysis, community and lifestyle features, e ...
''
* ''
Army Times
''Army Times'' (ISSN 0004–2595) is a newspaper published 26 times a year serving active, reserve, national guard and retired United States Army personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and ...
''
* ''
Navy Times
''Navy Times'' (ISSN 0028-1697) is an American newspaper published 26 times per year serving active, reserve and retired United States Navy personnel and their families, providing news, information, analysis, community lifestyle features, educa ...
''
References
External links
''Marine Corps Times'' web site
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United States Marine Corps lore and symbols
Publications established in 1999
Military-themed websites