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US Marines roam far and wide from temporary Darwin base

This year's Marine Rotation Force-Darwin is the first in its 15-year history to be certified as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

By Gordon Arthur

11 hours ago

Marines train to shoot down combat drones with standard weapons

New service-level training teaches Marines to counter drone threats with rifles, shotguns and grenade launchers.

By Daniel Terrill

14 hours ago

Slain teen ‘loved life,’ mom says before Marine vet killer’s execution

Former Marine recruiter Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. initially had stopped to help the 16-year-old girl with a flat tire.

By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press

4 years ago

Here’s where COVID-19 vaccine religious exemptions stand in the Corps

The commandant said Wednesday that the Corps would “keep pushing” its Marines to get vaccinated even absent a mandate.

By Irene Loewenson

4 years ago

Time running out for Pentagon nominees

A slate of Pentagon nominations may not advance this year amid Capitol Hill opposition. And if they don't, the process restarts.

By Joe Gould and Leo Shane III

4 years ago

18 Marines become citizens in battleship ceremony in North Carolina

The ceremony was one of the largest ever for a Marine infantry battalion.

By Irene Loewenson

4 years ago

Family of Marine veteran Paul Whelan backs Griner prisoner swap

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will keep negotiating for Marine veteran Paul Whelan’s release.

4 years ago

White House steps in as Navy, Pentagon feud over amphibious ship study

An official has described to Defense News a standoff between the Navy and the Pentagon, and how the White House had to play arbitrator.

By Megan Eckstein

4 years ago

WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap, Marine veteran still held

The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden but carried a heavy price.

4 years ago

Limiting Gen Z Marines’ phone use hard but necessary, top Marine says

“Now we have to completely undo 18 years of communicating all day long and tell them, ‘That’s bad, that will get you killed.’”

By Irene Loewenson

4 years ago

Some new Marines aren’t getting uniform items due to the supply chain

The Marine Corps has pushed back the mandatory wear date for the new female dress blue coat and is coming up short on a handful of other items.

By Hope Hodge Seck

4 years ago

Ukraine war ‘validates’ key principles of new Marine unit in Pacific

Gen. Berger believes early lessons from Ukraine are theater-agnostic and support much of what the new 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment is creating in Hawaii.

By Megan Eckstein

4 years ago