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Marine Corps Axes Elite Scout Sniper Platoons
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Marine Corps is getting rid of one of its most elite and storied jobs -- the scout sniper. Official message traffic leaked to social media last week...
Here’s what’s in the Corps’ new training and education plan
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLt. Col. Clinton Hall enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1997, midway through a first semester...
The Marines want to invest millions in underwater escape training
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Marine Corps recently published an update to its water escape training policy aimed at closing...
Into the History Books: Last Marine Corps Scout Snipers Graduate amid Service's Planned Redesign
Military.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Marine Corps is axing the elite scout sniper platoons, a move made to comply with what the...
Marines put new amphibious vehicle to use overseas for 1st time
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Marine Corps debuted its amphibious combat vehicles overseas, signaling the service believes it...
Soldier Fighting Her Way Back into the Marine Corps, Only to Be Stymied by Army Policy
Military.com via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJulianna Pinder, now a sergeant first class in the U.S. Army was forced out of the Marines for not...
Recon vehicle competitors maintain tempo, despite program uncertainty
Defense News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps wants manufacturers to “go full speed” in developing a new...
Marine acquitted of manslaughter, negligent homicide in fatal rollover
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter a military jury announced on Wednesday it had found Lance Cpl. Luis Ponce-Barrera not guilty...
Robots, Marines and the Ultimate Battle with Bureaucracy
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn July 2008, a year before President Barack Obama surged 33,000 ground troops into Afghanistan, a Marine Corps officer at Camp Pendleton, California, sent an urgent memo up his chain of command ...
Sea-Air-Space: A recap of news and tech from the Navy League event
Defense News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S. military and defense industry officials flocked to the Navy League’s...