Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has ordered all Confederate paraphernalia to be removed from Marine Corps installations, his spokesman confirmed on Wednesday By Jeff Schogol Updated on ...

The announcement came just days after the Marine Corps officially banned the Confederate battle flag from both public and work spaces on its military bases after previously announcing plans to do ...

including the Navy and Marines, recently took steps to ban the flag ahead of the departmental guidance. President Donald Trump has previously defended the use of the Confederate flag as free speech.

The Confederate flag was flown on top of the South Carolina state house until 2000, when it was removed from the dome, but the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag was raised onto a 30-foot flagpole at ...