- + Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted—Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly taking to the skies foll...
- + How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China—On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by Army Chinooks and Black Haw...
- + Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House's Draft Defense Bill—In its draft National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, released this week, the House Armed Services Committee calls on the Pentagon to deliver a re...
- + 'Erase Them': Former Marine Charged for Allegedly Planning Attack on 'White People'—Joshua Cobb, 23, was arrested Friday and charged with transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce after allegedly posting plans for a mas...
- + Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds—The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on life-threatening conditi...
- + Marine Corps Combat Instructor Role Once Again a Special Duty Assignment—Combat instructors teach Marines weapons handling, employment of automatic weapons, the nuances of munition types, land navigation, communications, ta...
- + Naval Academy Commissioning Week Is Around the Corner. Here's What to Know.—The biggest week of the year at the United States Naval Academy is just around the corner. [Link to media]
- + Civilians Who Helped Save Marine Corps Commandant During Cardiac Arrest to Be Honored at Parade—Several people who helped save the commandant of the Marine Corps' life after his cardiac arrest last fall will be honored Friday night during an "Eve...
- + Storied Marine Corps Jet to Make Final Appearance at Cherry Point Air Show as Service Transitions to F-35—The AV-8B Harrier II has been a tactical stalwart for the service since the 1980s -- and even before that, in different configurations -- solidifying ...
- + Trucker Acquitted in Deadly Crash with Marine Veterans Asks for License Back—A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has testified on his request to reinsta...
- + Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Makes Operational Debut in Annual Philippines Exercise—The deployment of the vehicle occurred during Exercise Balikatan '24, which involved U.S. training with the Philippine military meant to build the par...
- + US and Philippine Forces Stage Combat Drills near Strategic Channel Off Southern Taiwan—U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills in the Philippines’ northernmost island town, a...
- + More than 100 Junior Marine Promotions Delayed Due to Computerized Clerical Error—The Marine Corps ordered units not to promote anyone to corporal or sergeant during the month of May, at least until the scope of the issue could be d...
- + 30 Sailors and Marines Injured in Training Incident Off Coast of Florida—Five sailors were medically evacuated for additional care to a hospital in Georgia, though four of them were released after treatment. One sailor rema...
- + Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists—The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering some Marines thousands of...
- + Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan—The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel, will be named the USS He...
- + Marine General Issues 'Call to Action' Against China Hackers Lurking in US Computer Systems—A Chinese, state-sponsored hacking group has embedded itself in critical U.S. infrastructure and is waiting to "foment terror" and "societal panic" th...
- + Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection—The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at hundreds of barracks buildings ...
- + Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures—The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether they understand it or no...
- + Marines Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures—The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether they understand it or no...
- + How to Think, Not What to Think: The Corps Is Trying to Change the Way Marines Learn and Teach—The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether they understand it or no...
- + J. Gary Cooper, Military and Governmental Trailblazer from Alabama, Dead at 87—Cooper became a reservist in 1970 and served in a variety of capacities and rising to the rank of major general in 1988, when he returned to active du...
- + Marine Corps Says It Wants Counter-Drone Capabilities 'Yesterday' as It Rushes to Roll Out New Systems—Over the last five years, the Marine Corps has been improving its counter-drone systems as it looks to reshape the force and compete with near-peer ad...
- + A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant—National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is: "Where is Tun Tavern?" [Author...
- + Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves—The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in an attempt to alleviate ...
- + Military Veteran Charged with Attempting to Make Ricin to Remain Jailed—A judge on Friday ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a bio...
- + Corps Identifies Camp Pendleton Marine Killed During 'Routine' Operations—Cpl. Miguel A. Maya was a member of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, or HMLAT, 303. The incident is still under investigation, according to 3r...
- + Biden’s New Chopper Is Demoted After Scorching White House Lawn—The VH-92 Patriot is landing only on paved runways for now, flying missions with White House officials or Secret Service staff instead of carrying Pre...
- + Marine Killed During Operation at Camp Pendleton, Marking Second Training Death for Service in a Week—A Marine died during a "routine military operation" at Camp Pendleton, California, on Tuesday evening, marking the Marine Corps' second death in less ...
