Marine Corps

MARSOC’s Fox Company was wrongfully accused of killing Afghan civilians in March of 2007, but their reputations are still tarnished.

A recon corpsman provides medical and operational services for Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance and special operations personnel.

Marine scout snipers are highly trained Marines, skilled in sniping and reconnaissance.

Zodiacs can be launched from surface vessels, dropped into the water from helicopters in a low hover, or deployed by parachute.

Aerial sniping comes with its own set of challenges, including dealing with aircraft vibration and downdraft from helicopter rotors.

Scout snipers are infantrymen skilled in long-range marksmanship from concealed locations.

The Marine Corps Combat Boot is on track to become the service’s standard-issue seabag boot. As the service moves toward the boot’s Oct. 1 adoption date, Marine officials set out to dispel any confusion as to which boots Marines can wear in uniform. Four brands, each with a temperate and hot-weather variant, were identified last week by […]

Founded to test tactics, techniques, procedures, and equipment, HMX-1 has since become synonymous with helicopter transport of the U.S.president.

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Maryland — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter approved the Marine Corps’ Force Integration Implementation Plan, which systematically opens all military occupational specialties, March 10, 2016. The Marine Corps utilized the time afforded to the services and United States Special Operations Command to develop a comprehensive plan to fully implement the policy […]

Federal criminal investigators confirmed this week they are looking into John Simpson, founder of an organization that partnered with the mother of one of the military servicemen killed on July 16. Members of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation publicly accused Simpson two weeks ago of misappropriating funds. They said Simpson befriended Wells’ mother, Cathy […]

Watch as Marines and sailors with a scout sniper platoon share and receive knowledge in constructing and using hides for observation and sniping.

The Marine Corps Water Survival School (MCWSS) serves to train Marines and sailors to perform duties as Marine Corps instructors of water survival (MCIWS).