‘A long night’ at Quantico Marine base: 3 dead in shooting – CNN.com

Washington (CNN) — A Marine shot and killed two of his fellow service members at a Virginia base Thursday night and then apparently killed himself, base officials said.

The incident took place at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The shooter gunned down a man and a woman, the spokesmen said. All are Marines — permanent personnel assigned to the officer candidate school.

Authorities did not disclose a motive and were investigating the incident. The identities of the victims were not immediately disclosed as authorities worked to notify next of kin.

“It’s been a long night,” Col David Maxwell, the base commander, said Friday.

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7 killed in explosion at Nevada Marine training exercise – CNN.com

CNN — Seven Marines were killed as the result of an explosion during a Marine Corps training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.The cause of the incident is under investigation, the Marines said.A representative of Nevadas Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority said four medical helicopters were sent to transport patients to regional hospitals.Very little was immediately known about what caused the explosion.Lt. Col. Craig Short, Hawthornes deputy commander, said a traffic accident at the facility around 10 p.m. PT was related to the explosion, but he didnt explain what the connection was.

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Flags to half-staff for Conn. solder killed – WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC

MADISON, Conn. (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered flags to fly at half-staff across Connecticut to honor a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel, whose family lives in Madison, was 1 of 2 soldiers killed in an attack at a police station in eastern Afghanistan.

Madison First Selectman Fillmore McPherson said Tuesday that Pedersen-Keel’s parents were informed Monday of his death.

U.S. officials said have said two special forces soldiers were killed Monday when a policeman fired at people leaving a meeting at district police headquarters in Wardak province.

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Navy identifies Wash. crash victims – WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The Navy has identified three crew members who died when their plane from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed in Eastern Washington.

Killed were 34-year-old Lt. Cmdr. Alan Patterson from Tullahoma, Tenn.; 26-year-old Lt. Junior Grade Valerie Delaney from Ellicott City, Md., and 24-year-old Lt. Junior Grade William Brown McIlvaine III of El Paso, Texas.

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2 Americans among those killed in Afghanistan | News – Home

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -

Several NATO and Afghan service members, including two Americans, were killed Monday when an assailant wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform opened fire on the group, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force officials said.

The attack happened late Monday morning in eastern Afghanistan, said Maj. Adam Wojack, a spokesman for the NATO-led force.

A spokesman for the Taliban, the militant group that once ruled Afghanistan, said an Afghan police officer opened fire on both U.S. and Afghan troops in the Jalrez district of Wardak province, about an hour west of Kabul.

The incident appeared to be the latest “green-on-blue” attack, or strike against coalition members by people dressed in police or army uniforms. Assailants conducting similar subterfuge killed dozens of coalition troops in 2012.

On Friday, a coalition contractor in eastern Afghanistan was killed when people wearing Afghan uniforms turned their weapons against ISAF members, NATO said.

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