Two U.S. Marines were arrested Tuesday on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges the lance corporals were involved in selling drugs to Marines, including to a fellow Marine who died from an overdose.
In addition to infantry Marines, logistics forces already based in Hawaii will be added to the regiment along with anti-air elements currently stationed on the mainland United States.
PFAS contamination has become a military-wide problem, with more than 700 military installations having either confirmed or suspected cases of contamination.
The U.S. Marine Corps is moving as fast as it can to field a new class of light amphibious warship, but it remains unclear what it will do, where it will be based or what capabilities it will bring to the fight.
One retired Marine expert fears that the aggressive warrior ethos of the Corps has been put at risk by the new force design proposed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger.