Gina Harkins

Gina Harkins previously covered the Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard for Military.com. She has covered troops and their families for nearly a decade, reporting from the U.S., Central and South America, and at sea. Before joining Military.com, Gina was a longtime reporter and managing editor for the independent Marine Corps Times. Her story on two recruits trapped at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina was runner up for the 2013 Military Reporters and Editors award for domestic military coverage. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and studied political science and international relations in her undergrad at Northeastern Illinois University.

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Southwest Airlines Captain Bryan Knight flies his father back home to Dallas Love Field for the final time more than 50 years after he was killed in action during the Vietnam War in 1967. (Image: Southwest Airlines)

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An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft, armed with a GAU-22 cannon loaded with high explosive incendiary tracer 25mm rounds, prepares to take off during an aerial gunnery and ordnance hot-reloading exercise aboard the USS Wasp, Solomon Sea, August 4, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Dylan Hess)

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Camp Pendleton, Calif., sign. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

12 Marines Confined at Pendleton for Allegedly Smuggling Undocumented Immigrants

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A U.S. Air Force para-rescueman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, loads a utility- terrain vehicle on a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules in Dakar, Senegal, Aug. 6, 2019. SPMAGTF-CR-AF 19.2 rehearsed embassy reinforcement procedures at U.S. Embassy Bamako, Mali. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military tra

Navy and Marine C-130s Still Flying After Air Force Found 'Atypical Cracks'

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Retired Gen. John R. Allen, then the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter IS, arrives on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2015, to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to examine the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Retired Marine 4-Star Warns White Nationalist Terrorism Is a Threat Equal to ISIS

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Capt. Anneliese Satz puts on her flight helmet prior to a training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, on March 11, 2019. Satz graduated the F-35B Lighting II Pilot Training Program in June and will be assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 in Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ashley Phillips)

This Is the Marine Corps' 1st Female F-35B Fighter Pilot

Twenty-four years after the Marine Corps got its first female aviator, another woman pilot is making history.

A sergeant's chevron is pinned to a flak jacket at Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone)

Marine Corps Changes Waiver Rules for Sergeants Trying to Make Staff Sergeant

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Vice Adm. Michael Gilday arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2019, for his confirmation hearing to be an admiral and Chief of Naval Operations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How the Navy's Next CNO Earned a Combat Award During Desert Storm

Gilday demonstrated "superb tactical competence" and "untiring devotion to duty," his Navy Commendation Medal states.

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Lt. Charles Z. Walker, 33, died in a July 31 crash near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. (U.S. Navy)

Navy Identifies 'Incredible' Super Hornet Pilot Killed in 'Star Wars Canyon' Crash

Charles Z. Walker,Walker, 33, was killed on Wednesday when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into a canyon wall.

Rear Adm. Stephen Williamson addresses attendees at the command’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt graduation ceremony in Bremerton, Wash. (U.S. Navy/Scott Hansen)

Navy Rear Admiral Removed from Job Over Inappropriate Relationship

Rear Adm. Stephen Williamson was relieved as director of industrial operations at Naval Sea Systems Command.

Navy Super Hornet Pilot Died in Crash at 'Star Wars Canyon,' Officials Confirm

Navy officials have determined that the F/A-18E pilot involved in a Wednesday crash in a narrow California canyon is dead.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Norman Cooling speaks at Forward Operating Base, Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2011. (Sgt. Joseph Johnson/U.S. Marine Corps)

Marine 1-Star's 'Light' Punishment Questioned After He Mistreated Subordinates

While Cooling's reprimand is less severe than what others received for mistreating subordinates, it's not without precedent.

Navy Vice Adm. Michael M. Gilday testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 31, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The committee met to hear testimony on Gilday’s nomination as the chief of naval operations. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Admiral Tapped to Lead Navy Wants to Get to 'Root Causes' of SEAL Scandals

Vice Adm. Michael Gilday said he expects all sailors and officers to uphold the highest standards -- including Navy SEALs.

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