Watch: Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) – ITC Phase One

Watch: Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) – ITC Phase One

Amphibious training provides Marine Raiders with specialized skills needed to operate in diverse environments. During Phase 1 of the Individual Training Course, students learn to operate, navigate, and build the small watercraft known as the zodiac. They are continously evaluated, mentally and physically tested, and must perform a 2k fin in the open ocean prior […]

CBRN Marines train to clean up HAZMAT

CBRN Marines train to clean up HAZMAT

Marines with the Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear, unit conducted hazardous material training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, May 2 to 6, 2016. Marines with CBRN spent the week learning how to deal with potentially dangerous HAZMAT situations by attending classes about their equipment practiced applying the skills they learned. The training was […]

U.S., Jordan Partner in Eager Lion Exercise

U.S., Jordan Partner in Eager Lion Exercise

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 […]

Mission Creep: More Marines Head to Baghdad

Mission Creep: More Marines Head to Baghdad

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. […]

Army upgrades fallen Marine’s valor award to the Silver Star

Army upgrades fallen Marine’s valor award to the Silver Star

In a rare move, the Army will upgrade one of two Bronze Star with “V” medals earned by a Marine killed in Afghanistan nearly nine years after leaders nominated him for the prestigious award. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Sprovtsoff’s widow, Tasha, will receive her husband’s Silver Star on Friday during a private ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado […]

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Forces on the Ground in Iraq

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Forces on the Ground in Iraq

In consultation with the Government of Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force –  Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) has assigned a detachment of U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the support of Iraqi Security Force and Coalition ground operations. The detachment from the 26th MEU will add to the Marines and Sailors currently in […]

Former Force Recon Marine to deal out vigilante justice on the streets

Former Force Recon Marine to deal out vigilante justice on the streets

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 […]

The 30th woman to attempt the Marines’ Infantry Officer Course has been dropped

The 30th woman to attempt the Marines’ Infantry Officer Course has been dropped

The latest female Marine to attempt the grueling 84-day Infantry Officer Course was unable to complete training, but she will get a second chance to take the course, the Marine Corps has confirmed. The woman left her class on April 21 after 11 training days, said Maj. Anton Semelroth, a spokesman for Marine Corps Combat […]

Families of Marines killed in Chattanooga attack receive Purple Hearts

Families of Marines killed in Chattanooga attack receive Purple Hearts

Four Marine families were presented with the Purple Heart medal Wednesday after their loved ones were shot and killed by a homegrown terrorist last summer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells received the medals from Lt. Gen. Rex McMillian, head […]