Marines can now reenlist early, some for up to 15 years
Marine Corps initiatives have already yielded historic retention results, with the Corps hitting 114% of its annual retention goal in Fiscal Year 2024.
By Todd South
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Special ops leaders eye alarming levels of adversary collaboration
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are all finding ways to antagonize U.S. efforts.
By Todd South
US Navy oiler operating in Middle East damaged in incident
The Big Horn's crew was safe, and there was no sign of an oil leak from the vessel after the incident, according to a U.S. Navy official.
Army looking to streamline and speed up helicopter refuel and resupply
As it prepares for conventional war, the Army is rethinking how it will refuel and rearm its aircraft.
By Todd South
US sending more troops to Middle East as violence rises in the region
The new deployments come amid a spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war.
Here’s where US forces are in the Middle East as war looms
About 40,000 U.S. forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet squadrons are spread across the region.
Pendleton Marine gets prison time for illegal ‘ghost gun’ sales
The lance corporal sold 22 guns in four transactions with undercover agents for a total of $23,000.
By Todd South
China says it tailed a US military plane through the Taiwan Strait
The U.S. aircraft was a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane, according to the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command.
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
Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, claimed it was the third MQ-9 drone downed by the group in a week.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Marines draw new policy line: ‘We will not separate families’
Marine Corps officials are getting more explicit about a policy that inspired the creation of a coordinator role for dual-military married couples.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Nearly $6B in Ukraine aid at risk if Congress doesn’t act by month-end
The Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass by Sept. 30.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press