Terminally ill 8-Year-old boy dies day after becoming honorary Marine

Terminally ill 8-Year-old boy dies day after becoming honorary Marine

An 8-year-old California boy with a rare disease died Sunday – just one day after becoming an honorary U.S. Marine. Wyatt Gillette had Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome Type 1, a disease that causes kidney failure and eventually leads to death. His father, 29-year-old Marine drill instructor Jeremiah Gillette, reached out to fellow Marines asking for prayers when […]

The U.S. Marines Are Flying All Over the Middle East on Secretive Missions

The U.S. Marines Are Flying All Over the Middle East on Secretive Missions

The U.S. Marines’ top officer in the Middle East wants to lend a hand in the war on the Islamic State. “Some of the missions [the Pentagon is] executing now could be executed by well-trained and disciplined general purpose forces like U.S. Marines,” Lt. Gen. William Beydler recently told Military.com. But Beydler’s comments belie an existing […]

Aiming for a higher caliber: Developing future weapon systems for Marine Corps snipers

Aiming for a higher caliber: Developing future weapon systems for Marine Corps snipers

Every Marine is a rifleman, but a Marine sniper is not your average rifleman. Their “one-shot one-kill” mindset is heavily influenced by the precision weapons system they use. The goal of equipping Marine snipers with a superior weapon system brought teams from Marine Corps Systems Command’s Infantry Weapons Systems and Marine Corps Scout Sniper Instructor […]

Marines’ future helicopter will be optionally manned

Marines’ future helicopter will be optionally manned

As the Marine Corps enters the final stages of preparing to receive the CH-35K King Stallion, its new heavy-lift workhorse helicopter, aviation officials are already looking forward to the Corps’ next generation of rotorcraft. Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant of aviation, told reporters Friday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, […]

MARSOC receives new commander

MARSOC receives new commander

The parade field on Stone Bay at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune hosted top ranking U.S. Special Operations Command officials, Marine Raiders and their families to witness Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III assume command of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) on Tuesday morning. “I’m privileged to be able to be a […]

Marines to ease strain on special operators in Middle East

Marines to ease strain on special operators in Middle East

The commander of Marine units across the Middle East sees opportunities for the Corps to take on more missions in the region that would typically be tasks for special operations forces. In a recent interview with Military.com, Lt. Gen. William Beydler, commander of Marine Corps Central Command, said there were multiple traditional special operations mission […]

Marines, NSA to bring smartphones to rifle squads

Marines, NSA to bring smartphones to rifle squads

The Army already has such software on Android devices in some soldiers’ hands, fielded through its Nett Warrior program. (The second “t” is deliberate: It’s the last name of a World War II hero).

About 40 Marines sent to reinforce embassy in South Sudan

About 40 Marines sent to reinforce embassy in South Sudan

The Marine Corps has sent a team of security guards from the Corps’ embassy reinforcement team to the U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, a U.S. official said. The Marine Security Augmentation Unit was created after the September 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. The U.S. official would […]

Meet the inspiring soldiers of Veteran Nation

Meet the inspiring soldiers of Veteran Nation

We knew when we decided to make our award-winning documentary on the past, present, and future of how the nation treats its veterans, well, we knew it would have to include—well veterans.  We had no idea what an incredible group of inspiring men and women would step forward to tell their stories. Just introducing the […]

Marine grunts test armed self-driving tanks, tiny drones, exoskeletons and more

Marine grunts test armed self-driving tanks, tiny drones, exoskeletons and more

A Marine infantry company is putting new gear to the test here that can sustain and protect small teams deployed on their own for weeks on end. Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines kicked off the yearlong experiment here this summer. The grunts and some support Marines got their hands on 40 new pieces of gear the Marine […]