A utility helicopter lands in the middle of the Urban Training Center, Landing Zone Egret aboard the west side of Marine Corps Base Quantico using the Autonomous Ariel Cargo Utility System. (Marine Corps)

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Armed Marine leads police on high speed chase

A Marine reportedly with an assault rifle led police on a high-speed chase in North Carolina.

The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System is loaded onto an F/A-18 to prepare for the weapon's initial deployment with the aircraft in March 2018. (Navy photo)

Marines boost lethality of Hornets with high precision kill munitions

The APKWS is expected to boost lethality of the Corps’ F/A-18 Hornets by increasing the number of munitions armed on the aircraft.

The heads of the Navy and Marine Corps told lawmakers Thursday they had received no reports of transgender troops affecting unit cohesion. Sailors are shown here in Bahrain in 2017 during a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month observance. (MC2 Christina Brewer/Navy)

No reports of transgender troops affecting unit cohesion, Marine Corps and Navy leaders say

As President Trump's transgender troop ban is challenged in court, the Navy's Chief of Operations and the Marine Corps Commandant told lawmakers that they had heard of no issues affecting unit cohesion.

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A Marine with 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, performs a fireman’s carry on a fellow Marine during a battalion physical training event at Camp Pendleton, California, on April 13. (Sgt. Timothy Valero/Marine Corps)

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Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire a Stinger trainer missile during a Stinger trainer launch simulator aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) March 23, 2018. Iwo Jima and the 26th MEU are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (Cpl. Jon Sosner/Marines)

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