Marine Corps Wants to Build ‘Thinking Drone’ called MUX

Armed to the teeth with an array of powerful, destructive weapons, an incredible thinking drone may soon hit the skies to keep Marines safe.   The Marine Corps is aiming to build a revolutionary drone called MUX (Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft System-Expeditionary). The MUX will terrify enemies of the United States, and […]

Two more Marine Corps aircraft crashed on Tuesday, four presumed dead

Four U.S. Marines are presumed dead following yet another tragic incident involving Marine Corps aircraft on Tuesday. That crash was one of two incidents involving Marine Corps aircraft going down within just hours of each other. The Marines were traveling over Southern California near the Mexican border when their CH-53 Super Stallion was lost on […]

Marine Corps Commandant considers extending time between deployments, says transgender troops remain ‘until we hear otherwise’

Marine Corps Commandant General Robert B. Neller addressed a number of issues facing the Corps during an Atlantic Council “Commanders Series” in Washington D.C. on Thursday. Among them were modernizing and maintaining the force, potential changes to Marines operational tempo, and the future of transgender service members within the branch. Neller cited Marine Corps aviation […]

Breaking: US Marine Corps Helicopter Crashes. All Crew Feared Lost.

A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed Tuesday — killing its four crew members — during exercises along the U.S.-Mexico border near Plaster City, Calif., military officials said. “We are currently still responding to what we have confirmed as a single helicopter incident,” said a Facebook post from the nearby Naval Air Facility El Centro. The naval […]

Boeing set to begin Block III upgrades on the Navy’s fleet of Super Hornets

There is no debate that America’s fifth generation fighters, the F-22 and F-35, tend to garner the most publicity, but in terms of operational aircraft, all of the functional Raptors and Joint Strike Fighters employed by the entire U.S. military wouldn’t even add up to a sizeable chunk of the number of F/A-18 Hornets and […]

Old Man Fitness: Training for the fight you can’t win

The confidence I usually carried with me as I trotted up to the line of scrimmage was gone. The guy across from me, wearing the same number on his jersey as I had on mine, was just better. It wasn’t just about being bigger or stronger, though he was, it was about skill and aggression. […]