How the Marines are changing their conduct and leadership guidanceThe Marines are updating key guidance documents that have remain largely unchanged for decades.By Todd South7 days ago
How the Marine Corps is testing a ‘narco-boat’ for resupply effortsThe semisubmersible unmanned vessel can deliver two Naval Strike Missiles for the Corps’ anti-ship missile system.By Diana Stancy12 days ago
VA sets record for disability benefits delivered to women vetsA record number of women veterans are receiving disability compensation benefits from VA.By Jonathan Lehrfeld6 months ago
OpinionHow addressing waivers and eligibility can fix the recruiting crisisThere are many factors that contribute to the recruiting crisis facing the military, but at least one of them is within the Pentagon's power to fix.By Joe Schuman6 months ago
OpinionI commanded a Marine V-22 squadron. Here’s what I learnedThe Osprey made the entire mission during a Islamic State in Libya deployment possible, this retired lieutenant colonel writes.By Lt. Col. Douglas Thumm (retired)6 months ago
DOD, VA to allow IVF for unmarried people, same-sex couples and moreGoing forward, eligible U.S. troops and veterans can access IVF regardless of their martial status or sexual orientation.By Meghann Myers and Leo Shane III6 months ago
V-22 Osprey fleet will fly again, with no fixes but renewed trainingThe V-22 is allowed to fly again, and the services will each implement their own training and maintenance protocols to get the fleet back to operations.By Megan Eckstein, Courtney Mabeus-Brown and Rachel S. Cohen6 months ago
Few women are trying for elite special operations roles, new data showsThe information provides a rare snapshot into military efforts to breach what is effectively the last frontier of gender integration.By Hope Hodge Seck6 months ago
US mulls deploying Marine security team to Haiti amid gang crisisIn 2010, after an earthquake struck Haiti, fleet antiterrorism security team Marines were sent to assist the Marine guards at the embassy there.By Irene Loewenson6 months ago
Man charged for posing as doctor to steal vet suicide prevention fundsA federal grand jury indicted a Massachusetts man for posing as a doctor to steal $50,000 in suicide prevention funds designed to help vets.By Leo Shane III6 months ago
Why getting more female troops into Special Operations will take timeAs recently released data from the military services has shown, the participation of women in elite special operations roles remains a rarity.By Hope Hodge Seck7 months ago
Marine vet who hit police with hockey stick at Capitol gets 3+ yearsMarine veteran Michael Joseph Foy swung his hockey stick at police officers, hitting them at least 11 times in 16 seconds.By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press7 months ago