Irene Loewenson
Irene Loewenson is a staff reporter for Marine Corps Times. She joined Military Times as an editorial fellow in August 2022. She is a graduate of Williams College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper.
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Pair who tried breaching Virginia Marine base are Jordanian nationals
They drove up to a base gate in a truck and claimed to be Amazon subcontractors making a delivery, a Marine spokesman said.
Marine corporal earns prestigious medal for saving military $140M
Cpl. Gage Barbieri received a Meritorious Service Medal in part for fixing a costly issue with a tactical vehicle’s manual while a teenage lance corporal.
One of 1st Black Marines to serve in combat honored for 100th birthday
Former Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Diggs, a Montford Point Marine and World War II vet, received early 100th birthday wishes from top military officials.
Marine charged with threatening mass shooting of white people
Joshua Cobb, 23, who was discharged from the Marine Corps after serving for less than a year, was charged Monday with threatening to “erase” white people.
2 people in ICE custody after attempting to breach Virginia Marine base
The pair drove past a holding area in Quantico, Virginia, as military police prepared to administer the standard vetting procedures.
No. 2 Marine, a pilot, insists on continued primacy of infantry
The second-in-command of the Marine Corps is a pilot. But he still sees ground combat as the core of the Corps.
Marine combat instructors can avoid recruiting or drill instructor duty
The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more.
A Marine combat instructor shielded his student from a grenade with his body — and survived
When then-Sgt. Brett Meil saw a student inadvertently activate a grenade during infantry training, he covered him with his body and prepared to die.
