Pentagon creates new military border zone in Arizona
The fourth national defense area created along the US-Mexico border will be an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in the Sonora Desert.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Fred Smith, FedEx founder and Marine Corps veteran, dies at 80
Before launching FedEx, Smith served two tours in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and earned the Silver Star for combat valor.
By Military Times staff
Marine awarded Silver Star for Vietnam heroics a half century later
Kelley refused to allow his position to be captured by the enemy, “and ignoring his own wounds, murderously engaged the enemy until they broke contact.”
By Shawn Snow
Marines bolster security across the Middle East as US opens embassy in Jerusalem
Corps officials would not detail how many Marines were sent or at what locations, but stated the Marines were part of the Marine Security Guard Security Augmentation Unit.
By Shawn Snow
Lawmakers want to ‘pump the brakes’ on commissary-exchange merger plans
One House member says that if the combination is coming, it should be done 'the right way.'
By Karen Jowers
Grunts may be one step closer to getting this Ops-Core style helmet
The Corps is about to kick off a ballistics study between the currently fielded mid-cut enhanced combat helmet and a high-cut version.
By Shawn Snow
How a lack of aircraft emergency escape training ended in tragedy in Australia MV-22 crash
Most of the passengers, members of Golf Battery with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, were ill trained and unprepared for the events that unfolded that day.
By Shawn Snow
Duckworth among veterans calling for apology from Senate candidate questioning Democratic vets
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, joined with 28 other veterans Wednesday in calling for Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson to apologize for questioning the “cognitive thought process” of veterans who are Democrats.
Mattis’ infantry reformer blasts weapons makers to quit stalling and make a better, more lethal rifle
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bob Scales, who heads the secretary of defense' Close Combat Lethality Task Force, challenged industry and government leaders to do better and deliver a leap-ahead rifle in less than two years.
By Todd South
SOCOM snipers will ditch their bullets for this new round next year
The top Special Operations Forces snipers will replace their 7.62mm sniper rifles with a the 6.5mm Creedmoor, which doubles their hit probability at 1,000m, increases their effective range by nearly half, reduces wind drift by a third and has less recoil.
By Todd South
Marine vet running for Senate draws backlash for questioning Democratic veterans
A defiant Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Wisconsin who is a former Marine refused to apologize Thursday amid a growing bipartisan backlash over comments he made about the military, including his questioning the “cognitive thought process” of veterans who are Democrats.
Commissary-exchange consolidation plans move forward with new task force
New legislation would be needed for DoD to make the change.
By Karen Jowers