Negligent Discharge Killed Marine Training at Camp Pendleton Last Month, Navy Report Indicates The cause was published last month by the Naval Safety Command in a report outlining deadly incidents in the Marine Corps and...
Marines Get More Chances at Upping Their Shooting Scores -- But There's a Catch Beginning Oct. 1, Marines who score as marksman and sharpshooter will be given two more attempts within the same year to...
Marine Corps Identifies 3 Troops Killed in Osprey Crash During Australia Training The crash occurred during Exercise Predators Run, an annual multinational exercise held in the Northern Territory of...
Marine Corps Identifies Lance Corporal Killed During Night Training in California Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Whaley, of Maury County, Tennessee, was roughly four weeks into a 13-week reconnaissance course when he...
Marine Corps Axes Elite Scout Sniper Platoons The Marine Corps is eliminating the scout sniper program as part of the service's big Force Design 2030 overhaul.
Marine Corps Rolls Out a New Education Plan to Get Marines Ready for Combat Faster Lt. Gen. Kevin Iiams told reporters that the plan will mean getting away from "rote, repetitive training" and using new...
Deep Water Escape Training Is Now a Requirement for More Deploying Marines A lot more Marines will be getting dunked deep thanks to a policy change requiring more intensive water egress training .
The Corps' New Plan Aims to Treat Marines 'Like Human Beings Instead of Inventory' According to the plan, the service must become an older, more agile and talent-driven force with more emphasis on retaining...
Marine Combat Instructors May Soon Get Their Special Duty Assignment Status Back The training the Marine Corps wants requires better-trained combat instructors -- about 80 more than the current total.
Why It's Going to Be Much Harder to Make Expert Under the Marines' New Rifle Qual Standard Under the current standard, 65% of Marines qualify as expert; only 6% will do so with the new Annual Rifle Qualification.
One Recruiting Environment, Two Different Outcomes for Army and Marine Corps The Army and Marine Corps are set to fall on opposite sides of what has become a recruiting crisis as enlistment estimates...
Ramstein Squadron Whacked for 'Irresponsible Alcohol Consumption,' Banned from Drinking Outside Barracks Strict alcohol bans are rare but not unheard-of in the Air Force, and they're notably only used for extreme measures.
Army Reservist Awarded $2.5 Million for Dismissal from Texas Trooper Job over Service-Connected Disability The state had argued that it was immune from lawsuits in the case.
Video Provides First Clear Views of WWII Aircraft Carriers Lost in the Pivotal Battle of Midway Julian Hodges, one of the last living veterans who served on the Yorktown, teared up as he watched the footage.
Marine Corps Leaders Struggle with How to Train Female Infantry Officers Amid Worries About Standards In 2018, a Marine general who heads the service's training command wrote about his concern that the "pursuit of ensuring fair...
