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News from across the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Lohmeier and Scheller
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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
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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
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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
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Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

Marine boot camp photos
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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
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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)
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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,
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Marine recruit flees boot camp, stopped at airport

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 6, 2024

F-35 Crash investigations eject
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Marines say crashed F-35B malfunctioned, but pilot didn’t need to eject

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 31, 2024

USMC sister brother Eagle globe anchor
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Marine Corps corporal surprises little brother with EGA at boot camp ceremony

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

National Museum of the Marine Corps
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Garbage, PowerPoint, combat: Father and son revisit their wars at Marine Corps museum

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
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Federal judge tosses lawsuit that challenged Pennsylvania military ballots

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 29, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Cpl. Eddie Vincek, a WWII veteran and Battle of Iwo Jima survivor, poses for a group photo with Marines from Training Company , Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment during his 100th birthday celebration at the Ruritan Club, Chesapeake, Va., Sept. 29, 2024. Vincek served with ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima which was one of the last and most violent struggles of the WWII campaign in the Pacific. During the celebration, Vincek was joined by close family and friends and honored with a challenge coin and plaque. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Catherine S. Verenzuela Mariano)
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100 Marines showed up for an Iwo Jima veteran’s 100th Birthday

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

Marine Staff Sgt. Brett Meil
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Marine used his own body to shield buddy during grenade training accident

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Saul Aguilar-Ortega, an embarkation specialist with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, engages his target during a new experimental annual rifle qualification (ARQ) on Bravo Range at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 2, 2020. The new ARQ is expected to be implemented by 2021, with shooters wearing combat gear and qualifying over a course of three days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers)
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Marine Corps rolls out plan to overhaul marksmanship training for the first time in a century

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

Marines fire a mortar.
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Surge in Marines staying in the Corps past their first enlistment

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 23, 2024

Fred McCoy
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Marine veteran and wife locate body of shooting suspect in Kentucky

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2024

Marine Corps sergeant rescues woman from fiery crash awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Marine Corps

‘I don’t see myself as a hero,’ says Marine who saved woman from fiery car wreck

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 19, 2024

Marine Cpl. Spencer Collart died after an August
Marine Corps

Marine who died trying to reach trapped Osprey pilots honored for final bravery

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 17, 2024

Sgt. Maj. Gerardo E. Trevino
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Marine sergeant major fired from West Coast boot camp now in brig amid investigation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 16, 2024

Marines CFT Air Force
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Four Marines trained an Air Force base to take the Marine Corps fitness test. The Air Force gave them medals for it.

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2024

Marines with USS Wasp assaulted in Turkey
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Marines in Turkey step in when two of their own assaulted on the street

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

A missing persons flying for Bailey Cameron.
Marine Corps

Camp Pendleton Marine missing for more than a week

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 1, 2024

Cpl. Daniel Heller after receiving the Navy Cross.
Marine Corps

Vietnam Marine vet awarded Navy Cross 55 years after saving Marines while wounded

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

A photo of the gym dedication to Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee.
Marine Corps

USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

tinder lebanon
Marine Corps

Did the Pentagon match with Hezbollah on Tinder?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

Anthony Taveras-Furcal
Marine Corps

Marine arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff’s deputies with his car

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 21, 2024

trump medal of honor
Marine Corps

Trump describes Medal of Honor recipients as ‘hit so many times by bullets’ or ‘dead’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

Riley Tejcek
Marine Corps

Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
Marine Corps

Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Static line and freefall parachute operations require different approaches and skillsets.
Marine Corps

A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Aug 12, 2024

mv-22 marine died reaching pilots
Marine Corps

Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 10, 2024

Beirut Marines
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Beirut Marines reflect on death of Hezbollah leader who planned 1983 attack

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 2, 2024

Florida National Guardsmen of the 2nd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment, fire a round from an M777 Howitzer, May 23, 2021, at Eugen Kvaternik Military Training Area in Slunj, Croatia. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (By Sgt. Joshua Oh)
Marine Corps

Artillery, infantry and all enlisted troops face higher risks of suicide

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 1, 2024

Marine veteran Paul Whelan, held in Russia since 2018, released in major prisoner swap
Marine Corps

