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Marines deploy Reaper drone unit to South China Sea
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed a unit equipped with MQ-9A Reaper drones to the South China Sea to provide support to Philippine forces there.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
New missile allows Marine pilots to strike far, avoid air defenses
Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many air defense systems.
By Todd South
Marine who tried to save Osprey pilots posthumously awarded top medal
The Marine Corps presented the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to the parents of Cpl. Spencer Collart, who died last year after an Osprey crashed in Australia.
By Tara Copp, AP
How the Marines are changing their conduct and leadership guidance
The Marines are updating key guidance documents that have remain largely unchanged for decades.
By Todd South
How low-scoring applicants ‘primed the pump’ for Navy recruiting boost
How an unconventional decision to accept a higher proportion of recruits scoring in the bottom 30% played a role in achieving recruiting targets.
By Hope Hodge Seck
How the Marine Corps is testing a ‘narco-boat’ for resupply efforts
The semisubmersible unmanned vessel can deliver two Naval Strike Missiles for the Corps’ anti-ship missile system.
By Diana Stancy
Warfighting, quality of life prioritized in USMC commandant guidance
The 39th Marine Corps commandant focuses on modernization and quality of life, among other areas.
By Todd South
Marine corporal awarded Navy Cross 55 years after Vietnam heroics
"How 'bout them Jarheads."
By Todd South
Army’s blunt trauma tests on pigs, cadavers may aid body armor designs
Grisly though some of the experiments might be, they get closer to simulating the real effects of body armor blows on live personnel.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Marines’ new mortar, rocket simulator delivers training with no blast
The Marine Corps is rolling out training simulators to spare Marines from excessive blast exposure.
By Todd South