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Marine Corps

Navy destroyer named for Marine Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

Cpl. Darrell Reynolds, the fiscal chief with 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, low crawls during the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Dec. 14, 2018. The CFT is an annual fitness assessment comprised of a simulated movement to contact, which is an 880-meter sprint; 2 minutes of 30-pound ammo can lifts, and a maneuver under fire, which is a timed 300-yard shuttle run of combat-related tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is looking for ‘volunteers’ to leave the service early

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 31, 2025

Sig Sauer M18
Marine Corps

Sig Sauer pushes back on criticisms over safety of M17 and M18 pistols

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

Air Force M18 pistol
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Sig Sauer pistol still in wide use across military after airman’s death

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

Marine with folded flag
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Marine veteran’s body was hidden in a closet for eight months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, guard a federal area in Los Angeles, July 4, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)
Marine Corps

The Marines are ending their Los Angeles mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Stuart Scheller
Marine Corps

Marine who criticized leaders for Afghanistan withdrawal to head promotions review

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, speaks to Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd MAW, after his final flight in command, at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2024. Marking the occasion as exceptionally meaningful, Borgschulte’s first flight assigned to an operational squadron in 1994 was also at HMLA-169. He now has more than 3,800 career flight hours, including 700 combat hours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and during his time in command of the Marine Corps’ largest aircraft wing, he flew every aircraft platform within the MAW. Borgschulte is slated to relinquish command to Maj. Gen. James B. Wellons on July 2, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emeline Swyers)
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A Marine general will command the Naval Academy for the first time

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

SMASH 2000L fire control system
Marine Corps

Marines to field new smart scope to help shoot down small drones

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

The painting, “Operation Phantom Fury — Fallujah 2004,” is intended to capture the uncertainty of urban combat.
Marine Corps

A Marine veteran recreated a hell house from the Battle of Fallujah on canvas

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 8, 2025

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Marine Corps

Here is every rifle Marines have used in the last 250 years

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 discuss fueling during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Auxiliary Airfield Six, near Gila Bend Airfield, Arizona, Oct. 18, 2024. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
Marine Corps

Nearly 200 Marines deploy to Florida to support ICE operations

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 4, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, rehearse non-lethal tactics in Los Angeles, June 11, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)
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New Marines arrive in Los Angeles as first wave heads home

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

Frank S. Wright
Marine Corps

WWII Marine Raider who fought at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal wants cards for 100th birthday

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

Alejandro Barranco
Marine Corps

Father of 3 Marines who was arrested by immigration agents raised his sons ‘to serve our country’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 25, 2025

Marine AV-8B Harrier
Marine Corps

‘War Thunder’ continues to live up to its reputation for OPSEC violations

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 24, 2025

An M10 Booker undergoing testing at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds.
Marine Corps

The Army doesn’t want the M10 Booker. Do the Marines need it?

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Jun 21, 2025

A sailor hammers away at floor planks in a trench in Latvia.
Marine Corps

Marines and sailors are building trenches for the drone age

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

Army veteran Marcos Leao kneels while being detained by Marines at the Wilshire federal building on June 13, 2025.
Marine Corps

Marines detain civilian in Los Angeles, in first such case

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Marines conduct non-lethal training
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Marines tasked with LA mission have not yet completed use of force and nonlethal training

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a dismounted patrol at the start of Range 400 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 14, 2023. Range 400 is used to conduct company-level live-fire training in a deliberate assault against prepared defensive positions to enhance combined arms engagement capabilities in an austere environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker)
Marine Corps

What Marines deploying to LA amid protests legally can, and cannot, do

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz And Cpl. Andrew Hundley
Marine Corps

A Marine Corps reply-all email apocalypse has an incredible real-life ending

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

Japes Capers
Marine Corps

Legendary Recon Marine could finally get the Medal of Honor

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 29, 2025

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Payton Garcia holds up an M1 Garand rifle presented to him at the Marine Corps Championships at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 18, 2025.
Marine Corps

A Marine swept the Corps’ top marksmanship contest for first time since 1959

By Matt White

Posted on May 29, 2025

ICE agents at Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will screen visitors at 3 Marine Corps bases

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 21, 2025

Next Generation Squad Weapon Testing
Marine Corps

Army infantry officer calls new XM7 ‘unfit for use as a modern service rifle’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 6, 2025

Marine barracks inspections
Marine Corps

Rooms for 4,200 Marines improved as part of barracks overhaul

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 1, 2025

Defenders from the 22nd Security Forces Squadron prepare for night operations during Lethal Defender Dec. 2, 2023, at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas. Lethal Defender is a weeklong training exercise designed to train defenders on all elements of the efficient setup and maintenance of expeditionary air bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Lunn)
Marine Corps

The Army saw a drop in sexual assault reports, while other services went up

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith speaks during a Relinquishment of Office ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. on July 10, 2023. The 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, relinquished the office to Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith. Until a new Commandant is confirmed by the Senate and appointed to the position, Gen. Smith will be the acting Commandant, retaining the title and position of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Dornfeld)
Marine Corps