Marine veteran Paul Whelan, held in Russia since 2018, released in major prisoner swap

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 1, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jerry Betzold, with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, trains in a coxswain course at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, May 27, 2021. Betzold is a Avone, Ind. native. “This course allows for us to maintain our readiness for small boat handling tactics with Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts, and to be able to raid beach landing sites effectively and swiftly.” Trainings like these allow Marines to continually develop their maritime skillset to ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force remains a ready force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Marshall)
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Marine killed in Humvee rollover at Twentynine Palms identified

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

Marine Humvee
Marine Corps

Marine killed in Humvee rollover at Twentynine Palms

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 29, 2024

Reward image of dead Marine Peter Chounthala
Marine Corps

$20,000 reward offered for information on people who attacked, ran over Marine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 27, 2024

Two ex-Marines sentenced for terror plot to attack power grid
Marine Corps

Two ex-Marines sentenced for terror plot to attack power grid

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 27, 2024

Pro-Trump groups fight with police at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
Marine Corps

Former Marine sentenced to nearly five years in prison for participating in the Jan. 6 riot

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 20, 2024

HIPS heat injury
Marine Corps

Army’s wearable sensors detect early signs of severe heat injuries

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 17, 2024

Marine Pvt. Carlos Paz-Sosa 2024
Marine Corps

Marine recruit loses more than 100 pounds to graduate from boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 16, 2024

Trump Rally Shooting
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Marine veteran wounded in Trump assassination attempt

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

vance trump US Marine
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J.D. Vance is first veteran on Presidential ticket since John McCain

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

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Marine Corps

Air Force engineer charged with cover up in Marine KC-130 crash that killed 16

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 11, 2024

U.S. Army Talent Acquisition Specialist (420T) candidates completed the first phase of their initial training program at the Adjutant General School on Fort Jackson, South Carolina May 10, 2024. The first two weeks of the course features fundamental data analytics training followed by eight weeks of technical training at the Recruiting and Retention College at Fort Know, Kentucky. (Courtesy U.S. Army photo)
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Army graduates first class of recruiting warrant officers

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Audrey Griffith, left, points to an area of interest while standing guard with Spc. Heidi Gerke during a force protection exercise at Forward Operating Base Hadrian in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. Both women are members of the 92nd Engineer Battalion. (U.S. Army courtesy photo/Released)
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Female veterans of heavier combat face more chronic pain, as do spouses back home

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 10, 2024

Okinawa
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2 US service members were charged with sexual assault in Okinawa in 5 months

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 2, 2024

Gen. William Mullen
Marine Corps

Retired Marine two-star general found dead on Twentynine Palms training center

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 2, 2024

USNA USAFA Induction day
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Naval and Air Force Academies welcome class of 2028 with ‘I-Day,’ plenty of yelling

By Matt White

Posted on Jun 27, 2024

2024 U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Best Combat Diver Team Competition
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Green Berets pay tribute to fallen Combat Diver students at 2024 competition

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jun 25, 2024

Marines revive historic ‘Sledge’ airfield on Peleliu in Pacific pivot
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Marines revive historic ‘Sledge’ airfield on Peleliu in Pacific pivot

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 24, 2024

The DPAA announced the identification and accounting for 16 service members from both WW II and Korean War.
Marine Corps

Soldiers missing from Chosin Reservoir and Bataan identified for return home

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Jun 20, 2024

Marine Lance Cpl. Austin Brian Schwenk
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Court-martial set in shooting death of Lance Corporal who was ‘born to be a Marine’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 14, 2024

Seth William Baker
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Man claiming to be Marine veteran joins Russian military, video shows

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 10, 2024

Omaha Beach Normandy D-Day 80th anniversary
Marine Corps

Sea conditions stop Marines from amphibious landings at Normandy to mark D-Day

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 5, 2024

His grandfather was a ‘Beirut Marine.’ Now he’s graduating from Parris Island.
Marine Corps

His grandfather was a ‘Beirut Marine.’ Now he’s graduating from Parris Island.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 30, 2024