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Cleaning up shop: Marine Corps inspectors on fleetwide hunt for anything offensiveMarine inspectors have less than two weeks to roam all public working and community barracks spaces and root out anything that hints at being lewd, crude or just plain offensive to your co-workers.
Editorial: A call for common senseInspectors across the Navy and Marine Corps are walking through workspaces, galleys, berthing spaces and even the heads, looking for anything that might be deemed 'offensive' and inappropriate.
Your new RAT boots: Quicker drying footwear coming in 2014The Marine Corps will begin fielding quick-drying Rugged All Terrain boots in the next year.
Navy emphasizes talking with chaplains is confidentialRegardless of personal faith, any sailor, Marine or Coast Guardsmen can talk to a chaplain about problems and know the discussion will remain confidential.
Pregnant Marine's murder motivates lawmaker to fight for sex assault changesAmong the female lawmakers working on military sexual assault legislation stands Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — not the only man working to change military law and procedure to better protect assault victims, but likely the most prominent.
Editorial: Misogyny and shameThe military's sex-assault epidemic is a fixation in Washington, with lawmakers and the brass at odds over how to confront the cultural mindset that condones misogyny and makes sport of harassment.
Tailhook's whistle-blower talks sexual assaultIn the fall of 1991, hundreds of naval aviators mobbed the Las Vegas Hilton for the annual Tailhook convention, a gathering of the Navy's entire aviation community.
NCOs seek help mentoring junior MarinesThe Corps is developing a new speaking course for noncommissioned officers, a move aimed at strengthening their ability to mentor junior Marines and leveraging their leadership status to improve safety across the force.
Lawmakers make new push for a single combat uniformThe Marine Corps is deeply protective of its uniforms, and none of the services wants a single camouflage pattern that would rob them of their individuality, but Congress appears poised to force it upon them.
Editorial: Camo envy is big wasteThe services have spent billions over the past decade to develop and field at least 10 camouflage designs for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.
MARSOC returns to the sea with 11th MEUPersonnel with the Marine Corps' special operations force will soon train aboard Navy ships, a step toward returning special operators to sea for the first time in more than a decade, said Commandant Gen. Jim Amos.
New gear for grunts: Body armor, IED jammers and optics on the wayThe Marine Corps has taken steps to address three pressing gear concerns: lighter, stronger body armor, improved sights for grenade launchers and more sophisticated jammers for improvised explosive devices.
Editorial: Misguided sex lawA May 23 split ruling by the Court of Military Appeals for the Armed Forces raises questions about the reach and application of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and points again to the need to align the UCMJ with current legal and social norms.
Editorial: Show proof for reliefsThe Corps has launched a very public campaign to hold its commanders accountable for missteps and oversights within their units.
Marine Corps ramps up aviation rotations to JapanTwo helicopter squadrons will head to Okinawa in June as III Marine Expeditionary Force ramps up the aviation component of the Unit Deployment Program.
The crisis-response plus-up: With new missions, units come new opportunities for MarinesThe Marine Corps is in the midst of a strategic shift meant to solidify its role as the military’s go-to crisis-response force, greatly expanding embassy-security capabilities while developing specialized forward-deployed units focused exclusively on threats and emergencies in at least three geographic combatant commands.
Commandant: Accountability does not mean 'zero-defects'The Marine Corps' top general wants commanding officers to know they should not be fearful in the wake of several recent reliefs.
Tricare West patients still lack care despite waiversMedical providers in Tricare's West Region continue to be reluctant to accept military patients because UnitedHealthcare, the new regional contract manager, is slow to reimburse claims, say patients and physicians in the 21-state area.
Many Reserve Marines eligible to leave earlyReserve Marines who are scheduled to leave the service this fiscal year can now depart up to four and a half months early, according to manpower officials.
Hobbies as therapy: Fly-fishing, knitting and more can ease anxiety, PTSDArmy Capt. David Folkerts dodged death in 2005 when a roadside bomb exploded a few feet from him while on a foot patrol in Taji, Iraq.
A sequestration sequel: DoD orders military to brace for bigger '14 cutThere is growing fear that the pain of sequestration, which takes a stronger toll each day on service members and families, could be repeated in 2014.
Benefits battle: House panel hits back against lower pay raise, Tricare hikesA House panel has rejected the Obama administration's attempt to cap the 2014 military pay raise and to make military retirees pay more for lifetime medical care, deciding it wants to protect current and former service members from the pain of budget cuts
Budget woes hit motorcycle training programAlthough sequestration forced Marine Corps officials to cancel advanced motorcycle training in October 2012, they found enough money during a mid-year budget review to revive the program for the remainder of fiscal 2013.
Slumber hearty: Sleeping on the ground doesn't have to suckSleeping outside sucks far less than it did in the '90s.
DoD adviser sees shrinking military, 'broken' CongressArnold Punaro is a fixture in Washington's defense circles, a rare bridge between the military and civilian worlds who is simultaneously a consummate insider and ardent critic of the status quo.
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