Marine F-35B stealth fighter squadron arrives in Japan
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, based in Yuma, Arizona, recently deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
By Riley Ceder
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Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 12, 2025.
Best pics of the week: July 12, 2020
Best military photos of the week: F-35B refuel from a KC-10 Extender, Air Force Special Tactics HALO jumps, homecoming for a guided-missile destroyer crew and more.
Corps reinstates tougher restrictions on Okinawa as COVID-19 returns to the Japanese island
The new restrictions also apply to dependents, contractors and other U.S. employees for Marine Forces Japan.
By Philip Athey
Marine who arrived in Australia for Marine Rotational Force–Darwin tests positive for COVID-19
The Marine tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and is now in strict isolation at Royal Darwin Hospital.
By Diana Stancy
Corps identifies Marine killed by self-inflicted gunshot after active shooter situation
No other casualties were reported from the incident.
By Philip Athey
2 Marine installations in Japan lock down as COVID-19 returns to Okinawa
A day after Futenma issued its shelter-in-place order a Japanese man who lives near the airfield tested positive for the potentially deadly virus.
By Philip Athey
Suspect in active-shooter incident on Twentynine Palms dies
The Marine involved in a July 7 active-shooter incident at Twentynine Palms has died of self-inflicted wound.
By Philip Athey
There are fewer recruits due to COVID-19, but they have the same hard training Navy, Marine commanders say
The global pandemic caused by the rapid spread of COVID-19 has caused both the Navy and Marine Corps to take precautionary measures to protect new recruits at boot camp and schoolhouses.
By Philip Athey
CENTCOM commander sees smaller but enduring troop presence in Iraq
Six months after a deadly American airstrike in Baghdad enraged Iraqis and fueled demands to send all U.S. troops home, the top U.S. general for the Middle East is talking optimistically about keeping a smaller, but enduring military presence there.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Active shooter situation on Twentynine Palms Marine base ends with self-inflicted gunshot wound
Around 6:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Tuesday, military police responded to gunshots aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
By Philip Athey
Marine declared deceased after remains found off the coast of Japan
Sgt. Tyler Rankin, 24, disappeared on Thursday.
By Diana Stancy