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Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.
By Shawn Snow
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No tanks, but the Corps is still looking for an LAV replacement
Prototypes from two vendors should be ready for evaluations by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
By Shawn Snow
Major maritime exercise in the Baltic region could be scaled back over COVID-19
“With each passing second of the day we are taking a look at each and every one of our activities to make sure that we can potentially preserver as many as possible."
By Shawn Snow
Marine Corps readiness takes a hit as two dozen exercises are canceled or scaled back over COVID-19 concerns
“We train so that we can be ready to go,” the commandant said. “We never get the chance to pick the next crisis, where it happens, when it happens.”
By Shawn Snow
The new sergeant major of the Marine Corps is not promising you a ‘rose garden’
The new sergeant major of the Marine Corps said he's not focused on making any major changes to tattoo policies, uniform or grooming regulations.
By Shawn Snow
Marine commandant drops 38 amphibious ships to the fight requirement
The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger said that Marines storming a beachhead from an armada parked nine nautical miles offshore in the South China Sea was “impractical and unreasonable.”
By Shawn Snow