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Marine Armed With Assault Rifle Charged After Fleeing Troopers In High-Speed Chase
A Camp Lejeune Marine who was armed with an assault rifle has been charged after fleeing from the Highway Patrol...
Marine Booted Over White Nationalist Ties, Alleged Role In Planning Charlottesville Rally
Michael Joseph Chesny was separated from the U.S. Marine Corps on April 5 over his association with white nationalist organizations and...
Medal Of Honor Recipient Wesley Fox Laid To Rest At Arlington National Cemetery
Medal of Honor recipient Marine Col. Wesley Fox was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery almost a half-century after...
R. Lee Ermey, Marine Corps Drill Instructor Turned Iconic Actor, Has Died
R. Lee Ermey, the Marine Corps drill instructor who turned recruits into killing machines as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal...
These Fantasy-Themed 90s Marine Corps Recruitment Ads Are Both Totally Insane And Strangely Arousing
Something I’ve pondered lately, because I don’t really ponder matters of real importance, is the nature of Marine Corps recruiting...
Watch An M1 Abrams Battle Tank Execute A Near-Perfect Drift
The M1 Abrams main battle tank may be the most iconic armored combat vehicle in the Department of Defense’s arsenal,...
Marine Forces Reserve’s Top Chaplain Was Ousted Over New Orleans Bar Sex Tape
When Task & Purpose first broke the news that the Marine Forces Reserve had fired top chaplain, Navy Capt. Loften...
Reflections On What The Marine Corps Really Thinks Of Women
I read a book excerpt last week written by Lt. Col. Kate Germano (Ret.) with great interest since she described...
This Marine Has The Most Marine Tinder Profile We’ve Ever Seen
This story has been updated. There are two fundamental truths to life in the U.S. armed forces: ladies love a...
The Marine Corps Is Finally Getting The Sniper Rifle It Deserves
The Marine Corps plans on adopting the Mk 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle for Marine scout snipers, officials confirmed to...
This Iconic Vietnam-Era Rocket Launcher Just Got A Major Upgrade, And Marines Say It’s A ‘Game Changer’
First adopted by the Army and Marine Corps at the height of the Vietnam War, the M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon...
In Defense Of The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
After reading the article, “The Marine Corps’ Rifle is Super Expensive – And No One Knows Why,” I spent a...
Marine Forces Reserve Chaplain Removed Over ‘Loss Of Trust And Confidence’
The chaplain for U.S. Marine Forces Reserve has been relieved of duties, Marine Corps officials confirmed to Task & Purpose...
Chesty XV Drops In On Marines For National Puppy Day
Just in time for National Puppy Day, Chesty XV, the next Marine Corps mascot, made a special appearance at the...
Everyone In The US Military Is Getting A Taste of The Army’s New Handgun
It’s been an emotional roller coaster, but the moment of truth is finally here: Every branch of the U.S. armed...
The Marine Corps’ New Rifle Is Super Expensive — And No One Knows Why
In their race to field a more powerful automatic rifle, the Marine Corps sidestepped the normal acquisition process and approved...
Former Marine Pleads Guilty To Brutal Slaying Of Army Reservist Less Than An Hour Into His Murder Trial
Less than an hour into his murder trial, a former Marine pleaded guilty to killing an Army reservist in a...
Marine Forces Reserve Battalion Commander Found Dead in Home
Editor’s Note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and...
The Marine Corps Can’t Seem To Hold Onto A Few Good Men
The Marine Forces Reserve can’t keep enough prior-service Marines to stay in to fill reserve billets for the first time...
Trump Just Proposed A ‘Space Force’ That His Generals Definitely Don’t Want
President Donald Trump conquered American politics. Now, he's eyeing outer space. Speaking to service members at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar...
A Gunnery Sergeant Blames The Iraq War For Why He Beat His Daughter
In 2016, Gunnery Sgt. Scott D. Faulkner was a highly decorated Marine combat engineer poised for higher rank. Less than...
This Marine Lost His Leg In Iraq. Here’s How He’s Still Serving His Country More Than A Decade Later
There was a dicey moment when Officer Christopher Lawrence jumped a fence to assist a fellow cop on a foot...
A Handful Of Female Marines Just Made History At Camp Pendleton
The first wave of female students landed Tuesday at Camp Pendleton’s Marine Combat Training course, an influx expected to grow...
A Marine Officer Allegedly Concluded A Multi-State Adultery Spree By Terrorizing His Wife
A commissioned officer at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is accused of terrorizing his wife, bedding mistresses across three states...
Flight Surgeon Killed By Helicopter Blade At Camp Pendleton Continues Mission Of Service
Navy Lt. James Mazzuchelli, a flight surgeon for a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, lived to help others and now, even...
