Staff file photo Ken Jakubec participates in a Veterans Day breakfast at Austintown Fitch High School every year. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964 at the age of 17 while still attending Fitch.

I came across the Latin phrase, Semper Fidelis, some years ago in the writings of the Christian thinker and inspirational writer, Steve Farrar. Translated in English as ‘Always Faithful’, it is the ...

Marine 1st Lt. Chris Holzworth was at a church service at Naval Air Station Pensacola just after the 1983 Beirut bombing killed 241 U.S. service members, including 220 mostly young U.S. Marines.

Marine vets stretch their code of loyalty to the breaking point for a buddy's civilian brother in this polished but problematic tale. “Semper Fi” muddies the line between those two perspectives ...

"Semper Fi" tells a story about Marine Corps reservists who band together to rescue a brother who's been sent to prison on a trumped-up charge. The movie is now playing in select theaters, and it's ...

But in 2003, a group of Marine wives responded when the wounded began coming home from the Iraq war. They founded the Semper Fi Fund to offer assistance to the wounded and their families. Case in ...

As I sit here on Veterans Day, I want to pay tribute to all those who have sacrificed and served our country. I’m also reminded of a profound experience I had a while back that has always stuck with ...