Marine Corps updates list of approved combat boots

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 […]

Marine Corps force integration implementation plan approved by Secretary Carter

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 […]

Controversy around Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation continues

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 […]