Printing out the future: Marines learn benefits of 3D printing

Printing out the future: Marines learn benefits of 3D printing

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Marines from various units learn, assemble and design 3-dimensional objects using the Invent3D printer at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 1-2, 2016. During the past two days, the Marines were introduced to the printers, assembled them and learned about their capabilities. Aircraft mechanics, supply […]

Here’s how 56 Marines took on the Chinese army during the Boxer Rebellion

Here’s how 56 Marines took on the Chinese army during the Boxer Rebellion

The U.S. Marine Corps landed in China exactly 116 years ago today. On May 31, 1900, an expeditionary force of 56 Marines and sailors arrived in Beijing to protect the U.S. diplomatic mission in the face of mounting militia attacks in what would be known as the Boxer Rebellion. Over a brutal 55-day siege, the […]

Marines can now wear fitness trackers in more military facilities

Marines can now wear fitness trackers in more military facilities

Marines who prefer to track their activity step-by-step are now allowed to wear personal fitness devices in secure spaces where sensitive material once prohibited such technologies. Devices like the Fitbit, Jawbone’s UP, Nike’s Fuel Band and Garmin’s VivoFit can now be worn in spaces where collateral classified information and controlled unclassified information is processed, stored or […]

Marine Corps Shooting Team charge, fire through AASAM

Marine Corps Shooting Team charge, fire through AASAM

VICTORIA, Australia — Pounding footsteps from warriors could be heard from a distance as the Marine Corps Battle Colors swayed with a team of Marines with the Marine Corps Shooting Team as they charged through the Section Match May 17, 2016 at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria, Australia. The event was part of the final week […]

Partner nations master peacekeeping operations

Partner nations master peacekeeping operations

BUJANOVAC, Serbia — Following two weeks of extensive training in peacekeeping operations and non-lethal weapons, seven countries including Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and the United States, joined together during exercise Platinum Wolf 2016 for their final field exercise on Peacekeeping Operations Training Center South Base, Bujanovac, Serbia, May 19-20, 2016. Their culminating training […]

Eager Lion 16 begins with explosives range, MOUT tactics

Eager Lion 16 begins with explosives range, MOUT tactics

AL QUWEYRAH, Jordan — Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division began their training period alongside the Jordanian 77th Marines Battalion with a grenade range and military operations in urban terrain tactics exercise in in Al Quweyrah, Jordan, May 16, 2016. Marines began their day of training with MOUT tactics that included […]

Corps Sees Hurdle in Getting Marines to Bond with Robotic Battle Buds

Corps Sees Hurdle in Getting Marines to Bond with Robotic Battle Buds

The chiefs of the military’s unmanned systems departments see a near future in which robots operate side-by-side with ground-pounders downrange. And they already foresee their biggest challenge: establishing an emotional bond of trust between man and machine. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems Frank Kelley said Marines might someday bond with their […]