- + Parachute Mishap Cited as Cause of Death for Camp Lejeune Marine Who Was Training in North Carolina—Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit died April 18 during a training incident in a coastal county in North Carolina, accordin...
- + Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway—Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway, the U.S. government has...
- + Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina—Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training incident in the vicinity of Ca...
- + Terry Anderson, AP Reporter Abducted in Lebanon and Held Captive for Years, Has Died at 76—After graduating from high school, Anderson turned down a scholarship to the University of Michigan in favor of enlisting in the Marines, where he ros...
- + Navy Sailor Who Got Video of Police Assault, Entered Capitol on Jan. 6 Avoids Jail Time and Probation —A Navy sailor who was convicted on a charge stemming from his participation in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has managed to avoid jail time or pro...
- + Sailor Worried About Career Convinces Judge to Avoid Jail, Probation for Jan. 6 Riot Participation—A Navy sailor who was convicted on a charge stemming from his participation in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has managed to avoid jail time or pro...
- + Camp Lejeune Marine Killed During Training in Eastern North Carolina, Service Says—The Marine, who was part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was not named in the statement to adhere to the service's next-of-kin notification pro...
- + Marines Leaving Service Must Now Notify Corps at Least 6 Months Before Departure—Previously, Marines could resign or retire with as little as four months of advanced notification. The update went into immediate effect for the servi...
- + Marine Uniforms Will Hit Shelves Again After Nearly 2-Year Shortage, Corps Says—The Marine Corps said it initially started noticing shortages in 2022 of the combat utility uniforms that left exchange stocks empty and Marines havin...
- + Former Marine 'Neo-Nazi' Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Firebombing of Planned Parenthood—Chance Brannon, an ex-corporal stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time of the firebombing, also plotted to attack an Orange County power grid, a LGBTQ...
- + Pentagon's Second Review of Abbey Gate Attack Finds Troops Didn't See Bomber Before the Explosion—The bombing, which occurred in late August 2021, targeted the large crowds of Afghans who were trying to leave the country in the last days of the Ame...
- + Marines in Uniform Were Photographed at Mar-a-Lago Event. Service Says It Was for a Veterans Charity.—The service said that reserve members from the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, or ANGLICO, color guard attended the April 11 event hosted by th...
- + China-Made Batteries Eliminated from Navy, Marine Corps Infrastructure After Camp Lejeune Incident —The Department of the Navy said it has taken a "proactive approach" to procure American or allied-supplied batteries for its installations, according ...
- + Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against Camp Pendleton Marine Found with Teen in Barracks Last Year—The Marine Corps dropped sexual assault charges against a Marine who was found with a minor in his barracks room last year. The Marine instead pleaded...
- + Retired Marine Commandant Signs Brief Against Trump's Immunity Claim—Gen. Charles Krulak, the retired Marine commandant, was among dozens of retired four-star generals and admirals and former cabinet officials who filed...
- + Former Marine Reservist Sentenced for Selling Fake COVID Vaccination Cards—Prosecutors said Jia Liu, 28, partnered with fellow admitted scammer Steven Rodriguez to steal, forge and distribute fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination c...
- + Marine Family Wants Safety, Security Improvements After Child Dies in Military Police Response to Gate Breach—Ryker Frost, 10, died as a result of injuries suffered during a collision involving his family's minivan and a military police vehicle that was respon...
- + Florida State Guard Recruit Threatened to ‘Blow Up’ Military Base, Witnesses Told Cops—A recruit for the Florida State Guard -- a civilian military force under Gov. Ron DeSantis' control -- was removed from a Jacksonville training facili...
- + Here Are the First 14 Bases to Experience New Privatized Household Goods Moves—In the beginning, only moves picked up and delivered within about 50 miles of the same base will be carried out by HomeSafe Alliance, the entity forme...
- + Marine Infantry Battalion Commander Fired at Camp Pendleton for 'Loss of Trust and Confidence'—Lt. Col. Christopher O'Melia was fired from his role as battalion commander on March 26 "due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to conti...
- + Chinese National Attempted to Run Gate at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base in California—The suspect briefly made it past gate guards, but was immediately apprehended by military police, Marine spokesperson Maj. Joshua Pena told Military.c...
