U.S. Marine Corps

COVID-19 squashes some of the Marine Corps’ biggest balls

About 3,000 people typically attend the Commandant's Marine Corps Birthday Ball.

Marines simulated a takedown of a hostile ship in the South China Sea in a ‘flex’ at China

"Marines flex in the South China Sea."

US service members battling racism in the ranks report a high barrier to justice

Data obtained by Reuters show that service members rarely file formal equal opportunity complaints when compared to their civilian employee...

He lost his arm, leg and eye saving his fellow Marines during WWII. Now his family says he deserves the Medal of Honor

For their actions during the bloody struggle for Iwo Jima during World War II, 27 sailors and Marines received the...

This Marine is finally coming home nearly 80 years after his death at the Battle of Tarawa

He enlisted at 28, died at 29 and never came home. Now Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Frank L. Athon Jr....

70 years ago, this Medal of Honor recipient sacrificed himself to save his fellow Marines

It has been 70 years since Baldomero Lopez sacrificed his life to save his Marine platoon, smothering a grenade with...

Marines have joined the fight against California’s raging wildfires

Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing are assisting with the Slink Fire in the Sierra Nevada

‘I was instantly furious’ — Marine vet and Gold Star widow blasts Trump after seeing photo of him at her husband’s grave in Arlington

A Marine Corps veteran and Gold Star widow sharply criticized President Donald Trump after seeing a photo of him at...

The Taliban drove his family out of Afghanistan when he was a child. Now he wants to go back as a Marine

23 years ago, the Taliban drove Pvt. Atiqullah Assadi and his family from their home in Afghanistan. Now, he's a...

The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft

The Marine Corps plans on loading up its brand new battlewagons with a 30mm cannon to track and destroy enemy...

The Marine Corps has launched two investigations into its deadliest AAV training accident ever

Military officials have launched two investigations to determine why an amphibious assault vehicle sank recently during training off San Clemente...

Marine Corps aircrew safe after helicopter catches fire mid-flight

Marine Corps Air Station New River confirmed that a CH-53E helicopter was forced to make a precautionary emergency landing.

On a Marine Corps base in Japan, the mold will continue until morale improves

“The mold has definitely been brought up but absolutely nothing has been done about it."

The Marine Corps says all-male boot camp companies will soon be ‘obsolete’

Marine leaders want every male recruit arriving at boot camp to train alongside women in the same company, putting an...

Marine accused of luring 14-year-old onto Twentynine Palms for sex

A Marine at the Twentynine Palms base was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 25, after he paid to have a 14-year-old girl...

The ‘deadliest’ Marine on Parris Island reveals the secrets to his record-setting shooting

Marine Pfc. Austin Farrell made headlines when he earned the title of deadliest shot at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris...

Marines who appeared in Trump RNC video did not violate DoD policy, Corps says

"Their official duty is to assist the President in office; those duties include opening doors for the President"

Ceremony held at Camp Pendleton for Marines and sailor killed in tragic AAV sinking

Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton honored the men lost when their seafaring amphibious assault vehicle sank off San Clemente...

Community outpouring helping families of men who died in Marine AAV training exercise

Hundreds gathered at a vigil at Del Mar Beach on Camp Pendleton to remember the eight Marines and one sailor...

The Marine Corps’ big force restructuring means changes to what it stashes in secret caves in Norway

A major Marine Corps force redesign is bringing big changes that could soon filter down to a secretive cave complex...

Trump renews call to free Marine vet, journalist Austin Tice 8 years since capture

“I am again calling on Syria to help us bring him home … There is no higher priority in my...

Okinawa Cat Cafe

Marines successfully fly first RQ-21A Blackjack in Australia

U.S. Marines with Air Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin conduct the Marine Corps' first flight of the RQ-21A...

A WWI Code Talker sings the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo

To honor Navajo Code Talkers Day, listen to Pfc. Joe Hosteen Kellwood sing the Marines’ Hymn in Navajo

With honor ceremony, Marines and sailor who died in ocean training exercise are flown to Dover Air Force Base

The flag-draped caskets of seven Marines and a sailor who died when their seafaring vehicle sank off San Clemente Island...