Petty Officer 3rd Class Todd Angell received one of the nation’s highest military awards for valor, the Silver Star, for his heroism in Afghanistan as a corpsman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.

A U.S. Marine from North Miami was arrested Tuesday on charges of selling the stolen identities of fellow troops in Afghanistan to a Broward County woman recently convicted of filing false income-tax returns in their names, according to authorities.

Marines and Afghan National Army leaders stand around the 10-by-10-foot box, marked off with 2-by-4-inch construction wood and rope. The designated area that was nothing more than dirt and rocks the day prior is now a detailed map of roads, formations and geographical obstacles.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, got their first opportunity during a division mortarmen range exercise arranged by the Division Training Center April 19, to fire the new M224A1 mortar weapon system.

U.S. and Japanese officials announced yesterday the two nations have agreed on a plan to relocate U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam.