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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The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is anchored off the coast of La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago as the ship prepares for a five-day medical mission. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Morgan K. Nall)

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SEAL Team 7 members jump from an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Emerald Warrior/Trident at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erin Piazza)

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Marines from Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), School of Infantry-East (SOI-E) patrol their way to an objective during the Infantry Integrated Field Training Exercise aboard Camp Geiger, North Carolina, Nov. 15, 2013. Delta company is the first company at ITB with female students as part of a measured, deliberate and responsible collection of data on the performance of female Marines when executing existing infantry tasks and training events, the Marine Corps is soliciting entry-level female

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Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, make their way through Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, back to Patrol Base Poole after completing Operation Mako, Sept. 21, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Mark Fayloga)

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FILE -- An MV-22B Osprey adjusts it's landing position on the amphibious assault ship, USS Bataan (LHD 5), Aug. 28, 2019. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kegan E. Kay)

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Marines shoot illumination rounds from an M224 60mm mortar system off the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Nov. 21, 2016 (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Chris Garcia)

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Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island started the evacuation of recruits to Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., Sept. 3, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Dana Beesley)

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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct a live-fire exercise at Range 400 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2019, during Integrated Training Exercise 5-19. After ITX 5-19, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, will be activated and deploy to the Indo-Pacific Command to conduct multiple exercises across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)

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The F-35A Lightning II Demo Team commander and pilot practices the F-35 demonstration, Jan. 23, 2019 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Aspen Reid)

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford speak to reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon on Aug. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dunford Says He'll Never Talk about Trump, Even After Leaving the Military

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Marine poolee Jose Rodriguez, 18, died after a fitness test at a Maryland recruiting station. Marine Corps photo

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Then-Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran speaks to command master chiefs from around the Navy at the 2019 Leadership Mess Symposium in Suffolk, Virginia, on March 27, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Hendrick Simoes)

IG: Admiral Who Was Set to Lead the Navy Used Personal Email for Official Business

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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson is relieved by Adm. Mike Gilday at a change of office ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard, Aug. 22, 2019. Richardson served as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations from September 2015 to August 2019. (U.S. Navy photo/Levingston Lewis)

Navy's New Top Officer Warns Sailors About Serious Threats on the High Seas

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