“The John Basilone (DDG 122) is the 72nd Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and the second ship in the United States Navy named in honor of Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone ...

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City and it was named after legendary World War II hero United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone.

A Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Afghanistan war hero saw his drug conviction overturned this fall by the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Gunnery Sgt. Rory R. Hirst’s ...