Check out this photo gallery of Camp Lejeune Marines in a firefight. Scott Sharpe just posted these online.

Here is some info about the photographer, David Goldman, who is shooting in Afghanistan for the Associated Press. Most of the photos in the gallery are by him.

The action will be fast and beginner-friendly at the Raleigh Rugby Complex on Saturday as the Raleigh Rugby Football Club hosts its annual Charity Sevens tournament.
"Sevens" competition is a smaller, quicker version of the sport, club spokesman Brent Vaughn said. Instead of the usual 15 players per side, each team sends seven to the field, or pitch, and instead of the usual 40-minute halves, teams play seven-minute halves. The result is a family-friendly format that is ideal for introducing spectators to the game.
"Spectators can expect a very fast-paced, full-contact sport that they will be able to enjoy with people around the facility who are familiar with the sport and will be happy to explain," Vaughn said. 

Staff writer Martha Quillin's story about the pronunciation of Lejeune reminds me of the peculiarities of place name pronunciation. Even if the name of the family was pronounced one way, the name of the Marine base has come to be pronounced another way.

N.C. State's football players and coaches make a second annual trip to visit the Wounded Warrior Barracks, where injured and ill Marines convalesce ... more

President Barrack Obama addresses military personnel at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.