Commandant says Marines should have a say in whether they change duty stations

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with 3rd Marine Raider Battalion take a break during training at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-week training programs for U.S. Army, Navy and Marine special operations forces that provides live-fire ranges and familiarizes them with Air Force Special Operations Command assets to ensure global readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
Marine Corps

Marine Raiders won’t be fighting in the Arctic anytime soon, general says

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Apr 29, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, observes a forward area refueling point demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 13, 2022. The demonstration was part of a three-day Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Force Level Summit. The summits are held quarterly to support force level sergeants major at their respective commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Victoria Ross)
Marine Corps

Marine in top enlisted spot leaving the Pentagon after just 2 years

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Apr 22, 2025

Marines killed
Marine Corps

Two Marines killed in crash while on southern border duty identified

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

{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)
Marine Corps

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Reserve

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 17, 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)
Marine Corps

Marine Corps to field new counter-drone systems to deploying units

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

Marine rifle squads
Marine Corps

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

Marine drones
Marine Corps

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
Marine Corps

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
Marine Corps

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.
Marine Corps

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)
Marine Corps

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

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

1st Battalion, 4th Marines
Marine Corps

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)
Marine Corps

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)
Marine Corps

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)
Marine Corps

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.
Marine Corps

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.
Marine Corps

US Marine, 3 Pentagon contractors die in Philippines plane crash

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
Marine Corps

Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Soldiers from the 97th Military Police Brigade, and 41st Engineering Company, Fort Riley, KS., work along side with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo, TX., port of entry, applying 300 meters of concertina wire along the Mexico border in support of Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT November 2, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)
Marine Corps

Here are the first Army and Marine Corps units heading to the border

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

Capt. Jordan Wiggins, 23d Fighter Group pilot, speaks into his HGU-55/P helmet prior to departure July 2, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Wiggins is flying one of the two A-10s assigned to the 23d Fighter Group that are scheduled to conduct a flyover as a part of the 2020 Salute to America in Washington, D.C., celebrating the United States of America’s 244th birthday. The flyover provides the men and women of the 23d Fighter Group the opportunity to demonstrate capabilities and join in national celebration, while obtaining necessary training hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson)
Marine Corps

Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Lohmeier and Scheller
Marine Corps

Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

Marines on Guam
Marine Corps

Top Marine general says moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam ‘puts us going the wrong way’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

Marine beards
Marine Corps

Top Marine general rules out beards ‘because we’re Marines and we’re different’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

1st Battalion, 4th Marines
Marine Corps

Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

Marine boot camp photos
Marine Corps

Marine recruit uniforms were photoshopped on at boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 6, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with 3rd Marine Raider Battalion take a break during training at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-week training programs for U.S. Army, Navy and Marine special operations forces that provides live-fire ranges and familiarizes them with Air Force Special Operations Command assets to ensure global readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
Marine Corps

Drinking conviction against 2 members of ‘MARSOC 3’ overturned, ending yearslong case

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 1, 2025

Jasmin Moghbeli
Marine Corps

Marine astronaut says the space station is ‘luxurious’ compared to how Marines usually live

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 19, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Matthew Danner, front, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, addresses his Marines during a formation on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 9, 2024. Danner and Sgt. Maj. Charles Peoples, the sergeant major of the 31st MEU, led the weekly formation for a final time, in advance of a change of command. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Peter J. Eilen)
Marine Corps

Opinions of lower-ranking troops could soon be considered in officer promotions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 17, 2024

Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the Marine Corps,
Marine Corps

Top Marine says combat experience gives US the edge over China’s military

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 11, 2024

A Naval Strike Missile fires from a NMESIS system.
Marine Corps

Marines deploy NMESIS anti-ship system to the Pacific

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 30, 2024

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech during an uncasing ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 16, 2024. The uncasing ceremony is an Army tradition that represents the point in time when a unit’s mission overseas is complete. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jonathon Downs)
Marine Corps

How generals and admirals get promoted now and how that may change under Trump

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

We showed the U.S. Marine Corps' latest recruiting ad, "Made For This" to a bunch of teenagers.
Marine Corps

We showed the new Marine Corps recruiting ad to some teenagers. Here’s what they thought of it.

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 19, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason Burkett, commanding officer, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to Marines during a battalion formation at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 1, 2024. This battalion-wide formation was held to brief future events and address questions regarding the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)
Marine Corps

Suicide rates among active duty troops, spouses and dependents have increased since 2011

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

Marines in dress uniforms carry a large birthday cake.
Marine Corps

Get some cake, Marine Corps, it’s your 249th birthday

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 10, 2024

Marine recruit picked up by police at San Diego airport after fleeing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California.
Marine Corps

Marine recruit flees boot camp, stopped at airport

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 6, 2024