In quiet shift, Marines allow mixed-gender DI teams to train recruits
A typical integrated team will have three DIs of one gender and a fourth of the opposite gender, with most featuring three male instructors and one female.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Slain Marine’s family ‘let down’ by killer’s 8-year sentence
Cpl. Jesse Thomas Bopp pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 shooting of a fellow Marine, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Austin Schwenk.
By Riley Ceder
Marine gunner has AWOL charges tossed, gets reprimand for statements
In an unusual moment for court proceedings, the defendant's Marine Corps attorney used a recess to have the gunner preside over his promotion to captain.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears
A cracked gear led to a November 2023 Osprey crash that killed eight airmen. The military is trying to see which Ospreys might risk a similar failure.
Recruit to gunny: 1st Marine graduates from talent acquisition program
When Justin Kelley graduates today from Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he’ll be a gunnery sergeant.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Marines can now reenlist early, some for up to 15 years
Marine Corps initiatives have already yielded historic retention results, with the Corps hitting 114% of its annual retention goal in Fiscal Year 2024.
By Todd South
Pensacola Marine arrested, named prime suspect in murder of escort
Willie Ellington, 20, was taken into custody Dec. 18 by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on charges of first-degree premeditated murder.
By J.D. Simkins
This Marine unit now has its own tool to blast drones out of the sky
The system replaces a cumbersome legacy platform Marines have long used to defend the skies: The Man-Portable Air Defense System, or MANPADs.
By Todd South
Marine gunner court-martialed over Mattis task force confusion
Multiple generals have been asked to give statements or testify in LaRose’s case, including former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger.
By Hope Hodge Seck
These Marine units will field new mobile command vehicle in 2025
Elsewhere in the Corps, Marines conducted the service’s first organic rebuild of a JLTV engine at a Defense Department depot.
By Todd South
Marines reactivate East Coast squadron with Corps’ newest fighter jet
The Marine Corps has reactivated a fighter squadron with a lineage that traces back to Guadalcanal during World War II.
By Todd South
Marine squadron commander fired nine months after fatal helo crash
Lt. Col. Nicholas J. Harvey was relieved of command of the Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, known as the “Flying Tigers,” on Nov. 18.
By Todd South