Marine Corps News

The U.S. Marine Corps was created on Nov. 10, 1775. It is a combined-arms task force known for its focus on aggressiveness and the offensive. The Marines have been central in developing groundbreaking tactics for maneuver warfare; they can be credited with the development of helicopter insertion doctrine and modern amphibious assault.

There are approximately 186,000 Marines actively serving today, with another 40,000 Marines serving in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

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National Security Concerns Spur Disconnection of Chinese Batteries from Camp Lejeune

An American power company announced this week that it disconnected Chinese-manufactured batteries from Camp Lejeune after lawmakers raised concerns to the Pentagon about security. On Friday, Duke Energy told Military.com that it disconnected the lithium batteries produced by the company CATL from the North Carolina installation’s energy infrastructure after “some concerns about this project” were raised — mostly by Republican

December 9, 2023

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Key Study of Camp Lejeune Cancers in Limbo as Cases Go to Court

With the first cases claiming harm from Camp Lejeune contamination to be heard soon in court, the public has yet to see the results of a landmark study of cancers among thousands exposed to tainted water at the Marine Corps base from the 1950s to the 1980s, despite the study wrapping up months ago. The comprehensive “cancer incidence study” launched

December 7, 2023

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Former Marine Pleads Guilty to Firebombing Planned Parenthood While on Active Duty

A former Marine has pleaded guilty to firebombing a Planned Parenthood in California while he was on active duty and stationed at Camp Pendleton as part of a case authorities labeled “domestic extremism,” according to the Justice Department. Chance Brannon, 24, an ex-corporal, pleaded guilty Thursday to four total counts, according to the Department of Justice: conspiracy, malicious destruction of

December 5, 2023

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A Marine Recruiter’s ‘Grooming’ of a Teenage Recruit Led to an Investigation. The Family Says He’s Still Terrorizing Them.

Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sexual assault. The Marine Corps recruiter showed up at the young recruit’s door twice in one hour, according to the police report. On that hot Texas summer day, the woman, just a few months past 18, was not home. Her parents were. The doorbell rang two times, and they called 911 after the

December 3, 2023

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Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Fails to Win Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Alec Baldwin didn’t have to pay anything to resolve a $25 million lawsuit filed by family members of a Marine killed in Afghanistan after the actor chastised them on social media over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Baldwin’s attorney said. U.S. Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos in August dismissed the

December 1, 2023

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The Marine Corps Tried to Redesign Its Physical Training Uniform. After 3 Years, It’s Abandoning the Project.

The Marine Corps has ended a plan to revamp its physical fitness uniform, according to the service. The initiative lasted nearly three years but produced no new uniform. In 2020, the service set out to redesign the trunks and undershirt that make up the Marine Corps warm weather physical training uniform, or PTU. The first prototype of the uniform kept

November 29, 2023

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Sailors, Marines Assigned to Ships in Dry Dock Can Now Refuse Nonjudicial Punishment, Navy Announces

A new Navy policy gives sailors and Marines assigned to ships in dry dock or maintenance the right to refuse nonjudicial punishments when they are accused of violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice by their commanders. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced in an administrative note last week that he is clarifying and loosening the rules around a

November 27, 2023

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Marines in Dress Blues Who Brawled with Civilians in Texas Bar District Not Facing Punishment

A group of Marines in their dress blues caught on video brawling with civilians outside a nightclub in Austin, Texas’ bustling entertainment district are not currently facing any punishment, according to the service. Video posted on YouTube shows a confrontation that quickly escalated between a group of men and the uniformed Marines among the crowds in the busy bar and

November 25, 2023

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‘I’m Still in the Fight’: Top Marine General Makes First Video Appearance Since Cardiac Arrest

The commandant of the Marine Corps made his first public-facing appearance Tuesday since being sidelined by a cardiac arrest last month. In a video address to Marines posted on Instagram, Gen. Eric Smith, the top Marine officer, assured them that he is recovering and is “still in the fight.” Smith collapsed near his home in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29

November 23, 2023