Landing Craft Air Cushions prepare to land aboard the USNS John Glenn during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) exercise designed to train Marines and Sailors on arrival and assembly operation to ensure that the right equipment, supplies and tools get to the right people in a crisis response, humanitarian assistance or combat operation. (Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez/Marine Corps)

The Corps must change how it gets wartime gear to the fight, generals say

The way the force keeps its wartime inventory positioned forward won’t work in a battle with China and needs major changes to remain relevant, top Marines say.
Service members are getting catfished, blackmailed on dating apps by male prisoners posing as women, report says
The alleged sextortion scheme began in 2015, with prisoners posing as women in the same age bracket as the targeted soldier.
Gear adrift is not a gift, but a potentially deadly escape hazard
Unsecured gear during a 2017 MV-22 crash created obstacles for Marines trying to escape the sinking aircraft.
Say goodbye to the old female dress blue coat
The old female dress blue coat will be obsolete by the end of September 2022.
If you’re huffing and puffing a third-class fitness test, your ratings just got a little harder
A score below a 150 will result in failure on both CFT and PFT.
Top US commander in Afghanistan unharmed after attack leaves key Afghan general dead, 2 Americans wounded
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was present during an attack Thursday that wounded two U.S. troops and killed an Afghan general who was key to holding together the many disparate political groups and security forces in southern Afghanistan.
Trump again suggests sending troops to US southern border
Trump tweets a threat to "call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
Troops see rising political tension in the ranks, poll shows
In the latest Military Times poll, 77 percent of active-duty readers say the armed forces are becoming more politically polarized.
The 300th Marine is bestowed Medal of Honor, for ‘unmatched bravery' in Hue City
Sgt. Maj. John Canley originally was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroics at the infamous battle of Hue City.
‘Lord of the Rings’ director brings the trenches of WWI to life in stunning new documentary
Jackson used innovative production techniques to enhance and colorize almost 100 hours of original footage.
Why today’s troops fear a new war is coming soon
Nearly half of troops surveyed worry the U.S. will be drawn into a major conflict in the next year.

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Marine Corps Sgt. Jade Woodend, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/1, fires a FIM-92 Stinger from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled deployment with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (MC3 Jenna Dobson/Navy)

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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brain Chilson, with Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 63, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, watches over the departure of an LCAC from Red Beach in preparation of San Francisco Fleet Week Sept. 27, 2018. (Cpl. Jacob Farbo/Marine Corps)

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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade engaged targets with the Carl Gustaf 84mm weapon system in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 8, 2018, during Saber Junction 18. (Capt. Joseph Legros/Army)

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Tactical air control party Airmen with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, demonstrate a special extraction system while hanging from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, during the 2018 Atlantic City International Airshow at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aug. 22, 2018. (Mark C. Olsen/New Jersey National Guard)

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