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October 13, 2020

Marines sack commanding officer after training accident killed 9 in July

Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner, Commanding Officer, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit was relieved of duty because of loss in trust and confidence in his ability to command after nine members of the military where killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast in July.

October 12, 2020

South Carolina hesitant to allow Parris Island facility closing for Marines gender-integrated training

The venerable Parris Island facility where Marines have undergone basic training for more than a century may close, as the branch seeks to integrate male and female recruits and retrofitting the camp appears to be too costly.

October 7, 2020

Marine Corps’ second-highest ranking general tests positive for coronavirus after Pentagon meeting

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus after is in self-quarantine, the Marine Corps said on Wednesday.  

September 26, 2020

Virginia detectives replace medals Marine Vietnam vet lost in burglary

Detectives with a Virginia sheriff’s office surprised a Vietnam veteran--replacing service medals stolen from him in a burglary.

September 23, 2020

Former Marine suffering from burn pit exposure says VA 'left everybody out to dry'

As more veterans have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a contentious debate has taken shape over the data surrounding the effects of exposure to burn pits used to dispose of waste on overseas military bases.

September 22, 2020

Oldest living US Marine celebrates 107th birthday in North Carolina

The oldest living U.S. Marine celebrated her 107th birthday in Kannapolis, N.C., over the weekend, according to local authorities and the Marine Corps itself, all of whom wished her a happy birthday.

September 13, 2020

US Marine who killed transgender woman in Philippines deported after presidential pardon

A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines.

September 7, 2020

Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender woman killing

The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony.

September 3, 2020

White House attacks 'false' Atlantic story about Trump insulting dead soldiers: 'What a disgrace!'

The White House is describing an anonymously sourced article from the Atlantic as "a disgrace," claiming that it falsely accuses President Trump of insulting dead soldiers and apparently being uninformed about who fought in World War II.

September 2, 2020

59-year-old combat vet redoes basic training after 10-year break to join Army reserve

A 59-year-old combat veteran just completed basic training in order to reenlist in the Army Reserve after spending more than a decade out of the armed forces, authorities said on Wednesday.