Marine regiment tests longer-range drone capability
The Marine Corps this month tested a new way to give regiments long-range reconnaissance and strike capabilities.
By Eve Sampson
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Private bedrooms won’t be available to all enlisted Marines
The service has no plans to build similar barracks for corporals and below at its U.S. bases.
GAO: Services aren’t sharing information on longtime Osprey problems
Government auditors said known problems with the Osprey have gone unresolved for years and in some cases at least a decade.
V-22 Osprey at risk of more ‘catastrophic’ mishaps, Navy review finds
Following major mishaps, the military’s first tiltrotor aircraft program must take “immediate and decisive action” to avoid more loss, a review found.
Corps IDs Marine killed in tactical vehicle accident
Pfc. Tanner F. Rubio, 21, died Dec. 3 following a tactical training vehicle mishap.
By J.D. Simkins
Camp Pendleton Marine killed in tactical training vehicle mishap
The incident occurred during routine training aboard the base, the service announced.
By J.D. Simkins
US Marine Corps stands up 3 new combat logistics companies in Japan
The activation comes as part of the Corps' Force Design 2030 recalibration toward agile logistics in the contested island chains of the Pacific.
Marines seek Osprey-portable GPS landing system for austere airfields
In the austere outpost of the future, the Corps wants its aircraft to land on a functioning airfield 90 minutes after the required equipment is flown in.
Marines hit retention goal ‘earlier than ever before,’ top Marine says
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith announced that retention goals were met just weeks after the target window opened.
By J.D. Simkins
Commanding officer of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36 fired
Lt. Col. Calischaran G. James was relieved of his duties by Maj. Gen. Marcus B. Annibale, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general.
By J.D. Simkins
Selected Reserve Marines eligible for up to $20,000 retention bonus
In all, 100 MOSs are listed as eligible for the retention bonuses.
By J.D. Simkins
End of an era: The Dust Devils and one final homage to the Harrier
This fall, the “Dust Devils” of the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron brought the AV-8B Harrier’s decades-long testing era to an official close.
By Alan de Herrera