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
3 weeks ago Marine Corps initiatives have already yielded historic retention results, with the Corps hitting 114% of its annual retention goal in Fiscal Year 2024. Willie Ellington, 20, was taken into custody Dec. 18 by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on charges of first-degree premeditated murder. The system replaces a cumbersome legacy platform Marines have long used to defend the skies: The Man-Portable Air Defense System, or MANPADs. 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
4 weeks ago Elsewhere in the Corps, Marines conducted the service’s first organic rebuild of a JLTV engine at a Defense Department depot. The Marine Corps has reactivated a fighter squadron with a lineage that traces back to Guadalcanal during World War II. Lt. Col. Nicholas J. Harvey was relieved of command of the Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, known as the “Flying Tigers,” on Nov. 18. Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy are often unavailable, according to a government watchdog. The uniform highlights the division's actions in World War II's Battle of the Bulge. Load More