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Official: No operational USMC weapons left behind in Yemen embassy evacuation
The Marine security detachment guarding the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen left no operational weapons behind as troops evacuated the country, a senior Marine official with knowledge of the movement told Marine Corps Times.
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MARSOC conducts integration assessment for female operators
The Marines’ special operations command is laying the groundwork for integration of female Marines into critical skills operator positions in anticipation of a change that may come early next year.
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IG: Corps nearly spent millions on flawed equipment for 7-ton truck
The Corps nearly spent $24 million on improperly tested fire extinguishing systems for tactical vehicles that could have left Marines injured or even permanent disabled, the Defense Department Inspector General found.
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Inside the commandant’s plan to rebuild the NCO ranks
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford talks about a “post-deployment death spiral” in which seasoned enlisted leaders return from a pump and rapidly depart their units for other opportunities in the fleet or elsewhere. With noncommissioned officer and staff NCO ranks thinning and leaving key leadership positions unfilled, Dunford is pushing forward a detailed plan…
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Marine officials mum on moving Ospreys to Iraq
Marine leaders are staying tight-lipped on the reported possibility of basing MV-22B Osprey aircraft in northern Iraq to assist with search and rescue capabilities in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Q&A with the CMC: Dunford’s vision for the Marine Corps
Marine Corps Times met with Dunford at his office in the Pentagon to discuss his priorities and how to reset the Marine Corps after a dozen years of war.
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Next live Bold Alligator exercise won’t be until 2017
Last fall’s live Bold Alligator exercise proved to be so large and elaborate the Marine Corps and Navy are waiting an extra year before hosting the next one.
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Hornets to deploy with Corps’ Middle East crisis response unit
F/A-18 Hornets will be deployed with the next rotation of the Corps’ new crisis response force for the Middle East.
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Vehicle seat problem led to second Marine’s death
A lance corporal killed in October was the second Marine to die due to a deadly seat glitch in the Corps’ line of Light Armored Vehicles — and nearly a dozen others have reported having close calls with the faulty mechanism.
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Dunford’s new plan for MEFs is move ‘back to the future’
At the heart of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford’s forward-looking strategy for the Marine Corps is a plan that would give each of the three Marine expeditionary forces different, if overlapping, specialties.
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Official: No operational USMC weapons left behind in Yemen embassy evacuation
The Marine security detachment guarding the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen left no operational weapons behind as troops evacuated the country, a senior Marine official with knowledge of the movement told Marine Corps Times.
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MARSOC conducts integration assessment for female operators
The Marines’ special operations command is laying the groundwork for integration of female Marines into critical skills operator positions in anticipation of a change that may come early next year.
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IG: Corps nearly spent millions on flawed equipment for 7-ton truck
The Corps nearly spent $24 million on improperly tested fire extinguishing systems for tactical vehicles that could have left Marines injured or even permanent disabled, the Defense Department Inspector General found.
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Inside the commandant’s plan to rebuild the NCO ranks
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford talks about a “post-deployment death spiral” in which seasoned enlisted leaders return from a pump and rapidly depart their units for other opportunities in the fleet or elsewhere. With noncommissioned officer and staff NCO ranks thinning and leaving key leadership positions unfilled, Dunford is pushing forward a detailed plan…
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Marine officials mum on moving Ospreys to Iraq
Marine leaders are staying tight-lipped on the reported possibility of basing MV-22B Osprey aircraft in northern Iraq to assist with search and rescue capabilities in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Q&A with the CMC: Dunford’s vision for the Marine Corps
Marine Corps Times met with Dunford at his office in the Pentagon to discuss his priorities and how to reset the Marine Corps after a dozen years of war.
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Next live Bold Alligator exercise won’t be until 2017
Last fall’s live Bold Alligator exercise proved to be so large and elaborate the Marine Corps and Navy are waiting an extra year before hosting the next one.
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Hornets to deploy with Corps’ Middle East crisis response unit
F/A-18 Hornets will be deployed with the next rotation of the Corps’ new crisis response force for the Middle East.
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Vehicle seat problem led to second Marine’s death
A lance corporal killed in October was the second Marine to die due to a deadly seat glitch in the Corps’ line of Light Armored Vehicles — and nearly a dozen others have reported having close calls with the faulty mechanism.
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Dunford’s new plan for MEFs is move ‘back to the future’
At the heart of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford’s forward-looking strategy for the Marine Corps is a plan that would give each of the three Marine expeditionary forces different, if overlapping, specialties.
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Official: No operational USMC weapons left behind in Yemen embassy evacuation
The Marine security detachment guarding the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen left no operational weapons behind as troops evacuated the country, a senior Marine official with knowledge of the movement told Marine Corps Times.
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MARSOC conducts integration assessment for female operators
The Marines’ special operations command is laying the groundwork for integration of female Marines into critical skills operator positions in anticipation of a change that may come early next year.
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IG: Corps nearly spent millions on flawed equipment for 7-ton truck
The Corps nearly spent $24 million on improperly tested fire extinguishing systems for tactical vehicles that could have left Marines injured or even permanent disabled, the Defense Department Inspector General found.
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Inside the commandant’s plan to rebuild the NCO ranks
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford talks about a “post-deployment death spiral” in which seasoned enlisted leaders return from a pump and rapidly depart their units for other opportunities in the fleet or elsewhere. With noncommissioned officer and staff NCO ranks thinning and leaving key leadership positions unfilled, Dunford is pushing forward a detailed plan…
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Marine officials mum on moving Ospreys to Iraq
Marine leaders are staying tight-lipped on the reported possibility of basing MV-22B Osprey aircraft in northern Iraq to assist with search and rescue capabilities in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Q&A with the CMC: Dunford’s vision for the Marine Corps
Marine Corps Times met with Dunford at his office in the Pentagon to discuss his priorities and how to reset the Marine Corps after a dozen years of war.
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Next live Bold Alligator exercise won’t be until 2017
Last fall’s live Bold Alligator exercise proved to be so large and elaborate the Marine Corps and Navy are waiting an extra year before hosting the next one.
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Hornets to deploy with Corps’ Middle East crisis response unit
F/A-18 Hornets will be deployed with the next rotation of the Corps’ new crisis response force for the Middle East.
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Vehicle seat problem led to second Marine’s death
A lance corporal killed in October was the second Marine to die due to a deadly seat glitch in the Corps’ line of Light Armored Vehicles — and nearly a dozen others have reported having close calls with the faulty mechanism.
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Dunford’s new plan for MEFs is move ‘back to the future’
At the heart of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford’s forward-looking strategy for the Marine Corps is a plan that would give each of the three Marine expeditionary forces different, if overlapping, specialties.
