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Night vision goggles, weather likely factors in Marine helo crash
The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California, killing all five Marines aboard.
By Tara Copp, AP
Calling suicide shameful is the wrong call, these authors say
Should suicide be called shameful?
By Shauna Springer and Mike Ergo
There are no female Marines currently leading infantry platoons in the Corps
The first woman to lead an infantry platoon is serving in a new role with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
By Shawn Snow
Why would Iran attack two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz?
Who attacked two tankers in the Gulf of Oman?
By Shawn Snow
House panel advances $733B defense budget bill over GOP objections
In a break with tradition, most Republicans on the panel opposed the measure over concerns about funding totals.
‘Space Corps’ gets OK in House committee’s NDAA markup
The House Armed Services Committee has approved a new military branch for space.
By Joe Gould
Islamic State in Afghanistan aims to attack US, general says
The Islamic State group in Afghanistan is a "very worrisome" threat to the United States, and U.S. counterterrorism efforts have yet to shrink its extremist ambitions, a senior American general said Wednesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
‘Sexual Assault Stinks,’ says tone deaf Air Force cartoon skunk
Facebook users quickly called the poster out for making light of a serious matter.
By J.D. Simkins
Will Congress force gender integration at Marine Corps boot camp?
A House panel wants men and women together in recruit training at Parris Island within five years and at San Diego within eight.
Marine lance corporal getting booted for ‘advocating supremacist ideology’
A Twitter account allegedly run by Marine Lance Cpl. Mason Mead posted scores of Nazi propaganda.
By Shawn Snow
Supersonic speeds could cause big problems for the F-35′s stealth coating
Supersonic flight at the edge of the F-35 jet's flight envelope could cause structural damage or degrade its stealth coating, warn documents exclusively obtained by Defense News.
By Valerie Insinna and David B. Larter