A key vessel Marines need to move around in a potential island shootout with China is two years behind schedule, could cost nearly triple its original estimate and the short-term fix isn’t cheap. The Navy’s landing ship medium program expects to award its design and construction contract in fiscal year 2025, two years later than […]
The cause of death for the suicidal man who died in the June 7 confrontation with St. Johns County deputies who opened fire has been ruled self-inflicted, according to the Sheriff’s Office citing the medical examiner’s report. John David Herron, 65, of St. Augustine was a retired U.S. Marine who ran a landscaping business and […]
Polaris has a version of its MRZR Alpha vehicle able to power offboard systems that’s nearing production, as well as a heavy-payload variant undergoing testing with the Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command, the manufacturer told Defense News. Program manager John LaFata said developing the ability for MRZR light vehicles to generate electricity to […]
The Marine Corps‘ new amphibious combat vehicle, or ACV, debuted in the Philippines as part of its first overseas deployment after more than a year-and-a-half of limited operations. Marines aboard ACVs launched from amphibious ships in the Pacific on Saturday to conduct live-fire training in the Philippines, the service said in a statement. The Marine […]
The U.S. Navy said 30 sailors and marines were injured in a training exercise off the coast of Jacksonville on Wednesday evening. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
As the Marines grow their drone fleet, they need to begin training their own crews instead of relying on the Air Force, the top Marine said. During budget testimony today before a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. John Hoeven, (R-N.D.), asked Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith about the Corps’ needs for airborne […]
Claim: Kyle Rittenhouse scored so low on the ASVAB test, which is required for enlistment into the U.S. Armed Forces, that he was permanently disqualified from serving in the Marines. Rating: Rating: Research In Progress In the first week of April 2024, numerous accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter) shared posts suggesting that Kyle Rittenhouse, […]
Claim: Kyle Rittenhouse scored so low on the ASVAB test, which is required for enlistment into the U.S. Armed Forces, that he was permanently disqualified from serving in the Marines. Rating: Rating: Research In Progress Starting on April 1, 2024, numerous accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter) shared and reposted a photo with an […]
Thai and US Marines confronted deadly jungle creatures in survival training in Thailand. Exercise Cobra Gold demonstrated skills to Marines to help endure harsh jungle environments. Animal rights activists slammed the past exercises that involved Marines drinking cobra blood. US Marines came face-to-face with deadly jungle critters in a survival training in Thailand last month. […]
A new team of U.S. Marines has been sent to Haiti to help protect the American embassy, the U.S. military said Wednesday, a day after the country’s prime minister announced his resignation following months of rising unrest and gang violence. The U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that a fleet-anti-terrorism security team, known as […]
One evening in 2016, John walked out of his career planner’s office carrying a blue-and-red folder that contained his completed reenlistment package. The junior enlisted Marine had a decision to make: Should he submit the package and stay in the Marine Corps, or leave the service the following year? When John entered his workplace, his […]
A University of Washington graduate was among the five marines killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California this week. Captain Benjamin Moulton, 27, was a pilot onboard CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The chopper was traveling from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California for “routine flight training.” […]