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Two Marines killed in crash while on southern border duty identified

By Jeff Schogol

Posted 24 Hours Ago

{filenamebase) WASHINGTON (Sept. 16, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks at a ceremony recognizing Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer in an induction ceremony at the Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon. Sgt. Meyer received this award for his brave actions in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2010 when he left his safe post and coming under enemy fire continuously ove the courese of six hours to recover the fallen and provide aid to wounded Afghan and U.S. service members. Sgt. Meyer saved 13 U.S. Marines and Soldiers and 23 Afghans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Reserve

By Jeff Schogol

Posted Yesterday

Rich McCormick, now a Republican member of Congress from Georgia, appeared in the “Chess” Marine recruiting ad from the 1990s.
Culture

The Marine in one of the most famous recruiting commercials is now in Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, scan for simulated threats from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) with a NightFighter S portable counter-unmanned aerial vehicle system, a MODI II system, and an FIM-92 Stinger during a counter-unmanned aircraft system drill in the Pacific Ocean July 20, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)
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Marine Corps to field new counter-drone systems to deploying units

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

Marine rifle squads
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The Marine Corps has settled the debate over the size of a rifle squad

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

Marine drones
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Marine Corps stands up ‘attack drone team’ to take lessons from Ukraine and teach them to grunts

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold
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A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

Marine shaving policy
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Marine commanding officers have final say on medical shaving exemptions

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

A new pilot program offers Marine Corps and navy moms on active duty or spouses access to registered nurses for help with unique physical and mental health conditions that moms face throughout pregnancy and after giving birth.
Military Life

New program helps Navy, Marine Corps moms with pregnancy and infant care

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 13, 2025

Students in the academic track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course work on improving their math skills during a class at Fort Moore, Georgia. The academic track focuses on improving word knowledge, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and test-taking skills to help students improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and meet the Army’s enlistment standards. (U.S. Army photo by Toygar Ayla)
Military Life

Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

1st Battalion, 4th Marines
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Historic ‘China Marines’ battalion converts into latest Littoral Combat Team

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 10, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Watson, the executive officer of Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23, watches MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft land during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23 in Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 6, 2023. Southern Jackaroo is a trilateral exercise with MRF-D, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Defence Force, with Republic of Korea observers, working together to achieve fire, maneuver, and communications interoperability objectives. Watson is a native of Woodbridge, Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)
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Marine officer honored for leadership in aftermath of chaotic Osprey crash

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Army Fort Campbell re-enlists 124 soldiers to continue to serve our country. Stay tuned for more event coverage this week! (Photos by SPC Harris, 101st Division Public Affairs Office)
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Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

United State Marines among the ruins of a house that was levelled by Marines who determined that Communists were taking refuge inside, in Hue, Vietnam, 15th February 1968. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
History

Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

A headshot of a Marine in full dress, with the American flag behind him.
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Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

Local Marines fold flags for Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson’s family during his funeral May 4 at Tahoma Cemetery. Jackson was killed April 24 by an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan.
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US Marine, 3 Pentagon contractors die in Philippines plane crash

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 6, 2025