- + Coast Guard Ends Search for Marine Who Went Missing While Swimming at Beach—Cpl. Samuel is a reserve Marine with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing out of Chicopee, Massachusetts. He serves as a motor vehicle operator for the unit, acco...
- + On the Ice with Marines Preparing for War in the Arctic—We spent time with the Marines miles above the Arctic Circle in Norway as part of the largest NATO exercise in the region since 1988. [Author: Drew F....
- + Marine Missing After Swimming in Puerto Rico; Coast Guard Searching Coastal Waters—According to the Coast Guard, 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru went swimming in the beach area of "La Pared" in Luquillo on the western side of the U.S. ter...
- + All US Commissaries Plan to Offer Home Delivery of Groceries Starting in Late Summer—The home deliveries, set to begin in late summer, are planned as an expansion of the agency's COVID-19 pandemic-era accessibility program and would be...
- + Air Force Ospreys in Japan Remain Grounded After Deadly Crash, Even as Marines Return to the Air—The Air Force is still not flying Osprey aircraft in Japan despite getting the green light to lift a monthslong flight hold following a deadly crash o...
- + Shooting Incident During Altercation at Camp Lejeune Leads to Marine Being Apprehended—This latest incident follows another shooting that occurred earlier this year in which a Marine was taken into custody in connection with a shooting d...
- + With Eyes on China, US Special Operators Are Back to Battling the Jungle—Decades of desert ops have dulled jungle warfare skills, requiring more specialized training in this environment. [Author: Stavros Atlamazoglou] [Link...
- + The Final 'Wizzo': Marine Corps Captain Graduates as Service's Last F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer—Capt. Michael LoGrande always wanted to fly for the Marine Corps. Even after being medically disqualified to be a pilot, he didn't see it as the end o...
- + The Marine Corps Completed Its Force-Wide Barracks Inspection. Here's How it Went.—The inspection was meant to better understand the state of the barracks, which have recently come under scrutiny across the military. [Author: Drew F....
- + Marines Fly Flags at Half-Mast After Revered Former Commandant Al Gray Dies at 95 —Gen. Al Gray was lauded by Marines, current and former, for his no-nonsense, salt-of-the earth approach to leading the service, including as a former ...
- + Pentagon Panel Says Women Should Be Integrated into Marine Platoons as Part of Recruit Training—The Marine Corps is the only service that is not gender-integrated at the lowest recruit training level, according to the report released Friday, desp...
- + Marine Corps Continues Path to Retirement for Artillery System that Has Seen Heavy Use in Ukraine—For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S. deterrence, including in Europe. [...
- + Two Commanders in Marine Corps' West Coast Infantry School Fired on Same Day—Col. Seth "S.W." MacCutcheon, the commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj. Nicholas Engle, the commander of the Reconnaissance Training Comp...
- + Marine Corps Sends Special Response Unit to Haiti After Partial US Embassy Evacuation—U.S. Southern Command said that the need for the FAST came at the request of the State Department, and that it "is prepared with a wide range of conti...
- + More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way—Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army barracks and $250 million f...
- + Rapper Shaggy Got His Distinctive Voice from Making Fun of His Marine Corps Drill Instructors—One might think that making fun of a drill instructor would lead to a severely shortened life span, but for reggae rapper, songwriter and erstwhile Ma...
- + Camp Pendleton Squadrons Start Training with Osprey Again After Aircraft’s Grounding Is Lifted—The grounding, which also included the Air Force and Navy, was lifted on March 8 by Naval Air Systems Command officials. [Author: Erika I. Ritchie] [L...
- + Marine Corps Tosses Hosiery Requirement for Female Marines—Previously, Marines were required to wear full-length, nylon pantyhose in either skin or smoky-toned hues, depending on whether they were wearing thei...
- + Supply or Die: Sustaining Marines in the High North so They Can Fight and Win a Future War—Marine Corps and Norwegian sustainers participating in exercise Nordic Response 24 said that operating in a cold-weather environment such as this is c...
- + Knocking Down 'Crappy' Barracks: Marine Enlisted Leader Says Housing Needs to Improve—Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, who took the mantle of top enlisted leader of the Marine Corps over five months ago, said that having quality barracks for Mari...
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