Tag: Marine Corps

Marines’ worn-out equipment is not being replaced quickly eDefnough, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller said Monday, calling the Pentagon’s process for fielding new gear “too slow.” New technology takes so long to test and evaluate that it can be obsolete by the time it actually hits the fleet, Neller said at the Navy […]

There are staples of weaponry in the armory of the Marine Corps that define the battlefield. One of these weapons is the M40 sniper rifle, which is the premier weapon of choice for the Marine Corps for long-range enemy engagements. Based off of the Remington 700 bolt-action rifle, the M40 is a bolt-action rifle that […]

U.S. troops will partner with Jordanian military forces May 15-24 in Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion 16, one of U.S. Central Command’s premier exercises, Centcom officials announced today. Eager Lion 16 will consist of a week-long series of simulated scenarios to facilitate a coordinated partnered military response to conventional and unconventional threats, officials said. The exercise […]

The Marine Corps has its sights set on equipping the Harvest Hawk weapons kit on their entire KC-130J and MV-22 fleet. Harvest Hawk would give the remainder of the non-outfitted KC-130J’s, and all of the MV-22’s the ability to perform precision strikes with a variety of weapons. The kit also outfits both fleets with the […]

SOFREP has been covering the story of the MARSOC 7 in-depth through a five-part series on the men of MARSOC Fox Company, who were falsely accused of killing innocent Afghan civilians in March of 2007, and the aftermath that still torments those brave Marines to this day. This story was also covered last year, in […]

The K-MAX helicopter, which can fly with or without a pilot and has already proven its worth in Afghanistan, has now taken up residence in Yuma, Arizona. While overseas, the K-MAX was able to keep multiple convoys off of the road, while lifting nearly five million pounds in total. No convoys on roads equals no […]

Major Galvin requests that patriotic citizens address their concerns of the Marines who testified regarding their interrogation by the Marine prosecutors and their violations of the Convening Authorities’ lawful order of having a “fair and impartial” process.

Twenty-five additional heavily armed U.S. Marines arrived at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad within the last several hours, a U.S. official tells CNN. The Marines were requested by the State Department, which is in charge of security. Concerns have risen since demonstrations occurred there last week in Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” where the embassy is located. […]

The U.S. Marine Corps has got an air force problem. Its current fleet of fighter jets, purchased from the 1980s to the mid-1990s, is in poor repair. And a new fleet of of vertical-launching F-35 stealth fighters that the Marines have been waiting years to put into action is coming on-line too slowly to keep […]

I’m not one of Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children (USMC), in fact, I’m far from it. Although that won’t stop my reckless cooperation to endorse and support Mad Dog for President of the United States of America. I’ve posted a few pro-Mad Dog articles at SOFREP. Yes, I’m also one of those people; who else would […]

The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory showcased and tested the capabilities of the Unmanned Tactical Autonomous Control and Collaboration, April 18–21, 2016, at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The UTACC is a team of aerial and ground robots using the Distributed Real-time Autonomously Guided Operations Engine (DRAGON) to provide multi-dimensional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to squad-level units. […]

Our favorite Force Recon Marine turned vigilante just got his own Netflix series.  ‘Bout damn time if you ask me.  The Punisher follows up on his appearance in season two of Daredevil (who is a whiney hand wringing wimp) with his own mini-series.  Jon Bernthal plays former Marine Frank Castle, whose family is gunned down […]