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.
Sailors, Marines complete weekslong cleanup of F-35 crash site
“It is purposeful, sometimes tedious work,” a Navy representative said of the effort to clear the site of contaminants from the aircraft crash.
Marine unit leaves Kuwait exercise early because of ‘emerging events’
The special operations capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit faced a change of plans in the days after war broke out between Israel and Hamas.
San Diego Marine base ‘not suitable’ for homeless camp, colonel says
World War II-era live-fire ranges contain unexploded ordnance, and current live-fire training nearby would pose its own risks, the base commander said.
Farmers grow corn maze marking 40 years since tragic attack on Marines
One Texas farm has grown an intricate 20-acre corn maze commemorating 40 years since the attack in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. troops.
Watch: Marine Corps flies its Valkyrie robotic aircraft for the 1st time
The test flight is an early step toward getting the robot aircraft ready to fly in support of Marine Corps missions.
Marines double down on ties to Philippines with new deployment
Positioning Marines forward in the Indo-Pacific is part of the Corps’ plan for countering a potential adversary as technologically adept as China.
Marine vet marking Beirut attack anniversary with another 273-mile walk
Oct. 23 will mark the milestone 40th anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 241 U.S. service members stationed in the Lebanese capital.
Marine Corps deactivates its squadron for training F/A-18 pilots
The Marine Corps will still train aviators to fly the F/A-18 jet, but that training won't occur in a solely training-focused squadron.
Sailors, Marines are helping clean up wreckage of crashed F-35 jet
Hundreds of people from various agencies are helping recover what’s left of the aircraft and clean up the area where a Marine F-35 jet crashed Sept. 17.
