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A nearly $11 billion plan to overhaul Marine Corps barracks condition and maintenance by 2037 may have to ditch a component that would have placed staff noncommissioned officers in enlisted barracks to mentor Marines and maintain order. Speaking at the Modern Day Marine Expo in Washington on Wednesday, Marine Corps Installations Command unaccompanied housing team lead Eric Mason said the program, ...[Read More]

The U.S. Marine Corps has now passed its audit for a second straight year while the rest of the Defense Department is still working toward the goal. “Independent auditors verified that the Marine Corps’ financial records are materially accurate, complete, and compliant with federal regulations and issued an unmodified opinion for Fiscal Year 2024,” the service announced in a Feb. 4 statement. The ...[Read More]

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 commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on April 14, and reassigned to duties at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. “This decision was made due to a loss of trust and confidence in Bortnem’...[Read More]

NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week because the jury deadlocked on that count. P...[Read More]

The 12th Marine Littoral Regiment welcomed a new unit that will soon wield the service’s first anti-ship missile defense system in Okinawa, Japan, according to a spokesperson for Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration. The 12th Littoral Combat Team was officially established at Camp Hansen in Okinawa on March 3 to “create chaos and uncertainty in potential adversaries,” according to a Mar...[Read More]

The Navy will sideline 17 ships to contend with a shortage of civilian mariners, the Military Sealift commander said last week, prompting concerns from the Marine Corps about how it will support and transport its own forces.

Two years after the publication of a wide-ranging independent study on best practices for integrating men and women at Marine Corps boot camp, the service has yet to implement a key recommendation: integrating the genders at the platoon level in training. But researchers say certain findings about how to test and build fitness for injury prevention may work their way into future service protocols....[Read More]

The air crew told their Marines that the Osprey was going down. Capt. Joshua Watson, nearly two dozen other Marines and a sailor braced for impact. Watson shoved his radio operator into the brace position before protecting himself. Everything not strapped down became a projectile, he would later note in his report on the incident, shared on “The Connecting File,” a Substack. Then, the aircraft cra...[Read More]

The air crew told their Marines that the Osprey was going down. Capt. Joshua Watson, nearly two dozen other Marines and a sailor braced for impact. Watson shoved his radio operator into the brace position before protecting himself. Everything not strapped down became a projectile, he would later note in his report on the incident, shared on “The Connecting File,” a Substack. Then, the aircraft cra...[Read More]

A decorated Marine gunner whose perspectives on doctrine and lethality have been widely published is headed for court-martial at Quantico, Virginia, this month on charges that include unauthorized absence — equivalent to absent without leave. But according to the Marine and his lawyers, it’s a bizarre misunderstanding that involves sworn statements from top generals, including a former commandant ...[Read More]

A senior Marine Corps weapons expert who had a Navy Cross recipient and retired major general testify as character witnesses left his court-martial Friday night with a reprimand, having been convicted of one specification of issuing a false official statement and two related counts of conduct unbecoming an officer. Chief Warrant Officer Stephen LaRose was acquitted on dereliction of duty and other...[Read More]