Building the eye in the sky
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, began the assembly of 2nd MAW s first MQ-9A Reaper, April 10, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps continued transition from the legacy RQ-21A Blackjack in accordance with Forc More...
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Kicks Off Active Duty Fund Drive
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society launched its annual Active Duty Fund Drive during a kickoff event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8, 2024. The campaign will continue until late May 2024.
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U.S. Marine meritoriously promotes at top 1% of rank, grade
Nearly 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps competed for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and a Quantico Marine beat about 99% of the Marines for that promotion...
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Marines’ Experimentation with Joint Integrated Fires Proves Successful During Project Convergence Capstone 4
Last month, the Marine Corps showcased its adaptability and forward-thinking approach to modern warfare through its participation in the Army s Project Convergence Capstone 4, or PC-C4. With a focus on leveraging advanced air and missile defense systems More...
U.S. Marines, Sailors arrive in Darwin for 13th iteration of MRF-D
DARWIN, NT, Australia A new group of Marines and Sailors arrived in the Northern Territory to begin the 13th annual iteration of Marine Rotational Force Darwin.
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Marines Mourn the Loss of Corps Legend and 29th Commandant, General Alfred Gray
General Alfred M. Gray Jr., the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, died March 20 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 95. General Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 39 years, Jan, who passed away January 30, 2020.
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15th MEU, USS Somerset Arrive for Third Iteration of Tiger TRIUMPH
U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked upon the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to participate in the third iteration of Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH between More...
Marine’s Quick-Thinking Saves the Life of Another Marine
In May 2022, Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Frazier, an intel instructor with Marine Corps Detachment Dam Neck, Virginia, spotted a young man contemplating jumping off a bridge while driving northbound interstate 64. Without hesitation, Frazier pulled over and dia More...
Marines drive innovation, collaboration aboard Camp Pendleton for Army’s PC-C4
In response to the 2018 National Defense Strategy's warning that peer adversaries are actively challenging the established global order, the Marine Corps initiated a monumental transition from its conventional land-based operations toward a concentrated e More...
Dark shores to new horizons
Donald Raasch, a veteran of the Marine Corps and the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience as a Marine and at the harrowing battle that will forever symbolize the indomitable fighting spirit of Marines...
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