The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that with staying ready for its core mission as the Defense Department’s ...

The United States Marine Corps removed a commander from his position after deciding he was unfit to lead, according to the Marine Corps. Col. Mark D. Bortnem was relieved of his duties as ...

Marine Corps Col. Mark Bortnem, the commander at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort at the time, speaks in October 2023 at a ceremony at the South Carolina base. (Nathan Saucier/U.S. Marine Corps) ...

On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative planned to occur over 10 years originally referred to as “Force Design 2030” which is now known as ...

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Timothy J. Brockup Jr. operates a Skydio X2D drone at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on March 7, 2025. (Cpl. Joshua Barker/U.S. Marine ...

The 12th MLR is based out of Okinawa, Japan, and is known to the Marine Corps as a "stand-in force," meaning that -- unlike most Marine expeditionary units -- the MLR remains in the Pacific theater.

Meyer joining the Marine Corps Reserve comes nearly 15 years after he was awarded the nation’s highest military award for combat valor in 2011 by former President Barack Obama for his actions ...

The U.S. Marines Corps has identified the service members killed in a crash near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The two Marines were identified as Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside ...

Editor's note: This article contains references to sexual assault. Lawyers for a former recruit are appealing the Marine Corps' decision to deny her legal claim alleging that the service failed to ...

US Marine Corps Rouge Fires missile system. It’s unclear if the rotational deployment will include the unit’s recently activated Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System. Assigned to ...