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 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.
Marines Training for Winter Warfare in Norway Also Have to Deal With 'Different Military Terms' In addition to harsh weather and rough terrain, Marines training in Norway also have to navigate a language barrier.
Marines 'Looking at All Options' When It Comes to Future Boot Camp Locations The service is "looking at all options" in response to a congressional mandate to make training gender-integrated.
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
From Jackson to McKinley: What Trump's Shift of Presidential Hero Says About His Evolving Goals Trump's shift, rather than merely swapping one infatuation for another, demonstrates how his mindset and priorities have...
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Naval Aviator and Corrupt Appropriator, Dies at 83 Cunningham, a California Republican, joined the Navy at age 25 and during the Vietnam War became the first “ace,” an honor...
